Wednesday 30 December 2020

Wednesday 30th December 2020

1030 - 1200 fairly sunny after a couple of snowy days, 2c: Greylag, Cormorant 2, Heron 3, Little Grebe, Pochard 6, Shoveler 3, Lapwing 95, GBb Gull 80+, Herring Gull 150+, Common Gull, Buzzard (photo), GS Woodpecker, Collared Dove 2, Fieldfare 2, Redwing 10, Chaffinch 2, Bullfinch 5 (photo).  Also a fox (photo).   (GR)





ringed Herring Gull Y:B8? 27/12/20 (GR)


Sunday 27 December 2020

Sunday 27th December 2020

1000 - 1145 sunny, cold breeze, 3c: Greylag, Cormorant 10, Goosander 8, Pochard 6, Teal 7, Shoveler, Tufted 43, Dabchick 2, Lapwing 84, Herring Gull c150, GBb Gull c40, Common Gull 3, Sparrowhawk f, Buzzard 2, Kestrel, Raven, Jay, P Wagtail, GS Woodpecker, Redwing 12, Bullfinch 3, Greenfinch 2, Chaffinch 2f, etc.   (RP / GR)



Friday 25 December 2020

Friday 25th December 2020

1050 - 1250 sunny, frosty 0 - 1c: Great White Egret at Swan Pool till 1210 then flew north-west, Heron 3, Cormorant 10, Mute Swan 2, Shoveler pair, Teal 6, Pochard 7, Goosander 8, Tufted 30, Dabchick, Lapwing 88, Common Gull 5, GBb Gull 30+, Buzzard, Pied Wagtail 2, Meadow Pipit, GS Woodpecker, a few Redwings, Blackbirds, Robins & Song Thrush, Chaffinch & Bullfinch etc.  Also a fox.   (GR/RP)


Great Egret today (GR)


Thursday 24 December 2020

Thursday 24th December 2020

0945 - 1100 bright but cold after overnight rain, 2c: Common Sandpiper flushed from southern meadow, Lapwing 98, Greylag, Shoveler 7, Teal 6, Pochard 9, Goosander 3, Tufted 44, Cormorant 16, Yl Gull (2nd w)(photo), GBb Gull 56, Common Gull 4, Sparrowhawk m, Buzzard, P Wagtail, Redwing 2 (photo), Bullfinch 2.   (RP)

Small goose (poss. Brent) over Rushall 0810 with Canada Geese.  (GR)


Yl Gull & Redwing (RP)



Tuesday 22 December 2020

Tuesday 22nd December 2020

1000 - 1230 becoming cloudy, wet after night rain, 5 - 6c: Mute Swan 4 ad, Greylag, Snipe 15, Lapwing 84, Water Rail, Shoveler 4, Goosander 7, Pochard 7, Teal 27, Tufted 51, Cormorant 15, Heron, Dabchick 2, Yellow-legged Gull ad, GBb Gull 91, Common Gull 4, Bh Gull c200, Buzzard 2, Kestrel m, Sparrowhawk chased Jay, Stock Dove 2, Jay 2, Redwing 15+, Fieldfare 9, Linnet (photo), Goldcrest, etc   (GR)



Sunday 20 December 2020

Sunday 20th December 2020

0945 - 1130 fairly sunny, 6c: Greylag (photo), Teal 6, Shoveler 4, Pochard 9, Goosander 6, Tufted 49, Coot 86, Moorhen 18, Little Grebe 2, Cormorant 10, Lapwing 51, Bh Gull c150, Pied Wagtail 3, Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch 2, a few Redwings etc.  (RP / GR)




Thursday 17 December 2020

Thursday 17th December 2020

1230 - 1300 becoming cloudy, 8c: Goosander 5, Teal 10, Shoveler 13, Tufted 35, Dabchick, Cormorant 6, Lapwing 80, usual gulls & a few Redwings.  (GR)

December snow (GR)


Thursday 10 December 2020

Thursday 10th December 2020

1130 - 1200 dry, becoming cloudy, 6c:  Goosander 3m, Shoveler 11, Teal 18, Tufted 22, Greylag, Cormorant 6, Lapwing 111, GBb Gull c50, Common Gull, Raven 2.   (RP)


       Common Gull 1w and Meadow Pipit on 6th Dec. (RP)


Tuesday 8 December 2020

Tuesday 8th December 2020

1130 - 1300 hazy sun, 4c: Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Raven 2, Pochard 8, Shoveler 8, Tufted 32, Teal 6, Little Grebe 4, Common Gull 3, Redwing 12, etc.  (GR/RP)



Female and male Great Spotted Woodpeckers on 6th December (Rushall)

Sunday 6 December 2020

Sunday 6th December 2020

1015 - 1215 drizzle and misty, 3c: Lapwing c90, Cormorant 12, Mute Swan pair, Dabchick 5, Shoveler 4, Teal 6, Tufted 16, Coot 84, Common Gull 5, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Redwing c40, Blackbird 15, Song Thrush, Bullfinch 4, Greenfinch 3, Chaffinch 2, etc.   (RP / GR)


Bullfinch & Redpoll 2nd Dec (GR)


Wednesday 2 December 2020

Wednesday 2nd December 2020

1000 - 1215 cloudy/sunny breaks, 7c:  Snipe 22, prob. Jack Snipe, Lapwing 101, Peregrine Falcon, Buzzard 2, Teal 27, Shoveler 6, Wigeon f, Pochard pair, Tufted 30+, Goosander m, Cormorant 14, Dabchick 2, GBb Gull 70, Common Gull 5, Redwing c25, Song Thrush 2, Goldcrest 2, Bullfinch 2, Lesser Redpoll 5, Chaffinch 2.


          Record shots of Peregrine and some Snipe today (RP)


Tuesday 1 December 2020

Tuesday 1st December 2020

1000 - 1230 sunny after light frost, 2 - 6c: Little Egret, Cormorant 18, Wigeon pair, Shoveler 12, Teal 10, Pochard 4, Tufted 35, Goosander 2m, Little Grebe 4, Common Gull 4, Lapwing 64, Raven 2, Buzzard, Redwing c25, Blackbird 10, a few Chaffinch & Long-tailed Tits, Bullfinch 2, etc. Also a Red Fox.


Bh Gull T2RM today (GR)

Hefty-looking Herring Gull (RP)


Monday 30 November 2020

Monday 30th November 2020

1130 - 1200 dull & rainy, 8c: Goosander 2m (photo), Shoveler 12, Wigeon, Pochard, Tufted 36, Mute Swan 2 ad., Cormorant 12, Yellow-legged Gull, GBb Gull 44, Lapwing 44, Pied Wagtail 2.   (GR)



Sunday 29 November 2020

Sunday 29th November 2020

1015 - 1200 overcast, foggy, wet, 7c: Shoveler 18, Goosander 2m, Teal 3, Tufted 22, Pochard 6, Wigeon f, Little Grebe 8, Heron 5, Cormorant 12, Lapwing 6, Common Gull 3, GBb Gull 10, Pied Wagtail 3, Redwing 32, Blackbird 9, Chaffinch 7, Bullfinch pair, Greenfinch, etc.   (GR)

Redwing on 27th Nov (RP)


Friday 27 November 2020

Friday 27th November 2020

1030 - 1215 bright, 7c:  Shoveler 10, Teal 4, Pochard 2, Tufted 34, Little Egret, Heron 2, Cormo 9, Dabchick 3, Common Gull, Lapwing 59, Kestrel, Mistle Thrush, flock of Redwing 25 & Blackbird 8, Bullfinch, Goldfinch 6, Reed Bunting 2, etc. (RP)


                  Cormorant, Egret & Heron today (RP)


Sunday 22 November 2020

Sunday 22nd November 2020

0940 on, hazy sun 7 - 8c: Teal 6, Shoveler 10, Tufted 24, Little Egret, Heron 4, Cormorant 18, Little Grebe 8, Lapwing 85, Common Gull 4, GBb Gull 40, Kestrel, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail 2, Meadow Pipit 3, Jay, Chiffchaff still (latest record), Redwing flocks of 25, 15 & 7, Song Thrush, Blackbird 8, Linnet, Greenfinch 3, Chaffinch 5, Bullfinch, etc.   (GR)


Kingfisher female today (GR)


Thursday 19 November 2020

Thursday 19th November 2020

1030 - 1130 sunny after morning rain, 8c: Dabchick 6, Shoveler 4, Teal 4, Cormorant 8, Lapwing 16, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 44, Jay 2, Redwing 3, Greenfinch 2, Chaffinch etc.  (GR)



Tuesday 17 November 2020

Tuesday 17th November 2020

1100 - 1130 cloudy 12c: Great Black-backed Gull 57, Common Gull 3, Little Grebe 2, Shoveler 6, Teal 7, Cormorant 17, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, etc.  2 foxes seen, 1 in poor condition.

Common Gull take-off (RP)


Monday 16 November 2020

Monday 16th November 2020

1045 - 1145 cloudy, 9c: Goosander 2f, Pochard f, Shoveler 4, Teal 5, Tufted 26, Mallard 30, Little Grebe 6, Cormorant 11, Heron 3, Coot 40+, Common Gull 4, GBb Gull 20, Pied Wagtail, Jay, Collared Dove 2, Goldcrest.  


                 Common Gull & Goosanders today (GR)


Thursday 12 November 2020

Thursday 12th November 2020

1040 - 1110 cloudy, breezy, 9c: little of interest, GBb Gull 37, Common Gull 2, usual other gulls, Cormorant 8, a few Lapwings, Teal and Shoveler etc.   

Linley Wood 1400 - 1430 fairly sunny, 11c: Ring-necked Parakeet 2 (photo), Fieldfares & Redwings 20 being chased by Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Jay, Pied Wagtail 2, Coal Tit, Nuthatch.   (GR)




Tuesday 10 November 2020

Tuesday 10th November 2020

1040 - 1200 cloudy, damp, 12c: Teal 10, Shoveler 12, Tufted 29, Little Grebe 6, GC Grebe 2, Cormorant 11, Lapwing 48, Common Gull 3, Jay, Pied Wagtail, Redwing 30, Siskin & Lesser Redpoll mixed flock of 25 at the marsh, Goldfinch 20, etc.   (GR)


Moorhens at Northywood Bdg


Thursday 5 November 2020

Thursday 5th November 2020

1000 - 1145 hazy sun, 9c: Little Egret, Cormorant 10, Little Grebe 5, GC Grebe, Wigeon m, Tufted 21, Shoveler 6, Teal 5, Lapwing 5, Bh Gull 349, Common Gull 3, large gulls 160 of which 12 were GB backs, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit , Skylark 3, Sparrowhawk, Raven, Lesser Redpoll 2 to marsh, Chaffinch 2, etc.    (GR)

Swan family have flown to the quarry pool


Sunday 1 November 2020

Sunday 1st November 2020

1030 - 1200 reasonably sunny with strong 20mph+ south-westerlies, 14c: Jack Snipe flushed from floods, Lapwing 9, Teal 25, Shoveler 7, Tufted 16, Mute Swan pair + 3 juvs, Cormorant 8, Dabchick 2, large gulls 123 including 12 Great Blacks, Raven, Magpie 16 with 50 Jackdaws, Buzzard, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, Chaffinch 2 etc.   (GR)

Snipe habitat

Friday 30 October 2020

Friday 30th October 2020

1020 - 1130 cloudy, damp, mild, 15c: Common Gull 4, Yellow-legged Gull, GBb Gull 30, Shoveler 8, Teal 3, Tufted 12, GC Grebe, Cormorant 12, Col. Dove 4, Chiffchaff still 2, 1 in song, Redwing & Blackbird small flocks foraging, etc.  (GR)

Ex-domestic crested duck types at Northywood Bridge


Thursday 29 October 2020

Thursday 29th October 2020

1045 - 1140 rainy, 10c: Cormorant 12, Coot 91, Tufted 14, Teal 3, Shoveler 6, Dabchick 4, GC Grebe, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 33, Redwing 12, Fieldfare 5, Chaffinch 4, Greenfinch 4, etc.  (GR)

Sparrowhawk 27th Oct at Rushall


Tuesday 27 October 2020

Tuesday 27th October 2020

1030 - 1130 rain, 9c: GBb Gull 28, Common Gull (photo), Bh Gull c250, Herring & LBb Gulls c40, Lapwing, Teal 3, Shoveler 6, Little Grebe 5, Coot 69, Cormorant 13, Mute Swan 2 + 3 juvs, Fieldfare 17, Redwing 3, etc.  (GR)



Sunday 25 October 2020

Sunday 25th October 2020

0915 - 1045 sunny, breezy 8c: Greylag Geese 4, Little Egret (photo's), Cormorant 13, Heron 3, Little Grebe 4, GC Grebe, Coot 85, Tufted 3, Wigeon m, Shoveler 6, Teal 4, Lapwing 4, GBb Gull 5, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit 2, Skylark 3, Raven 2, Rook, Jay 3, small flocks of Blackbirds & Redwings.  (GR).  Grey Heron & 12 Teal at the floods.   (RP)




Thursday 22 October 2020

Thursday 22nd October 2020

1030 - 1200 sunny, breezy, 11c: Chiffchaff, Jay 2, GBb Gull 4, Bh Gull c150, Lapwing 15, Cormorant 16, Coot 67, Shoveler 8, Teal 3, etc. Also a late Speckled Wood (photo).   (GR)



Tuesday 20 October 2020

Tuesday 20th October 2020

1030 - 1220 sunny breaks, damp, breezy 15c: Cormorant 15, Coot 69, Tufted f, Shoveler 7, Teal 8, GC Grebe, Little Grebe 7, GBb Gull 6, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Meadowe Pipit 2, Sparrowhawk, Raven 2, Jay 2, Stock Dove 12, Redwing 20, Chiffchaff still one present, possibly 2, Lt Tit 20+, etc.  (RP / GR)


            Brown Birch Bolete and Ruby Tiger larva today (RP)


Sunday 18 October 2020

Sunday 18th October 2020

0945 - 1130 overcast 9c: Teal 10, Shoveler 7, Little Grebe 4, GC Grebe, Cormorant 15, GBb Gull 3, Lapwing 3, Jay 3, Pied Wagtail 2, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit 2, Fieldfare 12 (photo), Redwing 10, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Bullfinch.   (GR / RP)