Monday 23rd December 2024

Cloudy, 5c:  Shoveler 4, Goosander 4, Teal 10, Pochard f, L Egret 2, GC Grebe, GBb Gull 29, Com Gull 2, Buzzard, Jay 2, Stonechat f, Mistle Thrush.

Saturday 21st December 2024

1330-1430 blustery, cloudy 10c:  Snipe 13, Lapwing c60, Teal 23, Little Egret, Heron 2, Buzzard, Stonechat pair, M Pipit, Mistle Thrush, Grey Wagtail.  Red Deer 6 incl stag.   (RP, GR)

Stonechats & Mistle today (GR)

Thursday 19th December 2024

Fairly sunny, cold westerly 3c:  Snipe 4, Lapwing c90, Teal 22, Shoveler 2, Tufted 26, Little Grebe 3, GC Grebe 2, GBb Gull c40, also Red Deer 4.

Mist on 12th Dec (RP)

Monday 16th December 2024

Sunny 10c:  Teal c20, Shoveler 4, Tufted 22, GC Grebe, Lapwing c70, GBb Gull 45, Com Gull, M Pipit.  Nymphalid, probably Red Admiral, flew along Barns Ln at 12:20 (now cloudy, 11c).   (GR)

Garden Sparrowhawks 15/12

Saturday 14th December 2024

Sunny 5c:  Teal 28, Shoveler 4, Pochard f, L Egret 2, Cormorant 12, Lapwing 70, Buzzard 2, etc.   (GR, RP)

Gadwall drake 09/12 (RP)

Thursday 12th December 2024

Drizzle, mist 5c:  GBb Gull 89, Common Gull 6, L Egret, Teal 22, Shoveler 3, Goosander pair, Wigeon 2, GC Grebe, Raven 2, Stonechat f, Blackbird 5 at Smiths fields.   (RP)

Heron 09/12 (RP)

Monday 9th December 2024

Sunny intervals, drizzle 4c:  Snipe 9, Cormorant 15, Heron 3, Teal 6, Shoveler 2, Gadwall m, Pochard m, Little & Great Grebes.   (RP)

7 of 9 Snipe today 

Unidentified fungi today
 (RP)

Sunday 8th December 2024

Still blustery NW winds, 6c: not much present, Pochard 2m, Tufted 30, Little Egret 3, GBb Gull 41, Common Gull.   (GR)

Large Poplar tree brought down
by yesterday's storm

Thursday 5th December 2024

cloudy 11c:  Chiffchaff, Stonechat f, Rn Parakeet 3, Greenfinch 2, Song Thrush, Jay 4, Com Gull 5, GBb Gull 45, Lapwing 149, Teal 22, Shoveler 6, Pochard, etc.   (RP, GR)

Chiffchaff & Stonechat today
(RP)

Wednesday 4th December 2024

1030 foggy, 4c:  Teal 18, Shoveler 6, GC Grebe, GBb Gull 55, Lesser & Herring Gull c250, Bh Gull c200, Kestrel.   (GR)

Kestrel in the fog (GR)

Monday 2nd December 2024

1030-1200 generally cloudy & breezy 7c:  Teal 27, Shoveler 8, Cormorant 19, Lapwing c100, GBb Gull 25, Raven, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, etc.   (GR, RP)

Saturday 30th November 2024

1030-1200 cloudy 12c:  Goosander f, Shoveler 4, Tufted 31, Teal 6, Pochard 2, Lapwing 111, Rn Parakeet, Redwing 8, Goldcrest, Bullfinch 3, R Bunting.   (RP) (GR)

December moth (@ Rushall)

Friday 29th November 2024

10:30-12:00 sunny 7c:  Goosander 4, Teal 24, Shoveler 6, Pochard f, Tufted 21, GC Grebe, L Egret, Heron 3, GBb Gull 48, Stonechat f, Raven 2, Goldcrest, Bullfinch f, Reed Bunting m, also Red Deer stags 6.   (RP)

Thursday 28th November 2024

Hazy sun after frost, 2c:  little change - Shoveler 8, Teal 24, Wigeon pair, L Egret 2, Cormorant 12, Jay 2, etc.   (GR)

A sunnier scene in Sept. 2024

Monday 25th November 2024

1030-1130 sunny, westerlies 8c:  L Egret, Pochard 3, Shoveler 11, Teal 14, Com Gull 4, Lapwing c60, Jay 2, Kestrel m, M Pipit 2.  (RP, GR)

Pochard (RP)

Sunday 24th November 2024

1120 high water levels, rainy 12c:  Greylag 19, Teal 14, Shoveler 9, Tufted 26, GC Grebe 2, Cormorant 14, Lapwing c80, Common Gull 3.   (GR)

Stock Doves & Tufted male
on 18/11 (GR)

Wednesday 20th November 2024

1100-1230 sunny after overnight snow, 2c:  Great Egret on Swan Pool, Snipe, Wigeon 7, Pochard 6, Teal 16, Shoveler 12, Gadwall m, Common Gull 4, etc.   (RP)

Great Egret today (RP)

Tuesday 19th November 2024

Snow & lightly snowing 0c, 1020-1140:  birds mostly as yesterday plus Jay 2, Buzzard 2, Chaffinch 3.   Chiffchaff still present, Greylags gone.    (GR)

Wintry scenes today (GR)

Monday 18th November 2024

1130 hazy cloud 4c:  Redpoll 3, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff 2 (1 in song), M Pipit 3, Stock Dove 3, GBb Gull 49, Com Gull 2, Lapwing 99, Pochard m, Gadwall pair, Shoveler 12, Teal 8, Greylag 20.  (GR)

Greylags & Pied Wags today

Sunday 17th November 2024

Sunny breaks, 8c:  Mute Swan 11 (9 flew in), Cormorant 20, Teal 6, Pochard m, Shoveler 7, Gadwall, L Egret 3, GC Grebe 2, Lapwing 105, Grey Wagtail, Redpoll, etc.   (RP)

Brown Rats & Heron (RP)

Thursday 14th November 2024

1015-1200 sunny 11c:  Teal 6, Pochard m, Shoveler 2, L Egret 4, GC Grebe 2, Common Gull 4, Lapwing 117, Peregrine over to north (photo's), Raven 2, Stock Dove 3, Skylark, M Pipit 3, Chaffinch 3, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting 5 feeding in birches, etc.   (GR, RP)

Wednesday 13th November 2024

Light cloud, some sun 8c:  L Egret 3, Shoveler 8, Teal 5, Lapwing 92, GBb Gull 55, Com Gull 3, Rn Parakeet, M Pipit 13, Green Woodpecker, Fieldfare 2, Redwing 7, Redpoll 2, Chaffinch 2.   (RP, GR)

3 of 4 Fieldfares @ Rushall
12th Nov.

Monday 11th November 2024

1020-1200 light cloud 10c:  Black-tailed Godwit near stables then flew east, L Egret 2, GC Grebe 2, Cormo 19, Teal 8, Tufted 28, Moorhen 16, GBb Gull 30, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Skylark, etc.   

Med Gull 10/11 (GR)

Sunday 10th November 2024

First sunshine for 2 weeks, 12c:  Med Gull, Com Gull 3, GBb Gull 12, Little Egret 3, GC Grebe 2, Greylag, Mute Swan 4, Lapwing 77, Raven, Rook, Jay, Kestrel m & f, Feral Pigeon 17, Song thrush, etc.  Also a late Common Darter.   (GR)

Sandown quarry, soon to
be in-filled

Saturday 9th November 2024

1030-1200 overcast again, 7c:  Teal 8, Shoveler pair, Cormorant 18, L Egret 2, Heron 3, Dabchick, GC Grebe, Snipe, Lapwing c40, Com Gull 4, Ring-necked Parakeet 3, Grey Wagtail.   (RP)

One of today's Parakeets

Thursday 7th November 2024

Late morning, overcast & drizzly, 11c:  Med Gull ad, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 20, GC Grebe, L Egret, etc.   (GR)

Med Gull today (GR)

Wednesday 6th November 2024

1020-1220 overcast, 11c:  M Swan 5, Shoveler 3, GC Grebe, L Egret, Cormo 19, over 1000 gulls incl. probable Caspian, Common 4, GBb 25, LBb c200, Herring c400, Black-headed c400, Kestrel m, Buzzard, Fieldfare 4 over, Redwing, Blackbird 5, GS Woodpecker, Chaffinch, etc.   (GR, RP)

Caspian Gull today (GR)

Tuesday 5th November 2024

Overcast 10c:  Mediterranean Gull ad, Yellow-legged Gull.  (GE)

Med & Yl Gulls today (GE)

Monday 4th November 2024

1030-1200 overcast 10c:  M Swan 3, L Egret, Dabchick 2, GBb Gull 32, Common Gull 4, Lapwing 65, Fieldfare, Chiffchaff in song, M Pipit, Chaffinch 3, Bullfinch 3.   (GR, RP)

Stonechat on 27/10 (RP)