Wednesday 12th August 2020

0900 - 1100 hot & sunny, 28c: Common Sandpiper 4, Lapwing 18, Dabchick 2, Tufted m, Rook, Collared Dove 2, Buzzard, Grey Wagtail 2, Pied Wagtail 3, Swift, Swallow 20, House Martin 4, Willow Warbler 2 gave short song, Chiffchaff in song & 4 others, Whitethroat in song, Blackcap.  (RP)

Grey Wags & Woodpig today (RP)

Monday 10th August 2020

0900 - 1130 becoming sunny, to 24c: Common Sandpiper, Lapwing 12, Canada Geese hundreds flew in giving 350+ total, Cormorant, Dabchick 4, Herring Gull 2, Pied Wagtail, Jay, Stock Dove 3, Wheatear 2, Swallows Martins & Swifts 20+, Blackcap, Chiffchaff 6+, Willow Warbler in song.  Also Vapourer moth.  (GR)

Wheatears today (GR)

Sunday 9th August 2020

1000 - 1200 overcast, dull, 16c:  Teal 5, Dabchick 4, Mute Swan pair + 3 juvs, Cormorant 3, Heron 3, Lapwing 15, Bh Gull 100+, Swift 10, Swallow 4, House Martin 40+, Sand Martin 12+, Pied Wagtail 2, Col. Dove 2, Stock Dove, Bullfinch, a few Chiffchaffs calling.  (GR / RP)

Teal this morning (GR)

Friday 7th August 2020

0900 - 1100 sunny, 23c: Little Grebe 7, Tufted 2, Heron 2, Common Sand. 2, Lapwing 14, Coot 34, a few Bh & LBb Gulls, Buzzard 3, Swift 12, Swallow 4, House Martin 2, GS Woodpecker, Willow Warbler 3 in song, Chiffchaff 3, etc.

Peacock 2, Holly Blue, Ringlet, usual Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers & Speckled Woods etc.  Southern Hawker, Migrant Hawker, Brown Hawker, Emperor 2.  (RP / GR)

              Goldfinch and 4 of the 7 grebes today (RP)

Tuesday 5th August 2020

1000 - 1220 cloudy, breezy, 14c: Coot 57, Little Grebe 4, Heron 4, Lapwing 18, Kestrel m, Buzzard 3, Collared Dove 5, Rook, Pied Wagtail juv, Swift 100+, House Martin 50+, Sand Martins & Swallows 10, GS Woodpecker juv, Chiffchaff 6, Blackcap, Greenfinch 2.  (RP)

Tortrix moth D Petiverella (RP)

Bug S Binotatus (GR)

Monday 3rd August 2020

0930 - 1130 reasonably sunny, 18c: Hobby chasing hirundines, Buzzard, Raven, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper 3, Lapwing 12, Little Grebe 4, Cormorant 2,  Mute Swan pair + 3 juvs, Swift 10, Swallow 10, House & Sand Martins 15, Chiffchaff 6.   Peacocks, Comma & Hedge Browns etc.  (GR)

Hobby this morning (GR)

Sunday 2nd August 2020

1000 - 1210 sunny breaks, breezy, to 20c: Common Sandpiper 3, Lapwing 14, Oystercatcher, Cormorant 3, Little Grebe 4, Swift 20+, Sand Martin 15, House Martin 2, Swallow 12+, Bullfinch, Chiffchaff 3.

Black-tailed Skimmer m, Common Darter m, Brown Hawker 2, Common Damselfly mating pair.   (RP / GR)

         Sandpipers, Swallows and Chiffchaff road casualty (GR)

Friday 31st July 2020

0930 - 1100 sunny, 28c; Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing 16, Cormorant 2, Buzzard 2, Swift 3, Chiffchaff 2, Coal Tit (Brook Meadow).

Holly Blue 2, Red Admiral 3, Peacock 10, Comma, Ringlet, Speckled Wood 3, Meadow Browns, Large White etc.

               Barns Lane pool (May) & Swan Pool (June)

Wednesday 29th July 2020

0940 - 1200 generally cloudy, to 18c: Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher 3, Lapwing 17, Cormorant, Heron 4, Little Grebe 5, Jay, Rook 2, Swift 3, Sand Martin 2, Swallow 6, Blackcap 6 incl juv birds, Chiffchaff 3 (1 dead on road).  (RP / GR)

              Green Sandpiper & Oystercatchers today (GR)

Tuesday 28th July 2020

1000 - 1100, 15c cloudy, breezy: Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher 3, Lapwing 14, Little Grebe 5, Swift 8, House Martin 6, Sand Martin 2, Swallow 2.  (RP)

Ruby Tiger moth larva (RP)

Common Sandpiper 27th July (GR)

  Tufted duck with chick at Rushall on Daw End canal 28th July (GR)

Monday 27th July 2020

1040 - 1200 rain, 16c: Greylag, Com Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Lapwing 18, LBb Gull 55, Herring Gull 2, Bh Gull c60, Swift 20, House & Sand Martin 25, Kestrel m.  (GR)

Peacock 16th July (RP)

Degeers Longhorn moth (GR)

Sunday 26th July 2020

1000 - 1250 rain shower then fairly sunny & breezy, 16-20c: Oystercatcher 3, Lapwing 12, Little Grebe 4, GC Grebe yesterday, Heron 4, Rook, Sparrowhawk, Swallow 10 including juvs, Swift 15+, a few House & Sand Martins.  Six-spot Burnet 2, Peacock 12+, Comma 4, etc.  (RP / GR)

             Swallow in barn today, and Evening Primrose (GR)

Wednesday 22nd July 2020

1030 - 1230 cloudy 19c: Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing 15, Oystercatcher, Cormorant, Little Grebe 2, Peregrine.   (RP / GR)

  Funnel web spider a.labyrinthica, Speckled Woods & small toad (RP)

Monday 20th July 2020

1040 - 1130 cloudy: Common Sandpiper 2, Lapwing 4, Yellow-legged Gull, Herring Gull 2, LBb Gull 21, Bh Gull 88, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Swift 12, House Martin 4.   (GR)

  House Martin. Common Sandpipers & Yellow-legged Gull today (GR)

Sunday 19th July 2020

1000 - 1245 sunny, breezy 16 - 21c: Lapwing 22, Cormorant 2, Heron 4, Teal 2, Mute Swan pair+3 cygnets, Little Grebe, Buzzard 2, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat 3, Linnet 6, Greenfinch, etc.

Holly Blue, Red Admiral, Peacock 12, Comma 3, Silver Y, usual browns & skippers etc, Brown Hawker 10, prob. Southern Hawker.  (RP /GR)

Holly Blue, Comma & Peacock (GR)

Friday 17th July 2020

0915 - 1145 sunny 21c: Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat 2, Blackcap 5, Redstart, Linnet 4, Rook 6, Raven 2, Swift 6, Swallow 2.   Peacock 6, Comma 4, Holly Blue, Brown Hawker 5, Black-tailed Skimmer m, etc.  (GR)

Com Tern & Linnet 12th July

Thursday 16th July 2020

1010 - 1140 & 1315 - 1445 overcast, breezy, 16c: Redstart, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Swift 20, House & Sand Martins 8, Swallow 2, Pied Wagtail, Raven 3, Rook 29, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Lapwing 11, Cormorant 2.   (GR) (RP)

Redstart today (GR)

Tuesday 14th July 2020

1030 - 1140 overcast, 15c: Jay, Rook 5, Collared Dove, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler 2, Blackcap 2, Linnet 2, Swift 20+, Sand Martin 2, Little Grebe 2, Lapwing 5.

Brimstone f & Large White (RP)

Gv White & Small Copper (GR)

Monday 13th July 2020

1020 - 1150 cloudy, humid, rain later, 19c: Teal, Tufted 5, Cormorant 2, Lapwing 12, Coot 33, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Pied Wagtail, Swift 12, Swallow 2, Whitethroat 3, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap 2, Chiffchaff, Linnet 4.

Small Copper, Peacock 3, Red Admiral, Comma 2, Large Skipper 3, Small & Essex Skipper abundant, Meadow Brown & Ringlet abundant, etc.  (GR)

Roadside Rooks 12th July (GR)