Sunny spells, 12°, light SSW.
A Spring like day with a fair bit of bird song heard,
Song Thrush,
Mistle Thrush,
Yellowhammer,
Greenfinch and
Great Tit to name a few.
A number of small bees
(10+) feeding on
Mahonia flowers in the garden today. Worker
Honey Bee?
The 2
Stonechat still present on Lollingdon Hill and 2
Raven overhead.
A flock of c30
Yellowhammer out at Little Lollingdon and a couple of
Reed Bunting present.
An interesting
Song Thrush on the hill today with warm brown upper parts and a yellowish wash to the under parts. Made it look quite different to our local birds.
Alan was out along the river today: The
Teal are back in numbers on the marsh with 50+, a couple of
Kingfisher and
Little Grebe, several
Reed Bunting, a
Nuthatch and a
Treecreeper, 50-60
Lapwing overhead, a single
Common Snipe,
Grey Wagtail, several
Cormorant, a couple of
Grey Heron and
Canada,
Greylag and
Egyptian Geese. Over the weekend there were several
Wigeon on the river and a
Peregrine seen. Per Alan.
There were a lot of
Lapwing sightings in Oxfordshire over the weekend of birds moving south west escaping the snow and freezing conditions in the east.
A good sighting of 2
Water Vole by Vicky Gilson today along one of the brooks in Cholsey and a
Little Egret also noted.
Also an
Otter seen on the river this morning by Sasha Norton.
Mammals: Water Vole,
Brown Hare,
Otter &
Roe Deer.
Teal photos courtesy Alan.
Worker Honey Bee
Teal (m)
Teal (f)
