Friday 30 November 2018

Friday 30th November 2018

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.
                                            

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.

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

1015 - 1115 sleety rain, 2c : Shoveler 20, Wigeon 4, Teal 14, Pochard 2, Tufted 14, Little Grebe, Mute Swan 3, Cormorant 10, Heron 3, Lapwing 114, Common Gull 4, GBb Gull 13, Song Thrush.

Female Great-spotted Woodpecker @ Rushall

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

0930 - 1015, dry, 11c : Teal 16, Tufted 12, Shoveler 7, GC Grebe 2, Lapwing 109,  Coot 40, Common Gull, Yl Gull, GBb Gull 5, Cormorant 10, Heron 2, Pied Wagtail 2, Skylark over. (RP)

Yellow-legged Gull today (RP)

Tuesday 6 November 2018

Tuesday 6th November 2018

1045 - 1200 fairly cloudy, 12c : GBb Gull 5, Common Gull 2, large gulls c150, Bh Gull c200, Lapwing 100+, Heron 3, Cormorant 11, Shoveler 5, Teal 32, Tufted 13, GC Grebe, Skylark 2, Pied Wagtail.

Southern Hawker 21st October.

Saturday 3 November 2018

Saturday 3rd November 2018

Park Lime Pits 1000 - 1130 fairly sunny, 10c : Green Woodpecker, Skylark 3, Meadow Pipit, Ring-necked Parakeet 2, Fieldfare 25, Redwing 100+, Jackdaw 150+, Treecreeper, Goldcrest 2, Reed Bunting, etc.

No sign of Yellow-browed Warbler.

Fieldfares this morning.

Friday 2 November 2018

Friday 2nd November 2018

1000 - 1130 sunny after frost 4 - 8c : Shoveler 4, Tufted 3, Wigeon 8, Teal 22, Little Grebe, Cormorant 2, Heron 2, Yellow-legged Gull ad, GBb Gull 5, Common Gull 4, Herring/LBb Gulls c80, Buzzard 2, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 2, etc.





Ladybirds on 9th October.