Birds
Brambling - 1 winter male along the canal hedge,
Siskin - 50 - 60, a very vocal flock with several males singing (no redpolls),
Willow tit - 1 calling in the south of the wood around the stream,
Stock dove - 4 in the fields at the back (notable there!),
several species now singing including 2 Coal tits.
Gareth
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 30th September
Grimsbury Reservoir Peregrine: Hunting over the back fields. Seen heading off south west. 4 Jay: 1 in the wood and 3 high over north west. 15 Meadow Pipit: 15+ over south east. 16 Swallow: over south. 3 Grey Wagtail 25 Siskin: c.15 in the wood and...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 14th February
Grimsbury Reservoir Merlin: Through over cattle fields soon after first light and away over town south. Species number 57 at the reservoir for the year. Willow Tit: In the wood with tit flock. Gareth Blockley...
- Grimsbury Reservoir 4th September
Further to Gareth's post Badger and myself checked out the roving tit flock between 1000-1200. We heard the Willow Tit call once early on but did not see it and later we also saw and heard a Marsh Tit in the roving flock. The flock is quite large...
- Willow Tits
I can happily confirm there is still a pair of Willow tits at Grimsbury reservoir. They were in the Willows near the entrance mid morning today and the male was calling and singing away. Gareth...
- Willow Tit - Grimsbury Res, Banbury
One Willow tit seen along the canal moving towards the woodland plantation and then heard a couple of times in the Hazel scrub around the north west corner. Later another (or probably the same one) seen well and calling several times along the hedge beside...
Birds
Grimsbury reservoir - 23/01/11
Brambling - 1 winter male along the canal hedge,
Siskin - 50 - 60, a very vocal flock with several males singing (no redpolls),
Willow tit - 1 calling in the south of the wood around the stream,
Stock dove - 4 in the fields at the back (notable there!),
several species now singing including 2 Coal tits.
Gareth
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 30th September
Grimsbury Reservoir Peregrine: Hunting over the back fields. Seen heading off south west. 4 Jay: 1 in the wood and 3 high over north west. 15 Meadow Pipit: 15+ over south east. 16 Swallow: over south. 3 Grey Wagtail 25 Siskin: c.15 in the wood and...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 14th February
Grimsbury Reservoir Merlin: Through over cattle fields soon after first light and away over town south. Species number 57 at the reservoir for the year. Willow Tit: In the wood with tit flock. Gareth Blockley...
- Grimsbury Reservoir 4th September
Further to Gareth's post Badger and myself checked out the roving tit flock between 1000-1200. We heard the Willow Tit call once early on but did not see it and later we also saw and heard a Marsh Tit in the roving flock. The flock is quite large...
- Willow Tits
I can happily confirm there is still a pair of Willow tits at Grimsbury reservoir. They were in the Willows near the entrance mid morning today and the male was calling and singing away. Gareth...
- Willow Tit - Grimsbury Res, Banbury
One Willow tit seen along the canal moving towards the woodland plantation and then heard a couple of times in the Hazel scrub around the north west corner. Later another (or probably the same one) seen well and calling several times along the hedge beside...