Birds
If you are not sat down, hold on to something -six seven duck species today!
1 Goldeneye (drake), 6 Shoveler (4 drakes), 2 Gadwall (1 drake), 1 Tufted Duck (drake), 5 Wigeon (2 drakes) and the ubiquitous Mallards.
10 Common Gulls,
1 Jay,
3 Skylarks and 1 Meadow Pipit over south.
4 Teal (per Clive Payne)
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 03rd April
I've been away for a week so nice to see some signs of spring 'up north' 1 Little Ringed Plover (flew off north at c.11:30) is number 70 for the year list 1 White Wagtail with c.20 Pied Wags and 5 + Meadow Pipits 1 Reed Bunting singing 4 Tufted...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 25th January
1 Red-crested Pochard (drake), 26 Wigeon (16 drakes), 1 Shoveler (drake), 1 Little Owl, c.40 Siskin. ...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 17th January
2 Shoveler (1 drk), 2 Gadwall (1 drk), 2 Tufted Duck (2 drk) and Mallards - maybe the most species of duck I have ever seen there at the same time! 1 Greylag Goose with 126 Canada Geese, 5 Common Gulls, a ringed Black-headed Gull was too distant...
- Farmoor 10th December
Falcated Duck still on F1 in N/W corner at 08:35 (per Dai) Still present at dusk (per Martin Townsend) Also: 5 Egyptian Geese F2 2 Slavonian Grebe F1 3 Scaup F1 1 Common Sandpiper (per Martin Townsend) (c) Terry Sherlock Also LGRE's counts...
- 11th Jan Sonning Eye And Henley Rd Pits
During webs count over 4000 birds counted. 8 smew ( 2rh sonning eye 1 rh henley road 1m and 4rh private pit ) 2 1st winter drake scaup sonning eye 2 rh goosander 1 drake red cr pochard 1533 tufted duck 1183 coot 551 gadwall 515 widgeon 226 pochard 20...
Birds
Grimsbury Reservoir: 19th January
If you are not sat down, hold on to something -
1 Goldeneye (drake), 6 Shoveler (4 drakes), 2 Gadwall (1 drake), 1 Tufted Duck (drake), 5 Wigeon (2 drakes) and the ubiquitous Mallards.
10 Common Gulls,
1 Jay,
3 Skylarks and 1 Meadow Pipit over south.
4 Teal (per Clive Payne)
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 03rd April
I've been away for a week so nice to see some signs of spring 'up north' 1 Little Ringed Plover (flew off north at c.11:30) is number 70 for the year list 1 White Wagtail with c.20 Pied Wags and 5 + Meadow Pipits 1 Reed Bunting singing 4 Tufted...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 25th January
1 Red-crested Pochard (drake), 26 Wigeon (16 drakes), 1 Shoveler (drake), 1 Little Owl, c.40 Siskin. ...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 17th January
2 Shoveler (1 drk), 2 Gadwall (1 drk), 2 Tufted Duck (2 drk) and Mallards - maybe the most species of duck I have ever seen there at the same time! 1 Greylag Goose with 126 Canada Geese, 5 Common Gulls, a ringed Black-headed Gull was too distant...
- Farmoor 10th December
Falcated Duck still on F1 in N/W corner at 08:35 (per Dai) Still present at dusk (per Martin Townsend) Also: 5 Egyptian Geese F2 2 Slavonian Grebe F1 3 Scaup F1 1 Common Sandpiper (per Martin Townsend) (c) Terry Sherlock Also LGRE's counts...
- 11th Jan Sonning Eye And Henley Rd Pits
During webs count over 4000 birds counted. 8 smew ( 2rh sonning eye 1 rh henley road 1m and 4rh private pit ) 2 1st winter drake scaup sonning eye 2 rh goosander 1 drake red cr pochard 1533 tufted duck 1183 coot 551 gadwall 515 widgeon 226 pochard 20...