Birds
Grimsbury Reservoir: 6th September
Grey Plover - over east
Tree Pipit - over east
Whinchat - along ditch through cattle fields
Common Sandpiper
Little Egret - over south west
Yellow Wagtail 4 - over south (3 dropped in briefly)
Meadow Pipit 6 - over south
Swallow 4 - over south
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff 20+
Wheatear 2 - in the evening (Mike Pollard)
Willow Tit 2 - in woodland along river
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Willow Tit - courtesy of Andy Last (taken on 31st Aug) |
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Grimsbury Reservoir: 03rd September
3 Wheatear (Mike Pollard) Good hirundine passage with c.300-350 Swallows and 20+ Sand Martin over in 30 minutes. All going south east or east 1 Meadow Pipit over east...
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Grimsbury Reservoir: 2nd September
Grimsbury Reservoir Wheatear: fem/imm. Spotted Flycatcher: In large hedge through cattle field. 5 Yellow Wagtail: 3 with cattle and 2 over south. 3 Meadow Pipit: 3 over south. Black-headed Gull: One bird ringed in Denmark. A white ring on right leg...
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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...
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Grimsbury Reservoir: 27th September
Grimsbury Reservoir 2 Wheatear 60 Swallow: c.60 over east (groups of c. 35, 20 and 5). 6 Meadow Pipit: over south east. 10 Siskin: c.10. Gareth Blockley...
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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...
Birds