Latest Sightings
| Birds=20
02/01/10
A 90min walk alongside the Emm to the rear of Morrisons =
(Areas 4=20
& 5. See Wildlife page) revealed 28 species of birds. These =
included=20
:-=20
Nuthatch, Siskin, Redwing, Mistle =
Thrush, Blue=20
Tit, Great Tit, Magpie, Collared Dove, Wood Pigeon, Moorhen, =
Jay,=20
Goldfinch, Blackbird, Dunnock, Mallard, Robin, Sparrowhawk, =
Black-headed=20
Gull,Greenfinch,Starling,Carrion Crow,Great spotted =
Woodpecker,Song=20
Thrush,Long-tailed Tit,House Sparrow,Chaffinch,Fieldfare =
and the=20
highlight of the morning Kingfisher
A record shot was taken as it perched.
06/01/10
During the heavy snow this morning a female The Kingfisher was seen again on =
the Emm=20
to the rear of Morrisons.=20
13/01/10
A Snipe was seen on the waters =
edge of the=20
Emm in Meadow Rd, Wokingham (Area 4 of the brook) Sighting by =
Malcom=20
Dunmore.=20
15/01/10
2 Little Egret : Wokingham =
SU818674. Pair=20
investigated the Emm Brook near Ludgrove School and flew off =
together=20
eastwards. Sighting by David Nash=20
30/01/10
During my Saturday walk along the Emm to the rear of =
Morrisons this=20
morning I had a Red Kite flying =
overhead and=20
a Kingfisher perched above the =
brook. (See=20
below) A Grey Heron was on the =
balancing pond=20
adjacent to Smiths Walk and a Moorhen was=20
swimming on the brook near the Woosehill Roundabout. . |
Insects=20
18/01/10
The moth trap was run for the first time this year overnight =
on the=20
18th Jan and produced 1 moth and a Winter=20
Gnat. The moth was the appropriately named .=20
A Rannoch =
Looper=20
moth was trapped near Riverside Walk on 31st May 2009 =
This was=20
only the 2nd record of this species in Berkshire. It was part of =
a small=20
influx to SE England. The larva is a Bilberry feeder and is =
resident in=20
Scotland but only occurs in sounthern England as a rare =
migrant.. It is=20
believed that this influx probably came from the continent =
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Other Wildlife 06/01/10
Caught in Area 6 of the brook =
(See Wildlife=20
page ) by Paul Goulbourn this 2lb Chub in the=20
snow is a beauty.
24/01/10
Also caught by Paul this1 lb 8oz =
This Pike =
was seen=20
and photographed in the Emm brook at Forest Road on the 10th =
September=20
2008 by Eddie Napper=20
Keep an eye and ear out for foxes at this time of the year. =
A Fox =
was seen=20
walking through the "Brookside Area" of Woosehill early Friday =
am=20
(15/01/10).=20
This picture of a fox was taken in Apr 2009 in Area 6 of the =
brook=20
(See Wildlife page ) by Paul Goulbourn. |