Found 3 Blue-tailed Damselfly my first of the year today and another first of the year were 3 Common Heath moths both at Raw Nook NR. The Common Heaths are particularly pleasing as they were in the heather area we had…
All Quiet!
After the heavy rain this morning I thought I would leave it till mid afternoon to check on the patch! Sadly no Whitethroat Sp were heard and the Sedge Warbler as expected appears to have moved on. Keeping a close…
Warblers arrive!
Received some information from Vic a birder who watches the Tong area who stated that he had a Lesser Whitethroat on the 5/5. It is interesting this morning at the eastern end of Toad Holes beck I found a Lesser Whitethroat.…
A Common Whitethroat at last but…..
A male Common Whitethroat was seen today at Raw Nook NR. However, I hope I’m wrong but from the location I suspect the bird may be a passage bird and not looking to attract a mate. Two Swifts moved W…
First Swift!
An early start this morning at the Vismig point at Caldene Fields proved fruitful with a Swift flying S/W at 07.23. Also moving were Swallows with 6 N/W & 7 LBB Gulls W + 3 N. A skylark was in…
The big bird watch!
This morning I thought I would try to find as many species as I could in our recording area. The total was 34 different species. The only unusual species was a pair of Tufted Duck at Toad Holes Beck which…
Frosty start!
There was a heavy ground frost first thing this morning which quickly disappeared with the rising temperature creating a magical effect at Toad Holes Beck. Visible migration only produced 6 LBB Gulls moving N, a single Swallow N and strangely 3…
Early start!
Thought I would do a bit of visible migration this morning mainly looking for Swallow and Martins despite the unfavourable N/E winds. Only 9 Swallows flew to the N but what caught me out was a Redpoll Sp that flew…
Lesser Whitethroat alert!
Not really in our recording area…..but fairly near… heard a Lesser Whitethroat in full song at Wyke Beck this afternoon.
The first week of May!
Bird wise my records show that the first week of May is usually fairly good here with something of interest turning up. But I got off to a bad start today in the fog and a slight N/E wind with…
