Here & There

Sunshine, 12°, light S.

Lollingdon: 3 Ruff, 20 Lapwing, Common Gull, 15 Shoveler, c20 Teal and a Little Egret.

Wallingford Rd flood: c80 Teal and Chiffchaff and Blackcap in song nearby.

Bunk: 7 Chiffchaff (3 in song), c50 Fieldfare, c20 Redwing, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail, 2 Grey Heron, 10 Tufted Duck and a Sparrowhawk. Plus the 2 Herring Gull on their usual perch.

Cholsey Hill: c30 Golden Plover.

Mammals: Brown Hare and Roe Deer.

Butterflies: Brimstone.

AD, GW & PC.  

Whilst Alan was out at Lollingdon photographing birds on the flood, a dog walker came along. Aware that Alan was photographing birds on the flood and proceeded to let their dog run into the flood and flush everything.

Inconsiderate? Thoughtless? Keep the dog under control for a time or let it run free? What do you think? I know what I think but it’s not for here!

Fortunately Alan did get a pic of the 3 Ruff together.

Ruff

Another sunny day, 10°, light SSW.

3 Ruff still present on Lollingdon flood. Per Alan.

Greylag Goose over garden.

Ruff with Lapwing courtesy Alan

Waders

A sunny day, 10°, light NE.

A bit of a “Wader fest” on Lollingdon floods today. not often that we have had waders turn up in Cholsey but today found by Alan: 3 Redshank, 3 Ruff ( 2nd record), a Dunlin and a Ringed Plover along with c200 Lapwing, c10 Shoveler, 6 Teal, c100 Black-headed Gull and c50 Lesser Blackback Gull.

2 Raven, 2 Yellowhammer and a Blackcap in song.

Mammals: Brown Hare.

AD, MM, PC & RB.

Ruff courtesy Alan

Ruff (1st record) and Lapwing, January 2013, courtesy Richard Broughton

Lollingdon Floods

Sunshiny day, 9°, light NE.

Lollingdon: Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 60+ Lapwing, 14 Shoveler, 2 Raven, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer, c20 Redwing and a large number of gulls in the distance.

Sparrowhawk (m), 2 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch in garden and 2 Tawny Owl nearby.

Mammals: Brown Hare.

Butterflies: Red Admiral.

AD & PC.

Dunlin with Lapwing courtesy Alan

Red Admiral

Shoveler

Reed Bunting

Lapwing

Very quiet

Sunny, 9°, light NNW.

A disappointing walk along the bunk today with very little noted. Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk,2 Kestrel, 3 Fieldfare and c200 Black-headed Gull.

Kestrel into the sun

Dunlin

Sunny spells, 10°, light WNW.

2 Dunlin in flight with c45 Lapwing, the usual gulls, Teal, Shoveler, Wigeon and a Raven over. Lollingdon. Per AD.

Barn Owl this evening. Per RB.

2 Dunlin with Lapwing courtesy Alan

Magpie hoping for some leftovers. courtesy Andy King.

Sunshine & Showers

Sunshine and showers, 12°, fresh SW.

Lollingdon: 2 Shelduck back on the flooded field, along with the usual Shoveler, Lapwing, Lesser Blackback Gull, Teal and Common Gull.

Morton Floods: c60 Lesser Blackback Gull, c150 Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover, c100 Teal, 3 Chiffchaff, a Cormorant and 4 Wigeon.

Wallingford Rd Floods: c130 Teal, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, c10 Wigeon and 4 Tufted Duck.

Bunk: 2 Chiffchaff incl 1 in song, Yellowhammer and Treecreeper in song, 14 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, Coot, 6 Tufted Duck.

2 Barn Owl noted this evening. LC & AD.

5 Wigeon on the school pond. RB.  

A Smooth Newt found at the weekend hibernating, Per RD and a Red Admiral on Sunday in the garden.

AD, LC, PC. & RB.

Kestrel

Frog spawn in Alan's pond

Shelduck

Golden Plover with Lapwing courtesy Alan

More of Lollingdon floods

Sunny spells, 12°, light SW.

Lollingdon floods: 2 Shelduck, 15 Shoveler, c300 Lesser Blackback Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, c100 Black-headed Gull, a Raven over, a Sparrowhawk and 200 Lapwing. 4 Little Egret present yesterday.

AD.

photos courtesy Alan

Lollingdon Floods

Rain, 13°, light S.

Lollingdon Floods: c60 Lesser Blackback Gull, c100 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, c12 Shoveler, 15 Teal and 3 Little Egret.

138 Teal & 4 Shoveler on the Wallingford Road floods.

AD & MP.

Little Egret courtesy Alan

Shelduck above & Shoveler below

Shelduck over the floods at Hithercroft courtesy Alan

Barnes Pond

Overcast, 9°, light SSE.

Loren visited her grandsons in Barnes, London yesterday and took them to Barnes Ponds to do a spot of introductory birding with them.

They had a little Fujii camera and a pair of binoculars between them and managed around a dozen species.

Bearing in mind they are 11 and 7 they did pretty well.

Welcome to Odin and Quinn’s blog page.

LC, OL & QL.

Male & Female Mandarin Duck courtesy Quinn

Egyptian Goose bathing courtesy Odin

Coot courtesy Odin

Mandarin, Black-headed Gulls and Mallard courtesy Odin

Mute Swan courtesy Quinn

Mandarin and Tufted Duck courtesy Quinn

courtesy Loren

Bunk, Lollingdon & Moreton floods

Overcast, 9°, light SSE.

Bunk: At least 3 Chiffchaff still, c100 Linnet, 100+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, a Mistle Thrush, 200+ Starling, 40+ Pied Wagtail, a Grey Wagtail, Little Owl and 250+ Lapwing briefly settled then flew off towards the Moreton floods.

Lollingdon Floods: 11 Shoveler, c100 Lesser Blackback Gull, 2 Herring Gull, c50 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull and c150 Lapwing.

Moreton Floods: c350 Lapwing, c30 Golden Plover, 2 Shelduck, 2 Cormorant over and a Sparrowhawk.

AD & PC.

Common Gull courtesy Alan

Chiffchaff courtesy Alan

Part of the Lapwing flock

Starlings

Chiffchaff

Chiffchaffs again

Hazy sunshine, 5°, light ESE.

Lollingdon: 9 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 10 Lapwing, 26 Lesser Blackback Gull, 100+ Black-headed Gull, a Raven over, c60 Fieldfare, c20 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit and 15 Skylark.

Bunk: 5 Chiffchaff, 16 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 70+ Fieldfare, 10 Redwing and a Mistle Thrush in song and 2 Herring Gull.

Moreton floods: c450 Lapwing, c20 Golden Plover, 2 Shelduck, c25 Teal, c15 Shoveler, a Raven and a Little Egret.

Mammals: Brown Hare.

AD & PC.

Some welcome sunshine

A sunny day, 6°, light ESE.

A nice bright day with a number of Chiffchaff around and an abundance of small insects in a few sheltered/sunny spots. 5 Chiffchaff feeding along a stretch of hedgerow along the Bunk near CSW and another 2 further along towards Green Lane and 1 in the garden.

A few of note: 60+ Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, c30 Pied Wagtail, 20+ Linnet, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 5 Lesser Blackback Gull, 2 Herring Gull, etc.

Lollingdon flood: 2 Shoveler plus the usual Gulls.

Long Ditch: Peregrine Falcon, 2 Stonechat, Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit, etc.

AD & PC.

Several of the Chiffchaffs

Skylark courtesy Alan

Stonechat ↕ courtesy Alan

Long-tailed Tit

Grey Heron

Herring Gull

Oystercatcher

Overcast and rainy, 5°, light SE.

An Oystercatcher on Lollingdon floods plus 13 Shoveler and 2 Stonechat (m & f) along the Bunk.

AD.

courtesy Alan

Floods still prevalent

Sunny spells, 3°, light SE.

Nice to see the sun today but still a bit on the chilly side.

Long Ditch: 3 Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat, many Skylark in good voice, Reed Bunting, Peregrine Falcon over and c30 Lesser Blackback Gull.

Lollingdon: c30 Teal, 14 Shoveler, 2 Common Gull, 20+ Lesser Blackback Gull, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 100+ Lapwing and a handful of Fieldfare and Redwing.

Moreton Floods: Chiffchaff, c600 Lapwing, 1 Pintail, c50 Teal, 2 Shelduck, 25 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 9 Wigeon and 2 Cormorant over.

A Chiffchaff in the garden late afternoon and Alan has a regular Blackcap visiting his garden.

AD & PC.

Shelduck

Lapwings approaching the flood with a small flock of Starling flying point. As the Lapwing flock landed, one of the Starling attempted to land with them. It took around 15 seconds of hovering before it realised the water was too deep for it and eventually flew of to join the others that landed in a nearby tree.