visit holden wood from 1.15-4.30 ..nice to meet and talk to Andy there!
1 g c grebe 2 different cormorants 2 min ravens 2 kestrels 24 lapwing min on western side of res pair with unseen young today in usual breeding field.....chick must have gone under the fence in song - 1 reed bunting, dunnock, song thrush, 1 willow warbler, 1 wren 1 coot gatherings of Woodpigeons....a few groups seen 2-3 with at least 10 in..... 1 grey wag 2 oystercatcher heard mallards around 15-20 1 linnet 1 grey heron
walked up to the start of musbury - pair of stonechat along path up from res....ticking away!
meadow pipits seen
in the rushes lots of baby toads....hundreds....crawling through grass.....
on the top - a common frog seen rabbit 1 kestrel 2-3 meadow pipits 2 linnets
lots of butterflies mainly meadow brown up to the top, some small skippers,.....
a big all dark dragonfly
the blue damsel flies
-- Edited by sarfraz on Tuesday 8th of July 2014 11:14:00 PM
-- Edited by sarfraz on Tuesday 8th of July 2014 11:14:32 PM
1 Grey Heron 1 Cormorant min of 15 Mallard 1 fem with 4 nearly fully grown young 2 coots 1 immature moorhen 1 sparrowhawk male usual swallows martins swifts willow warbler in scrub at top blackcap one singing from scrub on grane road side and other from musbury side in trees usual meadow pipits, 1 reed bunting, crows, woodpigeons, magpies, black headed gulls
min 24 lapwing - the pair wit that one small chick were in hiding or has met an untimely demise..
1 oystercatcher on farm 2 little ringed plovers
song thrush singing from hedge at top
stoenchats on path between holden wood and ogden......no sign of young yet but appear agitated so must have a clutch
2 green woodpeckers one heard from near dam at holden wood..other by old railway track between ogden and holden wood
walked on pathan half way to Ogden.....1 grey heron female sparrowhawk
on the plus side plenty of butterflies - skippers, meadow browns, cabbage whites, a red admiral, tortoiseshells, some peacock, blue damsel flies , a large brown dragonfly quite big!
-- Edited by sarfraz on Friday 18th of July 2014 11:02:30 PM
-- Edited by sarfraz on Friday 18th of July 2014 11:04:48 PM
25 adult mallard
1 female with at least 3 week to 2 week old young
2 moorhens - adult and an immature
1 coot
2 grey heron
min 50 lapwing
min 15 starlings
song thrush singing form top end
2 wren singing
1 willow warbler
1 sedge warbler - FINALLY got it here!
quite a few swallows and sand martins including some young
min2 goldfinch
2 linnet
a few meadow pipit
2-3 pied wagtails
1 grey wagtail
lots of canada geese
min 20 lesser black backed gulls flying very low over reservoir.....many young in there too...some young appear to be finding their own way ...unless the parents kept a very distant eye on them..
