Wednesday 21st March 2018

1100 - 1230 becoming cloudy, 7c : Little Egret, Teal 6, Wigeon 10, GC Grebe, Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing 11, Common Gull 5, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Redwing, Song Thrush 2.

Oystercatchers on 16th March

Monday 19th March 2018

Pictured - a superb complete albino Blackbird at Rushall this morning.  The only other news was of a Snipe seen over the Daw End canal yesterday.

Saturday 17th March 2018

0930 - 1100 sleety showers, bitter nor-easterlies, 0c : Chiffchaff, Redwing 20, Kestrel 2, Bh Gull 150, Oystercatcher 2, GC Grebe 2, Pochard 5, Wigeon 8, Goosander 3, Teal 24 at floods, Cormorant 7, M.Swan 5.  During the afternoon a GBb Gull & 304 Bh Gulls were present. Also a fox was seen.

Friday 16th March 2018

0830 - 1030 cloud clearing, 7c : Oystercatcher mating pair, LR Plover, Gadwall drake, Pochard 10, Wigeon 6, Teal 12, Goosander 5, GC Grebe 4, Little Egret, Pied Wagtail, Buzzard, Collared Dove 2, Stock Dove 2, Redwing 22, Greenfinch pair, Chaffinch 3, etc.

Two Redpolls at Stubbers on 14th March, and Brambling & Redpoll at Rushall on  13th March.

Thursday 15th March 2018

1115 - 1230 rain stopped, 10c : Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing 2, Little Egret, Cormorant 5, Goosander 4, Wigeon 8, Teal 6, Pochard f, GC Grebe 2, Common Gull, Buzzard 3, Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit, Lt Tit 2.

  
           Chiffchaff yesterday & Little Ringed Plover today.

Wednesday 14th March 2018

0930 - 1230 generally cloudy, easterlies, 7c : Iceland Gull adult, Bh Gull 250+, GBb Gull adult & 2 juv, Herring Gull 3, LBb Gull 22, Cormorant 3, Mute Swan 4, GC Grebe 2, Goosander pair, Wigeon 8, Pochard 10, Teal 14, Tufted 44, Lapwing 4, Oystercatcher, Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail, Skylark 2 over, Buzzard 2, Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove 2, Long-tailed Tit 6 (one without a tail), Chiffchaff 2 at the marsh, Lesser Redpoll 8 at alders, Chaffinch, Goldfinch 2, Reed Bunting m, etc.

Iceland Gull today
 

Monday 12th March 2018

1010 - 1130 rain, 7c : Pochard 13, Teal 12, GC Grebe 5, Cormorant 5, Heron, Common Gull 2, Lapwing 15, Pied Wagtail 2, Redwing 14, Greenfinch 3, Chaffinch 5.

           Goldfinch & Mistle Thrush (taken Feb. 2018).

Sunday 11th March 2018

0900 - 1145 misty start, 6 - 8c : Mute Swan 4, Cormorant 7, Pochard 6, Wigeon 10, Teal 8, Tufted 49, GC Grebe 2, Coot 27, Moorhen 5, Lapwing 27, Oystercatcher, Common Gull, LBb Gull 4, Bh Gull 80, Kestrel 2, Sparrowhawk, Meadow Pipit over, Pied Wagtail 2, Song Thrush in song, Redwing 20, Goldcrest, Greenfinch 2, Chaffinch 3 (1 in song), Bullfinch 2, Goldfinch, etc.

        Jelly Fungus today.  Don't eat it all at once.

Saturday 10th March 2018

0915 - 1030 cloudy after rain, 10c : Goosander 5, Pochard 26, Teal 4, Oystercatcher, Lapwing 28, Common Gull 9, GBb Gull, LBb Gull 3, Bh Gull 151, Herring Gull, Heron, Cormorant 10, GC Grebe, Pied Wagtail 2, Sparrowhawk f, Redwing 3, Song Thrush 2 in song, Chaffinch 2 in song, Goldfinch 8, Reed Bunting m in song at lagoon, etc.

Reed Bunting this morning.

Friday 9th March 2018

1200 cloudy, 7c :  Green Sandpiper at floods with 10 Teal, 50 Bh Gulls & a few Lapwings. Tufted Duck 30 at Swan Pool.

Aerial view of Barns Lane Pool (left of centre), The Swag (yachting lake), Swan Pool, Weinerberger Quarry (top) and Ibstock Quarry (below).  The flooded field near Ibstock can be seen between the two quarries alongside the road.

Wednesday 7th March 2018

1100 - 1230 sunny breaks, 8c : Pochard 18, Wigeon 8, Teal 2, Goosander pair, Gadwall pair, Tufted 30, Cormorant 3, Heron, Oystercatcher, Lapwing 60, Common Gull 2, Bh Gull 200, Kestrel m, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Skylark 2 over, Jay, Stock Dove 2, Feral Pigeon 14, Lt Tit 8, Goldfinch 10.

Snow on 2nd March

Tuesday 6th March 2018

1530 - 1600 light cloud, 8c : Goosander 10, Pochard 4, Teal, Lapwing 62, Cormorant 3, Mute Swan 4, Pied Wagtail.

                  White/black ringed Bh Gull on 25th Feb.

Monday 5th March 2018

1500 - 1600 cloudy, snow melting, 8c : Wigeon 11, Teal 2, Goosander f, Oystercatcher mating pair, Lapwing 15, Caspian Gull, GBb Gull 3, Common Gull, Buzzard 2, Sparrowhawk, Rook, Stock Dove 2, Chaffinch m, etc

Fieldfare, Great Spotted Woodpecker male & Nuthatch at Rushall on 3rd March.

Sunday 4th March 2018

1400 - 1530 fog cleared, overcast then rain, 4c : Goosander f, Wigeon 4, Tufted 8, Coot 33, Moorhen 9, Mute Swan pair, GBb Gull, Common Gull 2, Bh Gull 200+, LBb Gull 55, Herring Gull 6, Pied Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, Fieldfare 3, Redwing 7, Song Thrush 2, Redpoll 2, Linnet 25 at quarry, Goldfinch 3, Bullfinch pair, etc (no Lapwing!).

Looking over the Weinerberger (Sandown) quarry today.

Friday 2nd March 2018

1130 - 1200 cloudy, bitter easterlies, -2c : Snipe, Lapwing 20, Meadow Pipit on field with Pied Wagtail, Yellow-legged Gull adult, LBb Gull 25, Herring Gull 10, Bh Gull 300+, Common Gull 6, Heron, Moorhen 5, Coot 20, Mistle Thrush.

Fieldfare, Redpoll & Stock Dove @ Rushall 28th Feb.

Thursday 1st March 2018

No records today, but I thought I'd upload some Sparrowhawk shots taken at Rushall over the last few days :

Tuesday 27th February 2018

1115 - 1215 sleet turning to snow, -1c : Goosander 2, Pochard 15, Wigeon 10, Teal 2, Tufted 22, Heron, Bh Gull 400, Common Gull 7, LBb & Herring Gull 12, Lapwing 50.

Monday 26th February 2018

Some weak sleet showers, 0c : Goosander 6, Wigeon 10, Cormorant 3, Heron, Bh Gull 450, Herring Gull 8, LBb Gull 10, Common Gull 5, Lapwing 50, Oystercatcher 2.

Buzzard & juv. Cormorant 21st Feb.

Sunday 25th February 2018

0930 - 1115 sunny, frosty, -1c : Lesser Redpoll 4, Linnet 3, Bullfinch 4, Chaffinch 2, Greenfinch 3, Goldfinch 6, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit 6, Lapwing 111, Oystercatcher, Common Gull 2, GBb Gull, Bh Gull 300, Cormorant 7, Little Egret, Pochard 7, Wigeon 10, etc.

Linnets this morning

Saturday 24th February 2018

0900 - 1030 sunny, frosty, bitter breeze, 0c : Goosander 3, Wigeon 10, Pochard 12, Teal 4, Little Egret, Cormorant 3, Heron, Lapwing 50, LBb Gull 9, Herring Gull 2, Bh Gull 300, Common Gull 5, Pied Wagtail, Stock Dove, Feral Pigeon 5, Redwing 2, Bullfinch pair, Greenfinch pair, Chaffinch in song, Sparrowhawk f, etc.

Bullfinch male today

Thursday 22nd February 2018

1115 - 1210 overcast, icy breeze, 2c : Goosander 2, Pochard 15, Teal 14, GC Grebe, Little Egret, Cormorant 6, Common Gull 6, Bh Gull 300, Lapwing 120, Pied Wagtail, etc.

Sparrowhawk at Rushall 10th Feb.

Wednesday 21st February 2018

1140 - 1250 overcast, 6c : Gadwall pair, Wigeon 6, Pochard 16, Tufted 36, Teal 14 at floods, Little Egret, Heron, Cormorant 9, Common Gull 6, GBb Gull, Bh Gull 300, Lapwing 120, Buzzard, Pied Wagtail, Jay, Lt Tit 6, Chaffinch in song, Goldfinch 10, etc

Gadwall today

Tuesday 20th February 2018

1530 - 1600 some sun between cloud, 8c : Little Egret, Pochard 15, Cormorant 5, Lapwing 120, Oystercatcher, Yl Gull adult, GBb Gull 11, Herring Gull 18, Bh Gull 200+.

Linley Wood : only Buzzard and Mistle Thrush 2, of any interest.

A Long-tailed Tits nest (last years)

Footbridge over Anchor Brook

Monday 19th February 2018

1200 - 1300 drizzle, 8c : Goosander 9, Wigeon 8, Teal 6, Cormorant 5, Common Gull 2, Bh Gull 200+, Lapwing 150, Kingfisher.

Kingfisher at the concrete pipe today