Birds
♀ Merlin
1 Kestrel
18 Golden Plover
1 Lapwing
1 Common Snipe
12 Yellowhammer
2 Bullfinch
several Siskin overhead
200+ each of Redwing & Fieldfare
10 Skylark
3 Reed Bunting
1 Great-spot
A few each of Song & Mistle Thrush.
c20 Blackbird
Good nos of Greenfinch, Chaffinch & Goldfinch.
1000+ Gulls in partially flooded field. Mainly LBB’s with 50+ BH Gulls, at least 2 Herring & 1 Common Gull, also 60+ Jackdaw & c120 Rook with them. Probably flushed from one of the pig farms on the downs. Some gulls that flew off headed in the direction of the Power Station.
Also 4 Roe Deer,
2 Treecreepers in garden yesterday.
- Balscote Quarry
On the water/scrape today @ 11.40am were 5 Lapwing, 8 Black Headed Gull and 1 Common Gull. Great to see a Peregrine come in on a hunting flightpath and put them in the air. 23 Species noted:- Lapwing, BH Gull, Common Gull, Mallard, Peregrine, Buzzard...
- Cholsey 9th Dec
4 Arches - Cholsey Marsh - Bow Bridge - Winterbrook Cloudy 1º 1 Greylag Goose 76 Canada Goose 2 Shovelor 2 Wigeon 4 Teal 2 Tufted Duck 5 Goosander 1 Great Crested Grebe 20+ Cormorant 4 Grey Heron 10 Red Kite 4 Buzzard 1 Sparrowhawk 2 Kestrel 30+ Moorhen...
- Cholsey 24th Nov
200+ each Redwing & Fieldfare 16 Song Thrush 50+ Blackbird 5 Mistle Thrush 16 Yellowhammer 3 Lapwing 1 LBB Gull 100+ BH Gull 1 Red-leg 50+ Pheasant 2 Skylark 3 Reed Bunting 1 Green & 3 Great-spotted Woodpecker c10 Siskin 2 Bullfinch 2 Jay A few...
- Cholsey, 10th Nov
200+ Fieldfare 50+ Redwing 30+ Blackbird (usually only 5 or 6) 5 Song Thrush (normally 1) 1 Tufted Duck (unusual record for my patch) 4 Bullfinch 7 Stock Dove 3 Reed Bunting 6 Yellowhammer 100+ Goldfinch (in 2 hours) + a few Chaffinch & Greenfinch....
- Cholsey, 5th Nov 2010
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Birds
Cholsey 26th Nov
♀ Merlin
1 Kestrel
18 Golden Plover
1 Lapwing
1 Common Snipe
12 Yellowhammer
2 Bullfinch
several Siskin overhead
200+ each of Redwing & Fieldfare
10 Skylark
3 Reed Bunting
1 Great-spot
A few each of Song & Mistle Thrush.
c20 Blackbird
Good nos of Greenfinch, Chaffinch & Goldfinch.
1000+ Gulls in partially flooded field. Mainly LBB’s with 50+ BH Gulls, at least 2 Herring & 1 Common Gull, also 60+ Jackdaw & c120 Rook with them. Probably flushed from one of the pig farms on the downs. Some gulls that flew off headed in the direction of the Power Station.
Also 4 Roe Deer,
2 Treecreepers in garden yesterday.
- Balscote Quarry
On the water/scrape today @ 11.40am were 5 Lapwing, 8 Black Headed Gull and 1 Common Gull. Great to see a Peregrine come in on a hunting flightpath and put them in the air. 23 Species noted:- Lapwing, BH Gull, Common Gull, Mallard, Peregrine, Buzzard...
- Cholsey 9th Dec
4 Arches - Cholsey Marsh - Bow Bridge - Winterbrook Cloudy 1º 1 Greylag Goose 76 Canada Goose 2 Shovelor 2 Wigeon 4 Teal 2 Tufted Duck 5 Goosander 1 Great Crested Grebe 20+ Cormorant 4 Grey Heron 10 Red Kite 4 Buzzard 1 Sparrowhawk 2 Kestrel 30+ Moorhen...
- Cholsey 24th Nov
200+ each Redwing & Fieldfare 16 Song Thrush 50+ Blackbird 5 Mistle Thrush 16 Yellowhammer 3 Lapwing 1 LBB Gull 100+ BH Gull 1 Red-leg 50+ Pheasant 2 Skylark 3 Reed Bunting 1 Green & 3 Great-spotted Woodpecker c10 Siskin 2 Bullfinch 2 Jay A few...
- Cholsey, 10th Nov
200+ Fieldfare 50+ Redwing 30+ Blackbird (usually only 5 or 6) 5 Song Thrush (normally 1) 1 Tufted Duck (unusual record for my patch) 4 Bullfinch 7 Stock Dove 3 Reed Bunting 6 Yellowhammer 100+ Goldfinch (in 2 hours) + a few Chaffinch & Greenfinch....
- Cholsey, 5th Nov 2010
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