Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Tuesday 22nd September 2026

1220-1400 sunny to 25c:  Clouded Yellow, Small Copper, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral 4, Speckled Wood 4, Migrant Hawker 8, Common Darter.   Winterley Ln site:  Common Blue m, Small Copper, Peacock, Red Admiral 5, Small White 4, Yellow Shell, Common Darter 4, Rudder Darter.

Great Crested Grebe (photo), Little Grebe 2, Little Egret 4, M Swan 6, Cormorant 15, Lapwing 15, Chiffchaff 4.  (PR, GR)


Small Copper @ Winterley

Sunday, 20 September 2026

Sunday 20th September 2026

1030-1200 fairly sunny 16c:  Teal 2, Tufted 17, M Swan 6, L Grebe 3, L Egret 5, Jay 3, M Pipit 2, Chiffchaff 3.  (GR, RP)

Friday, 18 September 2026

Friday 18th September 2026

0945-1100 cloudy 12c:  Mute Swan 6, Little Egret 2, Tufted 15, Gadwall 2, Little Grebe 4, Stock Dove 2, white (escaped domestic) Geese 2, etc. (usual Buzzard, Raven, P Wagtail, Bh Gulls etc.).


Coot juvenile & goose today
(GR)

Monday, 14 September 2026

Monday 14th September 2026

1000 drizzle 18c:  Mallard 131, Tufted 8, Coot 81, Little Grebe 4, Mute Swan 5, House Martin.  Vapourer moth.   (GR)

Kingfisher on 05/09 (GR)

Sunday, 13 September 2026

Sunday 13th September 2026

1030-1150 cloudy some drizzle 18c:  Redstart, Greenshank, Lapwing 20, Tufted 8, M Swan 4, Little Grebe 3, Sparrowhawk, Swallow 7, GS Woodpecker, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff 8, etc.  Red Admiral, Migrant Hawker.   (RP, GR)

 
Redstart today (RP)

Saturday, 12 September 2026

Saturday 12th September 2026

1030 cloudy 14c:  Little of interest - Cormorant 19, M Swan 4, L Egret 4, Tufted 8, Grey Wagtail, etc.  (GR)

Male Great Spotted Woodpkr
13/09 (RP)

Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Tuesday 8th September 2026

1200 cloudy, 14c:  Lesser Black-backed & Herring Gulls 580, Black-headed Gull 120, Teal, Tufted 4, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail 4, House & Sand Martins 25, etc.  (GR)

Grey Herons on 30/08 (GR)

Saturday, 5 September 2026

Saturday 5th September 2026

0700-0900 sunny, breezy 14c:  M Swan 2, Canada Geese, Mallard, GC Grebe 2, L Grebe 4, Cormorant 21, Coot, Moorhen, Heron 2, Bh Gull 51, LBb Gull 31, Lapwing 7, Jackdaw, Magpie, Jay 2, Raven 2, C Crow, Pied Wagtail 3, Wood Pigeon, Stock Dove 3, Collared Dove 2, Rn Parakeet, GS Woodpecker, Starling 32, Blackbird 6, Robin 7, Dunnock 2, Wren 3, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit 8, Blackcap 5, Chiffchaff 9, Goldcrest 2, Goldfinch 3, House Sparrow 2.  (GR)

1100-1230 added Tufted Duck 2, Little Egret, Herring Gull 12 and Buzzard 2.   Canada Geese now 153, Coot 71 & Mute Swan 4.

1630-1730 added Shoveler 2, Kingfisher 2 at Swan Pool, Sand Martin.  (total for day 43)

Also Clouded Yellow 2 (1 along front verge, 1 at quarry), Red Admiral, Speckled Wood 6.


Barns Ln pool

Wednesday, 2 September 2026

Wednesday 2nd September 2026

1000 cloudy 16c:  Lesser Bb & Herring Gulls 374, Bh Gull 72, L Egret, Jay, Jackdaw 27, Parakeet, Pied Wagtail 6, House Martin 5, Swift.   (GR)


Swift and Small Copper 01/09
(GR)

Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Tuesday 1st September 2026

0900 on, becoming sunny 16c:  L Grebe 6, Cormorant 19, Lapwing 5, Collared Dove, Stock Dove, Swallow, Blackcap 3, Chiffchaff 5, Bullfinch 2, etc.

Red Kite landed on lamp post 31/08.  (Chris)

Clouded Yellow, Common Blue, Small Copper 3, Gv White, Speckled Wood 4, Meadow Brown 2, Painted Lady.   (RP, GR)