Rather quiet

A dull cloudy morning brightening up later, 12°, light N.

Pretty quiet all round today.

Yesterday Niall and Alan took on a Bat walk and recorded the following:

“By far the most common bat in the Cholsey area, with about 70% of detections, is the Soprano Pipistrelle. In joint second are the Common Pipistrelle and Noctule.

There are though also Common Serotine, Daubenton's, Nathusius' Pipistrelle, Natterer's and Brown Long-eared.

Detections are tailing off now as the weather is cooler and the nights longer.”

Back to today: Bunk line was rather quiet this morning. Good numbers of Redwing and Fieldfare as usual, a few Song Thrush and approx. 20 Pied Wagtail feeding amongst the cattle and a couple of Jay present.

Bunk line area this afternoon with Alan: 2 Kingfisher, usual Thrushes, a Blackcap and c30 Chaffinch.

And pretty quiet along the river this morning.

Mistle Thrush courtesy Alan

Great-spotted Woodpecker courtesy Alan

Pied Wagtails

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Bats and a cool start to November

Sunny spells, 12°, breezy SW.

Yesterday Niall Hammond carried out a Bat survey from Cholsey Meadows, top end of Ilges lane, Church road, and Wallingford road area. Species recorded were: Daubenton’s Bat, Natterer’s Bat, Noctule, Serotine and both Common and Soprano Pipistrelle.

Thank you to Niall for the use of his records.

Back to today.

By the time I got along the Bunk line today, Alan had already been along the river and was also along the Bunk.

River: Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff, Raven, 2 Stonechat, Mistle Thrush, 15+ Redwing. A few Fieldfare later in the day.

Bunk/Green lane: Raven, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Jay, Herring Gull, Chiffchaff, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail and to top the lot, a female Merlin flew towards Cholsey Hill.

The Golden Plover flock has increased to c200. Per Alan.

Mammals: Red Fox plus Niall’s Bats and Alan’s Roe Deer.

Dragonflies: Common Darter.

Butterflies: Red Admiral.

Photos courtesy Alan.

Stonechat

Egyptian Geese

Jay