Author Archives: Val Jones

In the murky conditions c220 House Martins, 64 Swifts, 10 Sand Martins but very few Swallows. Also a Hobby and the colour-ringed Little Egret.

Goose numbers building up with c175 Greylags & 84 Canadas, 7 Mandarins inc. a brood of five, 2/3 drake Teal, 4 Gadwall, 9 Tufteds, a Little Egret (unringed), 6 Oystercatchers, 2 Redshanks, 2 Common Terns, Kingfisher.

3 Little Egrets.

2 Little Egrets, one colour-ringed, 2 Curlews.

11 Barnacle Geese 1105-1215 then flew SE, 11 drake Teal.

Ad male Peregrine.

A Hobby.

A juvenile Stonechat on the west bank.

An ad Yellow-legged Gull.

2 Goosander & a Raven.