Cloudy, Showers, 6º, light ESE.
A quiet day today, Lollingdon hill had a few Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit and Skylark
around, also 2 Buzzard and 3 Red Kite.
Still a number (200+) Lapwing
present with the gull flock near the pig fields.
2 Great-spotted
Woodpecker in evidence with one “drumming” to the west of the hill.
Cholsey marsh is quite submerged at the moment with the
river very high, an unknown number of Teal
present (only saw a couple) and 2 Common Snipe on the marsh and a few Reed Bunting in the hedgerow and a few Pied Wagtail and Meadow Pipit on a flooded field nearby.
Bow bridge area was also inaccessible with the footpath
underwater for the first time this winter, not much here other than 4 Cormorant resting in a tree.
On driving to Didcot later in the day I decided to go over
Cholsey hill and along Hithercroft to check out the floods and found 2 Shelduck with the gulls, they stayed
for around 20 mins before flying off north.
The ♀
Blackcap still present in the garden
and the Moorhen still visiting
regularly.
Shelducks
Blackcap
Ferry Lane & Cholsey Marsh (the river bank is at least 100m down the lane)
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