Cholsey Wildlife

4 Arches – Cholsey Marsh – Bow Bridge Sunny, cold wind, 0º, standing water ice covered. 4 Mute Swan in sheep field near the marsh, c100 Cana...

Overcast, fresh northerly wind, 2º. 9 Mute Swan (incl 2, 1 st years) in field close to Wallingford bypass, The odd Pheasant or 2, 16 Red Ki...

4 Arches – Cholsey Marsh – Bow Bridge – Winterbrook Overcast, light rain showers, 7º. 2 Mute Swans in field near 4 Arches, 20-30 Mallard alo...

Light rain showers, 6º. Another attempt to get some idea of the importance of this area as a winter roost site for Buntings. Again approx ...

Overcast, 6º At least 6 Red Kite and 1 Buzzard. 3 Kestrel and a Sparrowhawk. 2 Moorhen, 11 flyover Lapwing, 600+ Gulls, mainly Lesser Blackb...

Cholsey Marsh – Bow Bridge - Winterbrook Bright, 0º. Sharp frost. River level dropped but field flooding more extensive. Usual flock of Cana...

Sunny, frosty, 4º. Stream levels high and a lot of partial flooding. Highlight today was a Jack Snipe , only the 2 nd one I’ve seen in Chol...

01:45 this morning, tipping down with rain and a Wood Pigeon starts up 10m from my bedroom window! What’s that all about? [ My comment a...

Overcast, 7º Decided to see if there was still an active roost at Cholsey Marsh as I’ve not done that for a long time and I was pleasantly s...

Overcast, 12º Plenty to look at today, once out of the village Yellowhammers became quite common with at least 3 flocks and a lot of Finches...

4 Arches – Cholsey Marsh – Bow Bridge - Winterbrook Showers, 12º. River running a bit higher, faster and murkier. Some of the fields that a...

The Lees. A walk out to the Lees produced surprisingly little today. 2 Bullfinch at the Bullshole a Reed Bunting and 2 Yellowhammer furth...

10 Waxwings, junction of Crescent way - Station road. Had a call from TW, saw them fly towards West End but could not relocate them.

A brief walk out to the Lees late this afternoon. A Grey Wagtail at the Bullshole and a Little Egret flushed from another brook near the B...

No sign of Scaup today. Only Meadow Pipit flyover and Chiffchaff with Tit flock.