Monday 30 November 2015

More Swans

Well whynot...

Monday 30th November 2015

0930 - 1000 rain, strong SW, 9c : Mute Swan 3, Cormorant, Shoveler 12, Teal 7, Tufted 18, Mallard 30, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull 5, LBb / Herring Gull 150+, Black-headed Gull 200+, Lapwing 80, Moorhen 17, Coot 10, Pied Wagtail, Siskin.
Swans today.(GWR)

Sunday 29 November 2015

Sunday 29th November 2015

1100 - 1220 overcast, strong SW, 9c : Lapwing 221, GBb Gull 5, LBb / Herring Gull 200+, Bh Gull 250+, Goosander 2, Shoveler 4, Tufted 21, Mallard 40+, Teal 12 at brickworks field, Cormorant 2, Mute Swan 2, Heron, Canada's 50+, Moorhen 10, Coot 15, Starling 40, Pied Wagtail 2 Kestrel m, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Magpie 7, Jackdaw 8, C Crow 2, Wood Pig 3, Feral Pig 2, Blackbird 5, Robin, Wren, Great Tit 2, Goldfinch 25, Chaffinch f, Lesser Redpoll 6, Siskin 4.
Chaffinch & Lesser Redpoll today.

Thursday 26 November 2015

Thursday 26th November 2015

1430 - 1520 overcast, damp, 9c : Heron, Cormorant, GC Grebe, Moorhen 27, Coot 21, Teal 11, Tufted 18, Shoveler 2, Herring / LBb / GBb Gulls 200+, Black-headed Gull 200+, Common Gull, Lapwing 21, Pied Wagtail 2, Robin, Blackbird, Wren, Goldfinch 2, Chaffinch, Siskin, Long-tailed Tit 7.
Dunnock & Pied Wagtail yesterday.

Wednesday 25 November 2015

Wednesday 25th November 2015

1400 - 1500 overcast 9c : Goosander 2, Teal 4, Shoveler 4, Tufted 19, Moorhen 22, Coot 10, Cormorant 2, Lapwing 50+ at brickworks field, Buzzard 2, GBb Gull 10, LBb Gull / Herring Gull 200+, Common Gull, Black-headed Gull 120+, Pied Wagtail 2, Starling 40+, Jackdaw 4, Jay, C Crow 2, Magpie 8, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare 16 over, Redwing 2, Blackbird 4, Robin, Wren, Dunnock 2, Goldfinch 2, Greenfinch, Chaffinch 8, Long-tailed Tit 2, Mallard/Canada Geese/Wood Pigeon.
"pink-headed" Herring Gull today.(GWR)

Tuesday 24 November 2015

Tuesday 24th November 2015

1015 - 1115 overcast, 7c : Gulls as yesterday, Shoveler 6, Teal 6, Tufted 13, Mallard 31, Cormorant 2, Moorhen 8, Coot 12, Pied Wagtail, Jay, Jackdaw 4, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Blackbird f, Wren, Robin, Starling 25, Great Tit etc.
Gull selection.(GWR)

Monday 23 November 2015

Monday 23rd November 2015

1000 - 1100 frosty, hazy sun, 1- 3c : Jay 4, Jackdaw 3, C Crow 4, Magpie 11, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 2, Lapwing 12, Great Black-backed Gull 7, Common Gull, Herring / Lesser Black-backed Gull 150+, Black-headed Gull 200+, Heron, Canada Geese 30, Mallard 30, Tufted 5, Teal 4, Moorhen 8, Coot 12, Redwing, Blackbird 4, Robin, Dunnock 2, Wren, Starling 40, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldfinch 4, Chaffinch, Siskin / Redpoll mixed flock of 30, Wood Pigeon 3, Buzzard.
Cloud iridescence (rainbow cloud) seen just east of the sun at 1000 this morning.

Thursday 19 November 2015

Thursday 19th November 2015

0830 - 0900 lightly overcast, 9c : Fieldfare & Redwing mixed flock of 55, Wren, Robin, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Lesser Bb / Herring Gull 150+, Great Black-backed Gull 4, Common Gull 2, Bh Gull 200+, Lapwing 4, Goosander 2f, Teal 18, Tufted 22, Shoveler 4, Mallard 30+, GC Grebe, Cormorant 2, Moorhen 11, Coot 15.
At Daw End canal 0815 - Bullfinch 5, Chaffinch 2, Redwing 3, Blackbird 3, Collared Dove 2.(GWR)

Wednesday 18 November 2015

Wednesday18th November 2015

1030 - 1100 Strong South-westerlies : Great-spotted Woodpecker, GC Grebe, Cormorant, Shoveler 3, Teal 18, Tufted 28, Moorhen 11, Lapwing 12, Black-headed Gull 150+, Herring / LBb Gull 250+, Great Black-backed Gull 5, Common Gull, Starling 33, House Sparrow 4.
(GWR)

Monday 16 November 2015

Monday 16th November 2015

0900 - 1030 generally overcast, south-westerlies, 9c : Lapwing 51, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Gull 2, Herring Gull 45, LBb Gull 36, Black-headed Gull 120, + 100 on fields, Cormorant 3, GC Grebe, Moorhen 14, Coot 15, Mallard 40+, Tufted 26, Teal 22, Shoveler 3, Kingfisher, Canada Geese 80+, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Meadow Pipit 22 at quarry, Magpie 21, Jackdaw 7, Carrion Crow 4, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Siskin 3, Chaffinch 2, Linnet 2, Lesser Redpoll 4, Goldfinch 11, Wood Pigeon 75 to south, Feral Pigeon 3, Fieldfare 8, Blackbird 2, Song Thrush, Robin 2, Dunnock, Wren 2, Starling 25, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit 2, Sparrowhawk mobbed by Siskin. (42 species) (GWR).
Common Gull today.

Friday 13 November 2015

Friday 13th November 2015

In passing at 1300 - Heron, Shoveler 3, Tufted 25, Buzzard, Lapwing 50+, large Gulls 200+. Raven at Branton Hill in the afternoon (photo).

Wednesday 11 November 2015

Wednesday 11th November 2015

1400 - 1430 generally overcast, breezy, 14c : Lapwing 4 + 80 at brickworks field, Cormorant 2, Great Crested Grebe 2, Pochard 2, Tufted 22, Teal 18, Moorhen 12, Coot 18, Herring Gull 150+, LBb Gull 100+, Black-headed Gull 200+, Pied Wagtail 3, Goldfinch 2, Wren, Dunnock, Blackbird, Buzzard, Mistle Thrush 2. Meadow Pipit over Linley Wood at 1600.

Sunday 8th November 2015

1400 - 1430 drizzle : Shoveler 4, Teal 14, Tufted 21, Cormorant, Herring / Lesser-black Backed Gull 200+, Heron, Pied Wagtail, Sparrowhawk & 5 Fieldfare over Middlemore Lane 1600.

Thursday 5 November 2015

Thursday 5th November 2015

0915 - 0945 drizzle, 12c : Teal 8, Shoveler 6, Tufted 40, , Heron, Great Black-backed Gull 2, Herring / Lesser Black-backed Gull 150, Black-headed Gull 200+, Lapwing 14, Moorhen 12, Coot 15, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch 2, Wren, Blackbird.
Acrobatic Crow this morning.

Monday 2 November 2015

Monday 2nd November 2015

1200 - 1230 fog, 9c : Goldcrest, Wren, Blackbird, Pied Wagtail, Starling 20, Lapwing 8, Teal 22, Shoveler 5, Goosander f, Tufted 20, LBb / Herring Gull 44, BH Gull 100+, Heron, Cormorant, Mute Swan juv flew in, Moorhen 10, Coot 20.