Monday 30 December 2019

Monday 30th December 2019

1140 - 1315 bright & sunny 6 - 9c : Goosander 17, Teal 2, Pochard 2, Tufted 32, Cormorant 12, Common Gull, GBb Gull 40, Bh Gulls c250, Carrion Crow 44 basking in sunshine at quarry, Raven, Buzzard, Collared Dove, Chaffinch 8, Greenfinch 3, Bullfinch.  Red Fox.   (GWR)

   Buzzards have become a common sight during the last twenty years.

Sunday 29 December 2019

Sunday 29th December 2019

Light cloud, 8c : Goosander 11, Tufted 37, Cormorant 14, GBb Gull 16, GS Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Greenfinch etc.  (RS)

Blackcap female minus tail at Rushall (photo).


Friday 27 December 2019

Friday 27th December 2019

1015 - 1115 overcast, dull, 6c : Goosander 11, Pochard 5, Tufted 39, Teal 7, Little Grebe 2, Cormorant 9, Heron 3, Lapwing 38, Common Gull, etc.  (RP)

11 Goosander today (RP)

Sunday 22 December 2019

Sunday 22nd December 2019

1000 - 1300 sunny breaks, 6c : Goosander 10, Teal 22, Pochard 3, Shoveler 4, Tufted 44, Mute Swan 5, Cormorant 15, Little Grebe 2, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull c50, Pied Wagtail 4, Stonechat f, Buzzard 2, Raven, Jay, GS Woodpecker, Bullfinch 2, Lt Tit 12.  Also Red Deer 3 & a fox.  (RP / RS / GWR)



Red Deer today (GWR)

Saturday 21st December 2019

1130 - 1215 7c, high water levels : Goosander 10, Teal 15, Tufted 35, Shoveler, Pochard, Coot 61, Cormorant 16, Heron 2, Common Gull, Lapwing 48, Jackdaw 38, Pied Wagtail.  (RP)



          Black-headed Gulls & unknown fungi on 4th December.

Tuesday 17 December 2019

Tuesday 17th December 2019

1000 - 1150 misty, damp,frosty, 3c : Goosander 14, Wigeon pair, Shoveler 15, Teal 5, Tufted 28, Little Grebe, Mute Swan 6, Cormorant 11, Common Gull 4, GBb Gull c100, Lapwing 34, Jay, Collared Dove 8, GS Woodpecker m, Buzzard, Mistle Thrush, Redwing 4, Blackbird 12, Goldfinch c30, Chaffinch 2, House Sparrow 7, Goldcrest 2, Long-tailed Tit 10, Coal Tit, etc.   (RP / GWR)


Goldcrest & woodpecker 8th Dec.

Monday 16 December 2019

Monday 16th December 2019

1000 - 1115 hazy sun, 5c : Bullfinch 4, Chaffinch, Redwing 7, Blackbird 15, Lt Tit 11, Jay, Kestrel, Pied Wagtail 2, Lapwing 25, GBb Gull 125, Common Gull 2, Shoveler 10, Teal 2, Little Grebe 2, Cormorant 12.



           Buzzard and moon at dusk on 9th December (GWR)

Sunday 15 December 2019

Sunday 15th December 2019

1015 - 1215 fairly sunny after frost, 4c : Stonechat 2, Reed Bunting f, Greenfinch 3, Goldfinch 4, Redwing, Blackbird 9, Raven 2, Sparrowhawk m, Buzzard 2, GS Woodpecker f, Pied Wagtail, Snipe 8, Lapwing 26, Common Gull, GBb Gull 20, Cormorant 9, Little Grebe, Pochard 2, Shoveler 16, Teal 18, Tufted 28, etc.  (RP / GWR)


Stonechats (GWR)

Friday 13th December 2019

1130 - 1230 dry but cold 6c : poss.Yellow-legged Gull amongst Herrings, Cormorant 7, Mute Swan 5, Shoveler 12, Teal 13, Tufted 27, Pochard 2, Little Grebe, Lapwing 35.  (RP)


Reed Bunting & Shoveler 4th Dec. (RP)

Wednesday 11 December 2019

Wednesday 11th December 2019

1045 - 1200 becoming cloudy / showers, 5c : Stonechat 2, Redwing, Song Thrush, Long-tailed Tit 9, Reed Bunting f, Bullfinch m, Linnet, Chaffinch, Goldfinch 8, GS Woodpecker, Raven 2, Buzzard, Common Gull 3, large gulls 400+, Little Grebe, Shoveler 10, Teal 8, Pochard f, Cormorant 10, Mute Swan 5.  (GWR)


Hips & Haws 2nd Dec. (GWR)

Sunday 8 December 2019

Sunday 8th December 2019

0940 - 1200 sunny/showery/cold wind, 6c : Stonechat m & f, Snipe 5, Goldcrest 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker m, Song Thrush, Blackbird 15, Bullfinch 4, Greenfinch 3, Chaffinch 2, Reed Bunting 2, Buzzard, Jay, Lapwing c40, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Common Gull, GBb Gull 12, Cormorant 11, GC Grebe, Little Grebe, Shoveler 25, Teal 18, Pochard 3, Heron 2, Mute Swan 5.

Also Red Deer 5, and a fox.   (GWR / RP)


Stonechats today (GWR)

Friday 6 December 2019

Friday 6th December 2019

1100 - 1215 showery, 10c but cold westerly : Iceland Gull adult, 500+ large gulls, Common Gull, Bh Gull 120+, Mute Swan 5, Cormorant 12, Shoveler 21, Tufted 28, Teal 2, Pochard f, Lapwing c80.  (GWR / RP)


Iceland Gull today (GWR)

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Wednesday 4th December 2019

1000 - 1200 sunny after frost, 2 - 5c : Mute Swan 4, Goosander 2, Wigeon 2, Teal 15, Shoveler, Little Grebe 2, Heron 3, Common Gull 3, GBb Gull c50, Lapwing c70, Pied Wagtail 2, Buzzard, Raven, GS Woodpecker m, Redwing 2, Song Thrush 2, Blackbird 9, Bullfinch, Linnet 2, Chaffinch 2, Greenfinch 3, Goldfinch 15+, Reed Bunting 3, etc.  (RP / GWR)

Grooved Bonnets on 13th Nov (RP)

Probable Honey Fungus? on 2nd Dec (GWR)

Monday 2 December 2019

Monday 2nd December 2019

1200 - 1320 light cloud, 4c, at floods : Snipe 56, Teal 22, Wigeon f, Mallard pair, Moorhen, Raven 2 over, Kestrel m (photo), Buzzard, Blackbird 8, Song Thrush, Greenfinch 2, Chaffinch 7, Bullfinch m, Reed Bunting f, Robin, Wren, a few Long-tailed Tits etc.  (GWR)

Sunday 1 December 2019

Sunday 1st December 2019

0930 - 1130 fairly sunny, 2 - 4c : Kestrel, Sparrowhawk m, Buzzard, Mute Swan 7, Shoveler 17, Teal 10, Pochard 3, Tufted 20, Little Grebe 3, Cormorant 17, Heron 4, Lapwing c100, Common Gull 3, GBb Gull 12, GS Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail 2, Redwing, Song Thrush 2, Blackbird 8, Greenfinch, Goldfinch 12, etc.  (RP / GWR)


Lapwings & rainbow today (RP)