Birds
Grimsbury Reservoir
Kingfisher
Little Grebe: Only around for circa half an hour. Uncommon bird here.
30 Golden Plover: circa 30 circling over fields just north of the wood. Patch tick for me.
Willow Tit: Northern edge of the wood in a tit flock.
Yellow Wagtail
Sand Martin
Swallow
26 Meadow Pipit: Passage south (06:30 to 09:30). Slow but steady passage but less than I was expecting as there seems to have been more passage earlier in the week.
8 Chiffchaff
5 Blackcap
Gareth Blockley
- 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: 2nd September
Grimsbury Reservoir 2 Redstart: 1 female (also seen by Clive Payne) at northern end of cattle field seen on fence and along ditch but disapears into wood when disturbed. 1 male (seen by CP) in scrub between the res and the wood. Lapwing: Flew over west....
- 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...
- Goingbirding: 7th April
Grimsbury Reservoir 3 Common Sandpiper Only untill c. 07:55 but didn't see them leave. White Wagtail: m. Wheatear: m. 6 Chiffchaff: m. Singing. Only at reservoir, not including wood or surrounds. 5 Blackcap: m. Singing. Only at reservoir not in...
- 3 Dunlin - Grimsbury Reservoir
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Birds
Grimsbury Reservoir: 25th September
Grimsbury Reservoir
Kingfisher
Little Grebe: Only around for circa half an hour. Uncommon bird here.
30 Golden Plover: circa 30 circling over fields just north of the wood. Patch tick for me.
Willow Tit: Northern edge of the wood in a tit flock.
Yellow Wagtail
Sand Martin
Swallow
26 Meadow Pipit: Passage south (06:30 to 09:30). Slow but steady passage but less than I was expecting as there seems to have been more passage earlier in the week.
8 Chiffchaff
5 Blackcap
Gareth Blockley
- 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: 2nd September
Grimsbury Reservoir 2 Redstart: 1 female (also seen by Clive Payne) at northern end of cattle field seen on fence and along ditch but disapears into wood when disturbed. 1 male (seen by CP) in scrub between the res and the wood. Lapwing: Flew over west....
- 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...
- Goingbirding: 7th April
Grimsbury Reservoir 3 Common Sandpiper Only untill c. 07:55 but didn't see them leave. White Wagtail: m. Wheatear: m. 6 Chiffchaff: m. Singing. Only at reservoir, not including wood or surrounds. 5 Blackcap: m. Singing. Only at reservoir not in...
- 3 Dunlin - Grimsbury Reservoir
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