HT at yacht club: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, c500 Dunlin, c200 Lapwing and 42 Canada Goose. (It has been here since 15th Nov, but only seen 4 times as it is very mobile and elusive.)Ī Jack Snipe was flushed with 17 Snipe from Lagoon 3. (Record number for the site is 13 in 2005.)ġ0/12/14 – A Treecreeper in trees along the bridleway to the shore.ħ/12/14 – The 1st-winter male Black Redstart seen again at the jetty. 32 Stock Dove and 2 Stonechat on Lagoon 3.ġ1/12/14 – An impressive flock of 12 Raven at Shepperdine this morning. (Thanks for map, PB)ġ9/12/14 – AM reported: 3 Pintail at Shepperdine, 45 Stock Dove, 2 Little Grebe and just the 2 juv Mute Swan as the adults left on 13th.ġ3/12/14 – A lovely sunny afternoon. The Tree Sparrow is upriver from the Windbound (large arrow), seen at circle on 13th and small arrow today.
It was with c80 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer and 10 Reed Bunting. But the Tree Sparrow reported on Avonbirds website on 13th was again in the hedge at the stubble field. Mute Swan, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Wigeon, 5 Teal, 4 Coot and 5 Moorhen.Ĭ15 Song Thrush included more than usual along the shore, and 50+ Redwing in fields, probably show a cold-weather movement.Ģ9/12/14 – MP/AM reported, this morning: 1 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Grey Plover, 400 Dunlin, 160 Curlew, 150 Lapwing, 12 Snipe, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Stonechat (pair at Sailing club), 1 Rock Pipit and 2 Grey Wagtail.Ģ6/12/14 – The male Shoveler again - this time at the yacht club with Wigeon, and 1+ Yellowhammer there again.Ģ5/12/14 – A lovely male Shoveler in fresh breeding plumage on the Lagoon 3 scrape.Ģ4/12/14 – Some good counts: 6 Yellowhammer at the yacht club, 5 Stonechat,Ĭ80 Stock Dove and 24 Skylark (both on Lagoon 3).Ģ3/12/14 – The large evening Starling roost has moved on (first reported by AM on 19th), with only c100 into reeds on Lagoon 2 this evening.īut, the corvid roost next door at Jobsgreen Farm had 500+ birds this evening, including 300+ Jackdaw.Īlso a very good count of 10 Great Black-backed Gull (all ages) on the Tidal Res.Ģ1/12/14 – 2 Mistle Thrush defending Mistletoe in orchards by stable to SE of Lagoon 2.Īnd 3 Tree Sparrow reported on Avonbirds website in the stubble field upriver of The Windbound.Ģ0/12/14 – Not much to report at OPS this morning.
Some relatively common birds not recorded at all at OPS this year : Little Stint (!), Brambling (not even a fly-over this autumn !), Little Owl (no longer resident), Yellow-legged Gull (no gull roost on Lagoon 3 due to vegetation), Arctic Skua (but 2 Great Skuas, usually much less common).ģ1/12/14 – Only a Treecreeper and 92 Stock Dove of note, but 62 species today.ģ0/12/14 – The lake is frozen, apart from a small area, and crammed in it were: 2 Little Grebe, 1 juv. With my personal total for the site inĢ014 at 133 species (10 less than last year - mainly due to time spent training for an Ironman Triathlon which I completed in August !). (See Latest Site Species List for details). A total of 140 species recorded at the site in 2014 – worst year since 2007 (record 151 in 2013).
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