1000 - 1120 sunny then cloudy 16c: Egyptian Goose 3, Greylag, Canada Goose c300, Teal 5, Shoveler, Little Grebe 14 + 10 chicks, GC Grebe (on 28/08), Com. Sandpiper, Lapwing c60, L Egret, Cormo 3, Raven, House Martin 2, Sand Martin 4, Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Bullfinch. (RP)
Also Red Admiral, M Brown, H Brown, Sycamore moth larva.
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| Egyptian Geese today (GR) |
0900 - 1120 cloudy, breezy 13c: M Swan 15 + 3 cygs, Greylag, Teal 3, Tufted 2, L Egret, Little Grebe 13 + 5 chicks, Lapwing c60, Kingfisher, White Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 8, Buzzard 3 (1 earlier mobbed by 16 Magpies), Sparrowhawk, Raven, Green Woodpecker calling, House Martin, Starling c60. (GR)
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| More Grebe chicks today |
Late morning, sunny/cloudy 21c: Buzzard 9 circling with a Sparrowhawk, M Swan 10 + 3, Cormorant 3, L Grebe 10 + 2 grebelets, Teal 4, L Egret, Snipe, W Pigeon 217 to north, Swallow, Chiffchaff 7. Holly Blue 3 at Snowberry, Old Lady moth, Southern Hawker, etc. (GR)
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| Little Grebe chicks today |
1100-1230 sunny 19c: C Geese 418, Greylag, Teal 3, Com. Sand., L Grebe 12, Raven 2, Jay, Collared Dove 2, Chiffchaff 8. Speckled Wood 17, Comma, Red Admiral, Vapourer 2. (GR)
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| Lesser or Great Black backed? today (GR) |
0745-0930 south-westerly 18c: Teal 5, Greylag, L Grebe 15, Heron 2, Common Sand., Lapwing 70, Swallow, Collared Dove 2, Cetti's Warbler, Goldfinch 18. (GR)
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| Com. Sand. today |
Late morning, 19c: Greylag, C Geese 345, Little Grebe 15, Cormorant, Herring & LBb Gull 288, Swallow 2, Sand Martin 7. Vapourer 3. (GR)
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| Holly Blue & Small Red-eyed Damsel pair (GR) |
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| Yarrow (pink form) |
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| Crab apples |
0845 - 1045 sunny, south-westerlies, 18-20c: Kingfisher, Greylag, Canada Geese 339, M Swan 9 + 3 cygs., Coot 101, L Grebe 8, Lapwing 70, Sparrowhawk 2f, Kestrel f, Buzzard, Sand & House Martins 12, Swift 5, Wood Pig.52, Blackcap.
Red Admiral 2, Comma, Speckled Wood 11, Hedge Brown f, Holly Blue 2, Vapourer, Brown Hawker 2. (GR)
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| Vapourer male |
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| Vapourer female & laying eggs (at Rushall) |
1030-1200 sunny/windy 20c: Yellow-legged Gull ad, White Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 3, Shoveler, Teal 2, Dabchick 9, Heron 2, L Egret, Lapwing 72, Sand Martin 6, Swallow 2, Jay, Raven, Buzzard, Whitethroat, Bullfinch, Goldcrest, etc.
Common Darter f, Brown Hawker, Emperor. Comma, Holly Blue, Gv White 4, Speckled Wood 3, H Brown 3, M Brown 4. (RP) (GR)
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| Shoveler & White Wag. (RP) |
1430, showery 19c: Lapwing 70, Teal 2, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Swift 6, Swallow House & Sand Martins 25. (GR)
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| Hobby & Red Deer yesterday afternoon (RP) |
0945-1130 showery 17c: Canada Geese 203, Coot 181, L Grebe 10, Cormorant 2, Swallow 12, House Martin, Swift 5, Willow Warbler 2 in song, Chiffchaff 8, Song Thrush, Greenfinch, Hobby circling and swooping, etc. Honey Bees thousands swarming to cluster (photo's). (GR)
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1230 cloudy, breezy 19c: Kingfisher, Little Egret, Cormorant, M Swan 9 + 3 juvs, Teal 2, Collared Dove, House Martin, Swallow 6. (GR)
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| Kingfisher today (GR) |
1100 - 1230 drizzly 14c: Little Egret 2, Little Grebe 6, Lapwing 70, LBb & Herring Gulls 200+, Swallow 7, Sand Martin 15, House Martin, Blackcap 6, Chiffchaff 10, Cetti's, Goldcrest, Goldfinch 40+ incl juvs, Greenfinch 2, Bullfinch m, Peregrine. (RP /GR)
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| Peregrine & Egrets today (RP) |
0945-1200 showery, westerlies, 11 - 14c: Little Grebe 5, Lapwing 45, Heron, Wood Pigeon 194 to n., Col Dove, Swift 3, Swallow 5, Sand Martin 15, House Martin 2, Pied Wagtail 5, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch 2, Greenfinch. Red Admiral, Comma, H Brown 4. (GR) (RP)
Also sightings from 1st & 2nd August, variable weather, windy, sunny, showery 17-21c: Kingfisher, Kestrel, Little Grebe 4, Lapwing 71, Raven, Swallows Swifts & Sand Martins, Pied Wagtail 8 incl 2 juvs, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Greenfinch 2.
Holly Blue, Peacock 8, Red Admiral 9, Comma 8, Small Skipper 2, Hedge & Meadow Brown numerous, Brown Hawker 2, etc. First record of Small Red-eyed Damselfly 8. (RP) (GR)
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| Small Red-eyed Damsel & Holly Blue (RP) |
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| Speckled Wood & Little Grebe juv (GR) |
