- The Morning After, The Storm Before! 

10am - 1 pm

Holden Wood:-

6 Teal

less than 10 Mallard

2 Grey Heron

15-16 Cormorants in roost

approx. 20 Lapwing

1 Snipe flew on towards Ogden

Long Tailed Tit flock in trees at other side

8 1st Winter Herring Gulls over

2 Stonechat

1 Coot

2 Ring Ouzel over, seep seep heard but no Redwings seen

1 Wind F****r being mobbed by Magpies

1 Sparrowhawk on the shore of Holden Wood trying to hunt Teal which just  ducked

 3 Common Gull - the only new birds the storms pushed in!

Ogden:-

58 Mallards min

2 Tufted Duck

2 Ravens flew towards Hutch Bank must have been circuiting

Calf Hey:-

1  G C Grebe

10 Teal

18 Mallard

1 Green Woodpecker

1 G S Woodpecker

Mega Flock of Tits, Treecreepers, Goldcest - 1 Marsh/Willow Tit again must be the Willow Tit seen by me and later by Dave Ousey, 20  min Goldcrest

Mega Flock of at least 250 Woodpigeons ....that was just what I could see from within the woods

3 Jays

Also

min of 50 Jackdaws the bulk around Holden Wood

small numbers of Meadow Pipits

0 G W Egret

100 Black Headed Gulls on all 3 Res

-- Edited by sarfraz on Wednesday 22nd of October 2014 09:40:13 PM

-- Edited by sarfraz on Wednesday 22nd of October 2014 09:42:04 PM