Author Archives: Val Jones

A Red Kite flew east 1230-36.

2 Great White Egrets came in from SW at 0830 departing NE ten minutes later, 2 Ravens, 2 Kingfishers, 2 Spotted Flycatchers at Church Farm, Lesser Whitethroat.

4 Swifts, Spotted Flycatcher in the car park.

31 Teal (including bird with bill-saddle), ad Yellow-l-Gull, 2 Ravens, 4 Swifts, Kingfisher, c100 House Martins, 14 Chiffchaffs, 6 Blackcaps, a Lesser Whitethroat,

7 Mandarins, 12 Teal included a bird with a bill saddle 2T-N-2T from Normandy March 2019, 11 Common Scoters (9 drakes) that left NW at 1020, the regular Osprey from 1000 ( first seen 29/7), 3 Peregrines, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 … Continue reading →

2 Mandarins, 5 Teal, drake Gadwall, a Little Egret, regular Osprey, 1 Common Sand, ad Yellow-l-Gull, 5 Common Gulls, 7+ Jays, 2 Willow Tits, 12 Chiffchaffs, 3 Blackcaps, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Yellow Wagtail S, c60 Goldfinches.

6 Mandarins, 6 Teal, 237 Mallard, 3 Common Scoters (2 drakes & ad female), 2 Ospreys in the morning (original bird plus a new, fourth individual), 3 Peregrines ( ad & 2 juvs), a Hobby, a Ringed Plover S at … Continue reading →

3 Sandwich Terns (one juvenile) from early morning left as the rain cleared after 1230. Also a juv Common Tern briefly at 1055, 12 Mandarins, a Gadwall, ad Yellow-l-Gull, c20 Sand Martins and an Osprey in the afternoon.

4 Mandarins, 3 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 5+ C.Buzzards, an Osprey from 1140 caught a fish and left east (the original bird from 29/7 also here yesterday afternoon), a cream-crown Marsh Harrier 1210-25 eventually went SW, at least 2 juv  LRPlovers, … Continue reading →

212 Greylags, 5 Teal, 2 Gadwall, Osprey from 1330 with a different individual later, 5 LRPlovers, a Common Sand, ad Yellow-l-Gull, singles of Stonechat, Whitethroat & Yellow Wagtail, 2 Willow Tits.