Tuesday 09 March 2010
1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]
1 Cormorant (overhead), 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 62 Redwing, 1 Siskin (flew over Dodd's Grove calling at 13.21) [Mike Bailey, Don Petrie]
16 Grey Heron (On Fobbing/Vange Wick), 1 Red-breasted Goose (The escape, yellow ring on left leg, on Fobbing/Vange Wick with Canada Geese, viewed from Marina mound ) [John Wright]
2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Lesser Redpoll (feeding in the standard birch trees south of the western Poors Lane/Dodd's grove entrance to the main reserve) [Marc Outten, Tony Mead]
5 Snipe, 1 Water Pipit (N.E. and N.W. ends, mobile!), 1 Cetti's Warbler [John Wright]
Monday 08 March 2010
1 Corn Bunting (singing) [Neil Chambers]
5 Meadow Pipit, 4 Fieldfare, 3 Reed Bunting [Neil Chambers]
4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Firecrest (in holly on SW perimeter path) [Bob Young]
4 Canada Goose (on Potton), 1200 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (by central track), 2 Red-legged Partridge, 50 Golden Plover (Potton), 100 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Stock Dove (Potton), 1 Rock Pipit, 20 Corn Bunting (incl. a few singing), 11 Brown Hare [Neil Chambers]
Sunday 07 March 2010
1 Ring-necked Parakeet (flew onto ivy covered tree on island at 17:40, didn't call) [John Wright]
1 Sanderling, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult) [Paul Baker]
1 Marsh Harrier (female on RSPB Bowers), 10 Snipe (circa on scrape) [Graham Mee]
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Redwing [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk (female) [Paul Griggs]
1 Stock Dove (singing), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 drumming), 1 Firecrest (singing male in large holly trees on SW side from perimeter path), 1 Nuthatch (flew over the Firecrest) [Neil Chambers]
2 Snipe, 8 Meadow Pipit, 12 White / Pied Wagtail, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Reed Bunting [John Wright]
Saturday 06 March 2010
1 Ring-necked Parakeet (showing very well in thin ivy-covered tree on island in main pond - didn't call once), 1 Brown Rat [Mike Bailey]
4 Great Crested Grebe, 86 Cygnus sp. (on field on Kent side), 1 Common Scoter (drake flew upriver at 16.45), 4000 Black-headed Gull (approx - constant stream flying east at a rate of c70 per minute, but not a single Med Gull!!) [Neil Chambers, Martin Cracknell]
4 Little Egret (3 on Potton Island), 21 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 56 Corn Bunting [Marc Outten]
12 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Teal, 15 Knot (roosting with Turnstone),
1 Purple Sandpiper (on south side of pierhead throughout high tide (ie NOT on ramp with main Turnstone flock)), 92 Turnstone, 8 Mediterranean Gull [Mike Bailey]
54 Greylag Goose, 12 Canada Goose [Paul Griggs]
1 Sparrowhawk (plunged into a tree at Porters Grange roundabout to take a sparrow) [Paul Baker]
1 Anthus sp., 1 Cetti's Warbler (showed well in abstraction ditch), 2 Reed Bunting [Paul Griggs]
1 Little Egret, 15 Greylag Goose, 46 Canada Goose, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Mediterranean Gull (adult-summers) [Paul Griggs]
1 Little Egret, 10 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 20 Shoveler, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Reed Bunting [John Wright]
4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (NW corner of the moat by the wood yard @7.50, along grassy edge of moat by middle mound @08.30 then flew onto the marsh and could not be relocated), 2 Cetti's Warbler (1 showing very well in abstraction ditch), 6 Reed Bunting [Martin Cracknell]
Friday 05 March 2010
1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]
1 Sparrowhawk (displaying male this morning), 3 Mistle Thrush (singing birds this evening), 2 Firecrest (a female 200 WSW of compound this morning at 10. Visit this evening male in holly 50m east of first logpile by main clearing), 3 Nuthatch (singing birds near carpark, at main clearing and S of compound), 2 Treecreeper (singing in well grown coppice east of main clearing) [Jeff Delve]
2 Sparrowhawk (hunting low through gardens) [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (inc drumming and displaying), 8 Redwing [Paul Baker]
1 Little Egret, 2 Pintail (pr), 44 Pochard (including one with nasal saddle 'A3'), 52 Tufted Duck (including one with nasal saddle 'DL'), 7 Goldeneye (2 drakes), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (pr on river), 1 Skylark, 1 Yellowhammer (male), 4 Reed Bunting [Mike Bailey, Don Petrie]
12 Ruff (+), 3 Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 1 Cetti's Warbler (still singing NE of marina car park) [Neil Chambers]
4 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 8 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (1 betwn car pk & clearing, a pair c 100m sth of compound), 4 Redwing, 1 Goldcrest (singing), 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch (vocal), 4 Treecreeper (2 pairs) [Vince Kinsler]
Thursday 04 March 2010
1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]
1 Water Rail (seen well in ab. ditch), 12 Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (around flood/moat in most NE corner.), 2 Cetti's Warbler (seen chasing each other in abstraction ditch), 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Northern Water Vole [Vince Kinsler]
1 Buzzard (flying low across field chased by corvids and then gaining height.) [Vince Kinsler]
1 Mute Swan, 58 Greylag Goose, 39 Canada Goose, 1 Red-breasted Goose (Adult of unknown origin. Seen in flight (fully winged) and actively feeding with Canada Geese from15:40 until dusk), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Don Petrie, Mike Bailey, Marc Outten]
1 Woodcock [Andrew Woodhouse]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 25 Common Scoter (hanging around behind West Leigh bouy and Warden Point, flying frequently and landing again on the water), 1 Red Admiral (Thanks Mike!) [Paul Baker, Mike Bailey, Don Petrie]
29 Snipe, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (favouring the grassy edges of the moat between the 2nd viewing mound and the woodyard, though quite mobile), 1 Reed Bunting [Neil Chambers]
34 Snipe, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Cetti's Warbler (heard), 4 Reed Bunting [Vince Kinsler]
Wednesday 03 March 2010
1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]
5 Great Crested Grebe, 300 Turnstone (c.), 10 Mediterranean Gull (1 1stW, 2 2ndW, 1 AdW, 6 Ad summer), 2 Common Seal [Don Petrie]
8 Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit,
1 Water Pipit (found by Marc, showing well in flooded grassy tussocks along north shore (where Snipe are sleeping) in front of line of reeds just east of middle viewing mound - Thanks Marc!), 1 Reed Bunting [Paul Baker, Mike Bailey, Marc Outten]
62 Shoveler (numbers are down but there were over 30 on Vange Wick today), 38 Snipe (including a wisp or 29 flying around the marsh), 1 Water Pipit (on freshmarsh in the tussocky grass opposite the central viewing mound) [Marc Outten]
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (over Pound Lane), 5 Ruff (in creek), 2 Snipe (in creek), 1 Greenshank (in creek), 3 Mediterranean Gull (adults on Vange Wick), 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard on Vange Wick), 1 Brown Rat (at visitor centre) [Paul Baker, Mike Bailey]
2 Yellowhammer [Marc Outten]
17 Ruff (in creek), 2 Greenshank (in creek), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing east of car park) [Neil Chambers]
Tuesday 02 March 2010
2 Stock Dove (pair), 4 Redwing, 1 Goldcrest (in holly to west of car park), 24 Greenfinch (in tree tops gathering to roost) [Don Petrie]
1 Sparrowhawk (female over Victoria Circus) [Paul Griggs]
1 Green Woodpecker (heard), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (male), 14 Chaffinch (feeding flock) [Don Petrie]
1 Peregrine Falcon (female on Maitland House) [Paul Griggs]
1 Sparrowhawk (male ), 6 Stock Dove, 4 Green Woodpecker, 10 Great Spotted Woodpecker (at least - many drumming), 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (heard calling only - one at 09.47 in trees E of the clearing, 200m N of the f'path to Eastwood sewage works, and another (apparently a fem, found by Don) further E in the same stretch of trees at 09.55 - many thanks for the phonecall Don!), 3 Redwing (in play area), 2 Nuthatch (1 in c'pk, 1 nr f'path to Eastwood sewage farm), 3 Treecreeper, 2 Crossbill (flew N over c'pk at 08.32 calling - one was an ad male) [Mike Bailey]
3 Green Woodpecker, 8 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (female feeding and calling as it moved through the SE section of the wood for about 400m), 3 Nuthatch (calling from carpark, 200m south of carpark and southern clearing) [Don Petrie]
1 Green Woodpecker (in garden ) [Steve Arlow]
Monday 01 March 2010
2 Ruff (in creek), 1 Greenshank (in creek), 1 Herring Gull (with completely white plumage flew from tip and landed behind Vange Wick res), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (1st winter), 1 Caspian Gull (probable 2nd winter (not ringed) briefly - one of the closest gulls, but flew off too quickly), 1 Iceland Gull (juv / 1st winter for 10 mins on nearest flood, then flew off towards Holehaven with other gulls) [Neil Chambers]
1 Red Admiral (flew through garden) [Mike Bailey]
26 Mallard (flew west), 1 Buzzard (came in low at treetop height from Pound Wood at 13:55 then thermalled slowly upwards between A127 and Hockley ridge until lost as a dot in the blue sky at 14:05 - nice!), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Redwing [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Woodcock, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Adder [Andrew Woodhouse]
17 Pochard (on the fleet reservoir by the road), 400 Black-tailed Godwit ((c.) large flock high over heading east), 37 Curlew, 49 Stock Dove, 2 Corn Bunting [Marc Outten]
2 Stock Dove (singing), 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker (3 drumming), 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (drumming c200m NE of crossroads of central track and southern perimeter path), 10 Redwing (feeding in play area), 1 Nuthatch (car park), 2 Treecreeper [Neil Chambers]
Sunday 28 February 2010
1 Peregrine Falcon (ad male at eastern end disturbed from fields) [Jeff Delve]
1 Stonechat (male) [John Wright]
2 Little Grebe, 50 Wigeon, 28 Teal, 35 Shoveler, 8 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard) [Marc Outten]
1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]
2 Red-throated Diver, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Sanderling, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Kittiwake [Paul Baker]
2 Red-throated Diver, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 40 Gannet (+) (1 2nd year, the rest adults), 2 Mediterranean Gull (adults), 5 Kittiwake (2 ads, 3 1'w) [Neil Chambers, Marc Outten, Don Petrie, Jeff Saward]
2 Red-throated Diver, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 49 Gannet (mostly adults), 3 Sanderling, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Kittiwake [Jeff Saward]
Saturday 27 February 2010
2 Little Egret [Neil Chambers]
3 Greylag Goose, 4 Canada Goose, 2500 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (c.), 1 Barn Owl (not the Potton bird. Hunting along the Havengore Creek seawall) [Don Petrie]
2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Paul Griggs]
1 Ring-billed Gull (Rossi seen during a drive by) [Steve Arlow]
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Fieldfare, 5 Mistle Thrush (2 singing) [Neil Chambers]
13 Canada Goose, 1 Hen Harrier (male, on eastern seawall, then flew across middleway), 1 Kestrel (female hunting on Potton), 1 Merlin (flew from Potton to Barling Marsh), 1 Barn Owl (the bird with the black left wing-tip flew from Barling Marsh to Potton where it hunted along the north seawall) [Don Petrie]
1 Great Northern Diver (showing well just off old jetty), 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Common Seal [John Wright]
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (heard calling approx 100m SW of compound), 3 Nuthatch (All territorially 'singing'.1 car park, 1 S of Play area, 1 150m Sw of compound) [Jeff Delve]
2 Mediterranean Gull (adults, 95% sm. plum. ), 1 Ring-billed Gull (showing well) [John Wright]
2000 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (c. big flock on far side of island), 750 Wigeon [Martin Cracknell]
800 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 3 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Water Rail (heard), 11 Fieldfare, 2 Reed Bunting, 40 Corn Bunting, 4 Brown Hare [Martin Cracknell]
1 Greenshank, 5 Skylark (along the access road ), 4 Reed Bunting, 3 Corn Bunting (singing around the car park) [Martin Cracknell]
1 Little Grebe (in pond opp. golf driving range), 1 Northern Water Vole (in pond opp. golf driving range) [John Wright]
1 Whooper Swan (herd looks to have moved back further towards SF Hall, could only see a small part of the herd visible through hedgerow ), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (pair ), 4 Skylark, 2 Corn Bunting (singing) [Martin Cracknell]
Friday 26 February 2010
1 Peregrine Falcon (hunting over the town) [Paul Griggs]
1 Kingfisher (fishing with me for a while (and a 3lb 2oz Chub!)), 1 Green Woodpecker [Paul Baker]
1 Merlin (superb male perched in tree at rear of Barling churchyard. 'Scoped from 70 yards, a real joy.) [Don Petrie]
1 Kingfisher (flew along borrowdyke on southern edge of the tip) [Don Petrie]
1 Little Egret [Paul Baker]
7 Canada Goose, 300 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (c.), 1 Hen Harrier (male) [Don Petrie]
41 Mute Swan, 13 Bewick's Swan (on pool in field well E of S Fambridge Hall so easier to see that recently), 1 Whooper Swan, 0 Short-eared Owl (Poor conditions for hunting owls seen by the wife yesterday) [Jeff Delve]
2 Great Northern Diver (+, two flew well uprver at 9:25, one flew out at 9:55), 3 Great Crested Grebe, 65 Cygnus sp. (on field directly opposite in Kent beneath the 'tip'), 27 Turnstone (around paddling pool) [Paul Baker]
5 Blackbird (1 male, 4 female), 1 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 1 Blackcap (male), 3 Chaffinch (1 male, 2 female. All in garden) [Graham Mee]
Thursday 25 February 2010
3 Canada Goose, 500 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (c.), 1 Marsh Harrier (over middleway), 1 Merlin (male, attacking large starling flock), 1 Barn Owl (hunting northern sea wall of Potton. This bird had dark outer primaries on the left wing, giving a distinctive black left wing-tip) [Don Petrie]
1 Pink-footed Goose (adult grazing on Potton with 6 Canadas and 2 Greylags viewed from seawall on north side of tip), 2500 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (c. on Potton), 2 Sparrowhawk (male and female), 1 Kestrel (male), 1 Merlin (male), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Rock Pipit, 12 Jackdaw, 6 Rook, 2 Yellowhammer (by farm), 7 Reed Bunting, 2 Corn Bunting [Paul Baker]
2 Corn Bunting (+ in hedgerow) [Paul Baker]
56 Mute Swan (viewed with difficulty from the seawall about 1 km east of SF.), 12 Bewick's Swan (adults, with the mutes), 1 Whooper Swan (adult with the herd), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (pair, upriver), 8 Skylark, 6 Reed Bunting (3 pairs, some singing) [Don Petrie]
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