1540 - 1555 Sunny (sun setting!) & fine, 6c : Wigeon 4, Shoveler 4, Teal 12, Tufted 3, Lapwing c100, Herring & LBb Gulls c150, GBb Gull 10, Pied Wagtail, etc.
More habitat loss. The small area of oaks and blackthorn thickets at Wharf Approach (ramblers footpath) has been removed for warehousing. The site included a long standing viable colony of Purple Hairstreaks and a winter roost for Bullfinches and other finches, as well as many other interesting plants and insects now lost.
Friday 30 November 2018
Thursday 29th November 2018
1300 - 1330 Fine after gales, breezy, 11c : Shoveler 2, Wigeon 3, Pochard f, Teal 14, Cormorant 9, Little Grebe, Mute Swan 3, Heron 2. (RP)
Habitat loss. The flooded field and marshy area near Ibstock Brickworks will shortly be quarried for brick clay. The area is good for ducks, snipe and other waders.
Habitat loss. The flooded field and marshy area near Ibstock Brickworks will shortly be quarried for brick clay. The area is good for ducks, snipe and other waders.
Sunday 25 November 2018
Sunday 25th November 2018
1000 - 1230 overcast, 5c : Shoveler 20, Teal 30+, Pochard 3, Wigeon 3, Tufted 16, Mallard 52, Cormorant 8, Little Grebe, Heron 3, Mute Swan 3, Yellow-legged Gull adult, GBb Gull 5, Lapwing 100+, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Jay, Stock Dove 2, GS Woodpecker, Redwing 12, Blackbird 8, Mistle Thrush 2 (1 in song), Greenfinch 2, Chaffinch 6, Goldfinch c12, Bullfinch 2, Lt Tit 8, etc. Fieldfare 9 flew east over Rushall. (RP / RS / GR)
Mistle Thrush today |
Friday 23 November 2018
Friday 23rd November 2018
1030 - 1130 overcast, dull & misty, 4c : Little Grebe, M Swan 3, Cormorant 12, Heron 4, Shoveler 20, Teal 8, Tufted 14, Pochard 2, Wigeon 3, Common Gull, GBb Gull 10, Lapwing c100, Coot 36, Stock Dove, Pied Wagtail, etc. Also a Red Fox on west field (photo).
Wednesday 21 November 2018
Wednesday 21st November 2018
Monday 19 November 2018
Monday 19th November 2018
1000 - 1100 cloudy. drizzle 7c : Pochard pair, Wigeon pair, Shoveler 8, Teal 25, Tufted 16, GC Grebe, Cormorant 21, Mute Swan 3, Heron 3, Lapwing 80+, Yl Gull, GBb Gull 15, Common Gull, Bh Gull c200, LBb / Herring Gull c150, Pied Wagtail 3, Fieldfare 5, Redwing 5+, Greenfinch 4.
Cormorant on 8th Nov. (RP) |
Thursday 8th November 2018
Tuesday 6 November 2018
Tuesday 6th November 2018
Saturday 3 November 2018
Saturday 3rd November 2018
Friday 2 November 2018
Friday 2nd November 2018
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