Friday, March 31, 2006

Wheatear

16:00>16:30. 10 Degrees and Sunny.
  • On Reservoir

1 Male Wheatear on North reservoir Wall.

2 GT Crested Grebe

4 Mallard

2 Oystercatcher.

  • East Field

1 Little Owl

13 Lapwing

16 Fieldfare

45 Starling

  • Feeders

4 Goldfinch

1 Reedbunting

8 Greenfinch

1 Robin

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Wednesday 29 March

07:10>13:00/15:00.15:30. 8 Degrees Sunny Spells.
  • On Reservoir 07:10

13 Curlew in West Pool> W

  • On Reservoir 15:00

2 Oystercatcher

6 Mallards

5 Golden Plover

  • On Feeders

9 Goldfinch coming to Nyger Seed

6 Chaffinch

12 Greenfinch

3 Dunnoch

4 Reed Bunting.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Herons and Ducks

07:20>09:00. 4 Degrees, Heavy Rain.
  • On Reservoir

1 Male Goldeneye

1 Goosander Female

9 Male Mallards

3 Grey Heron

  • North Field

98 Golden Plover

36 Canada Goose

  • East Field

15 Lapwing

70+ Starling

  • Feeders

Nice selection of Finches on Nyger

Robin, Dunnock, Reed Bunting, Pied wagtail.

Monday, March 27, 2006

Male Goldeneye Displaying

09:00> 10:30, 8 Degrees, Heavy Rain.
  • On Reservoir

Pair of Goldeneye, Male Displaying very well.

3 Pair Mallard.

3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls over > W.

  • On Feeders

4 Goldfinch

3 Reed Bunting

6 Greenfinch

Robin, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Wednesday 22 March

15:00> 15:30. Sunny, 3 Degrees.
  • On Reservoir.
8 Curlew
4 Mallard.
East Field.
52 Lapwing.
  • On Feeders

3 Goldfinch, 4 Reed Bunting, 6 Greenfinch, 3 Dunnock,2 Robin

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Gt Crested Grebe

10:00>12:00 2 Degrees, Sleet and cloud.
  • On Reservoir

1 Gt Crested Grebe

2 Curlew Flew into West pool.

6 Snipe

2 Mallard

4 Common Gulls

  • East Fields

52 Lapwing

120+ Starling

  • North Field

6 Meadow Pipits

8 Carrion Crow

64 Golden Plover

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Moorhen

12:00>13:30 15:30>16:30, 0 Degrees, Sunny intervals.
1 Moorhen at inflow. Flew off into bushes on side of reservoir.
142 Golden Plover in North Field
36 Lapwing
150 Starling.
  • On Reservoir

2 Mallard

3 Teal.

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Goldeneye/Curlew

10:00>12:00, -1 Degrees, Snow Showers.
Reservoir now Full and Overflow in use
  • On Reservoir

1 Female Goldeneye

2 Mallards

1 Curlew Flyover Calling.

  • East Field

40+ Redwing

200 Starling

  • North Field

38 Golden Plover

  • On Feeders

Chaffinch,Goldfinch,Greenfinch,Blue Tit, Gt Tit, Reed Bunting, Pied Wagtails, Starling.Robin , Dunnock, Blackbird.Magpie.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

180 Golden Plover

11:00>12:00 , 0 Degrees,Sunny Intervals, windy.
  • North Field

180 Golden Plover very Flighty.

34 Lapwing

2 Skylark

4 Meadow Pipits

On Feeders


2 Goldfinch

13 Greenfinch

4 Reed Bunting

7 Chaffinch

2 Blue tits

2 Gt Tits

2 Robin

4 Dunnock

  • On Reservoir

1 Goosander female

2 Mallard

12 BH Gulls

Monday, March 13, 2006

Stonechat and Merlin

09:00>10:15, 0 Degrees. Dry and Dull.
  • On Reservoir

2 Mallards

1 Female Stonechat on reservoir wall opposite Feeding station,

made a quick visit

to Nyjer Seed and flitted back over Reservoir.

  • North Field

Male Merlin spooked 14 Golden Plover out of field> E

8 Lapwing went up as well.

6 Skylark moving between north field and reservoir.

On Feeders

3 Goldfinch

8 Chaffinch

5 Reed Bunting

12 Greenfinch

pair Blackbirds

4 Dunnock

2 Blue Tits

1 Pied wagtail

5 Starlings

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Snipe

16:30>17:30 -3 Degrees.
8 Snipe North Field

Heavy Snow

13:00>14:00, 0 Degrees, 4 inches of Snow.
  • Nothing on Reservoir.
14 Golden Plover in North Field.
  • On Feeders.
16 Greenfinch
3 Goldfinch
6 Chaffinch
3 Reed Bunting
2 Robins
4 Dunnock
2 Blackbirds
2Gt Tit
2Blue Tit

Saturday, March 11, 2006

3 Goldfinch on Nyjer


09:00>10:30, 1 Degrees, sunny.
Very Busy on Feeders this morning over 40 mixed finches
2 Pied Wagtail

6 Reed bunting

3 Blue Tit

2 Robins

2 Gt Tits

Pair of Blackbirds

16 Chaffinch

24 Greenfinch

4 Dunnock

3 Goldfinch

  • On Reservoir

4 Goosander 2M 2F

4 Mallard

5 Teal

1 Curlew Over

  • North Field

36 Lapwing

2 Golden Plover

Friday, March 10, 2006

Golden Plover/ Dunlin Records 2005/2006



2 Dunlin 8 Curlew

15:30> 16:30
  • On Reservoir

2 Dunlin seen and Heard Calling

38 Canada Geese

6 Teal in top Pool

8 Snipe

  • North Field

170 Golden Plover

8 Curlew

3 Curlew flew to nort field where there where 5 more.

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Dunlin/Oystercatcher

09:00> 11:00, 8 Degrees , overcast.
1 Oystercatcher on Reservoir wall with Gulls
60 Golden Plover in North Field
38 Lapwing circling reservoir, 1 small wader in with them.
think it was Dunlin.
1 Curlew over.
Skylarks singing in North Field
with 4 Meadow Pipits.
all the usual on Feeders
Spring is here.
Also Golden Plover Kill in North field lots of plucked Feathers

Wednesday 8 March

11:00> 11:45, 7 Degrees, Raining
  • On Reservoir

2 Goosander 1m 1f

  • On Feeders

2 Gt Tit, 2Robin, 5 Reed Bunting, 9 Greenfinch, 2 Blue Tits, 7 Chaffinch

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Pochard

14:00>15:00
150 Golden Plover in North Field
200+ Starling
9 Goosander
Pochard showing well near inflow
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Curlew/Pochard/Goldeneye


08:45>10:30, 2 Degrees and Raining
  • North Field

80 Golden Plover

1 Curlew

38 Lapwing

6 Carrion Crow

4 Jackdaw

38 Canada Geese

  • On Reservoir

3 Male Pochard

1 Female Goldeneye

4 Mallards

21 BH Gulls

8 Common Gulls

  • On Feeders

8 Reed Bunting 3F 5M

Greenfinch,Chaffinch,Blue Tit, Gt Tit, Robin,Dunnoch, Starling, Blackbird,Magpie

Friday, March 03, 2006

Reservoir Iced over

09:00>09:10 -5 Degrees, Sunny.
Reservoir Iced over halfway across
Gulls sitting on middle of reservoir
  • North Field
  • Curlew Heard Calling
91 Golden Plover { Numbers varying from day to day must show a
sign of movement for different birds passing through}
38 Lapwing
100+ Starling
  • On Feeders

16 Greenfinch

8 Chaffinch

3 Blue Tits

2 Robins

3 Dunnocks

2 Pied Wagtail

4 Starling
4 Reed Bunting

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Goldfinch on Feeders

08:45>9:30, -4 Degrees Sunny.
  • On Feeders

2 Goldfinch paid a quick visit to feeding Station, don't seem to get any normally.

5 Reed Bunting

6 Chaffinch

3 Blue Tit

8 Greenfinch

2 Robin

  • ON Reservoir

30 mixed Small Gulls

8 Snipe

  • North Field

71 Golden Plover

63 Lapwing

48 Rooks