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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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