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)



Friday 16 October 2020

Friday 16th October 2020

0945 - 1100 dry, light cloud, 9c: Teal 10, Shoveler 5, Heron 2, Cormorant 6, Dabchick 4, Lapwing 5, Stock Dove 2, Collared Dove 2, Meadow Pipit 8, Pied Wagtail 3, Redwing 6, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Reed Bunting f.   (RP)

Yl Gull (3rd winter) 6th Oct (GR)


Tuesday 13 October 2020

Tuesday 13th October 2020

1130 - 1230 sunny to 12c: Skylark, Meadow Pipit 3, Pied Wagtail 6, Chiffchaff, Buzzard 7 circling at quarry, Raven 2, Little Grebe, Cormorant 9, Moorhen 12 along short stretch of canal, Tufted 4, Shoveler 8, Pochard, Teal 8, Greylag. Also Red Admiral, Southern Hawker 2, Common Darter, Lacewings.   (GR)

Blue Tit on Northywood Bridge


Sunday 11 October 2020

Sunday 11th October 2020

0945 - 1200 sunny, 9c: Stonechat f, Skylark 5, Meadow Pipit 2, Pied Wagtail 4, Chiffchaff, Fieldfare 30 over, Redwing 5, Blackbird 12 moving thru, Song Thrush, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting, Buzzard, Jay 4, GBb Gull, Lapwing 3, Cormorant 9, Heron 3, Dabchick 6, Shoveler 9, Teal 10, Tufted 3, Mute Swan pair + 3 juvs, Black-headed Gull white/black ringed Polish bird T2RM last seen 4th March 2017.

Also Canada Geese/Mallard/Coot/Moorhen/Wood Pigeon/Col Dove/Starling/Herring Gull 2/LBb Gull/Blue Tit/Great Tit/Lt Tit/Dunnock/Robin/Wren/Greenfinch/Goldfinch/Jackdaw/Magpie/C Crow, total 43 species.    (GR / RP)

Black-headed Gull T2RM today (GR)


Friday 9 October 2020

Friday 9th October 2020

1000 - 1045 sunny breaks, 10c: Cormorant 10, Heron 2, Dabchick 7, Shoveler 5, Teal 8, Coot 92, Lapwing 2, GBbGull 9, Grey Wagtail 2.   (RP)



Thursday 8 October 2020

Thursday 8th October 2020

1120 - 1230 overcast, 12c: Coot 94, Little Grebe 7, Shoveler 4, Tufted f, Teal 9, Cormorant 9, GBb Gull 5, Jay 3, Meadow Pipit 5, Pied Wagtail 4, Chiffchaff.   (GR)

Scaup-faced Tufty!


Tuesday 6 October 2020

Tuesday 6th October 2020

1020 - 1130 cloudy, breezy, damp, 12c: House Martin 2, Stonechat 2, Meadow Pipit 9, Pied Wagtail, Yellow-legged Gull, Lapwing 15, Little Grebe, Cormorant 7, Tufted 3, Shoveler 6, Teal 12.   (GR)

Stonechat female (GR)


Monday 5 October 2020

Monday 5th October 2020

1040 - 1210 showery, 12c: Stonechat, Skylark over, Meadow Pipit 5, Pied Wagtail 5, Redwing 3 over, Fieldfare 2, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird 4, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Chaffinch 2, Jay 2, Raven, Lapwing 15, GBb Gull 6, Herring Gull 12, Dabchick 2, Cormorant 10, Shoveler 6, Teal 8, etc.   (GR)



Mistle Thrush & Stonechat today


Thursday 1 October 2020

Thursday 1st October 2020

1030 - 1120 fairly cloudy after rain, 11c: GBb Gull, Teal 15, Shoveler 13, Little Grebe 3, Cormorant 7, Pied Wagtail 3, Meadow Pipit 4, Chiffchaff.