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The "Area Seen" refers to the 10 sections that the Brook has been split into for monitoring purposes (see Wildlife page under Monitoring ). .
All sightings unless stated are from personal observations by Eddie Napper
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Birds 26/01/14 Today was a day when you would be forgiven for thinking that the world was about to end. A grey but dry start before the rain saw most of the best stuff in Area 4 by the Smiths Walk balancing pond. 2 Canada Geese were flying E, a Grey Wagtail was in the concrete channel. 23/01/14 Fraser Cottington was in the Area 10 car park field on Sandford Lane and saw a Skylark over the landfill and a Bullfinch in the field. 20/01/14 Paul Bright Thomas was out in Area 4 this morning at 08:45 on what turned out to be a Gull fest 3 Great Black-backed Gull flew SE, 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull flew E and 4 adult Common Gull flew NW. 500< font color=#FFOOOO> Woodpigeon were also seen to fly N to NW over the morning in groups and a solitary Cormmorant flew SE.18/01/14 12/01/14 A frosty start and cloudy by lunch time. 24 species seen today but the only addition to the FOTEB Year List was a small party of Rooks seen flying N over Area 5 at 07:45. This brings the FOTEB Bird Year list to 40 species. 11/01/14 On a rare sunny day in Area 5 today 50 + Redwing were feeding on the grass near Dragonfly Bridge to the rear of Morrisons . New for the year was a Buzzard seen quite latev in the afternoon, a Wren near Ripplestream Bridge and a Green Woodpecker heard "Yaffling " . A Feral Pigeon also put in an appearance. 08/01/14 In Area 10 the large mixed flock of approx 200 Redwing and Fieldfare were still present on Dinton Pastures Golf Course. 07/01/14 Area 10 again and this time it was Fraser Cottinton that was out and about . A walk up the sodden car park field on Sandford Lane , yielded returns with an immediate Peregrine circling over low East, looked large so was probably a female, then 2 Stock Dove over, a Buzzard landed at the back of Lavell's Lake. . On the way back up the field a pair of Sparrowhawk glided over me together rather low towards Lavell's. 06/01/14 In Area 10 R.A.Price saw a mixed flock of 200 Redwing and Fieldfare adjacent to the Emm on the Dinton Pastures Golf Course. Have a better week ahead. 05/01/14
04/01/14 In Area 10 Alan Rymer saw 35 Redwing in the tree's surrounding the Car Park field with more on the ground out of view. Also seen was a Green Woodpecker. 03/01/14
A better morning meant a longer walk than of late around Area's 4 & 5. Drumming Great spotted Woodpecker 's were near Ripplestream Bridge. A solitary Stock Dove was feeding on the grass. A flock of Blue Tit , Great Tit and Long tailed Tit were in the trees near the balancing pond. Also seen was a calling Nuthath. I decided to visit Area 2 behind Tesco's in the afternoon just as the heavens opened. I got very wet but managed to see a solitary Fieldfare and numerous Jackdaw's . 02/01/14 As it was getting dark in Area 5 a male Sparrowhawk was seen looking for a late snack from the roosting birds. In Area 10 Fraser Cottington wandered through a flooded Sandford Lane to the car park field and found a Nuthatch that was singing at the bottom, a Feral Pigeon over distantly and a brief Ring-necked Parakeet call . 01/01/14 In Area 5 the heavy New Year rain was hardly condusive to bird watching. Most was conducted from the window watching the garden. But I did venture out, but with not a great deal of success. Highlights (if thats the right word ) were Redwing , Blackbird and a wet looking Red Kite . |
Insects & Spiders 18/01/14
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Plants/Trees 26/01/14
18/01/14 In Area 1 (Gorrick Wood) the Gorse Ulex europaeus can be een in flower.Few plants make such an impact on the landscape as flowering gorse, both as colour and scent. The latter is a distinctive coconut smell. 02/01/14
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