Birds

30/09/16

In Area 4 this morning Paul Bright Thomas was out in his Area 4 garden, a Chiffchaff was heard calling , also 7 Meadow Pipit flew over.

25/09/16

Over the Area 10 landfill site a Hobby and Peregrine were seen by Fraser Cottington.

23/09/16

200 Swallow flew over the car park field in 1.5 hrs. Several Meadow Pipit were heading S and 3 Raven were seen by Fraser Cottington.

22/09/16

On what is officially the first day of Autumn in Area 5, not much to report , 4 noisy Herring Gull flew over calling, in the afternoon a Buzzard and Red Kite were seen in quick succession. A Nuthatch was visiting the bird feeders and a Wren was working it way through my front hedge.

11/09/16

Whilst removing invasive grass from the pond in Area 5 this morning, 4 Common Buzzard were circling on the thermals. A Blackcap was alarm calling from a nearby bush and several noisy Jays were moving through the trees.

10/09/16

Area 5 and Ring necked Parakeet flew over calling.

08/09/16

At 17:00 a minimum of 6 House Martin were drifting slowly S over Area 5. In Area 10 Fraser Cottington came up trumps with an early morning Little Stint on the scrape by Bittern hide at Lavells Lake.

07/09/16

Found again by Adam Bassett in Area 10, a male and female Redstart were feeding in the bushes and sitting on the fence at the bottom of the car park field.Photo courtesy of Adam Bassett.

06/09/16

In Area 10 in the car park field a Green Woodpecker was hanging off the telegraph pole and a Kestrel wasitting on the wires. A male Redstart wasfound by Fraser Cottington on the fence at the bottom of the carpark field

04/09/16

At 20:30 approxiamately 25 Canada Goose flew through the dusk in Area 5 heading for their roost on Windmill Pond.

02/09/16

In Area 10 Marek Walford was out and about agian with another or the same Lesser Whitethroat at the bottom of the car park field and a Wheatear on the a vent on the landfill at the bottom of the car park field.

01/09/16

In Area 4 Paul Bright Thomas was out in his garden this morning and seen were a Cormorrant , Grey Heron ,a juvenille Willow Warbler , Rook and Chiffchaff . In Area 10 Marek Walford had a Lesser Whitethroat at the bottom of the car park field and a Coal Tit and a Nuthatch in the wood adjacent to the car park.

Insects

08/09/16

Again around my Area 5 porch light were Straw Dot Rivula sericealis and Riband Wave Idaea aversata moths.In Area 8 a Hawthorn Shieldbug Rivula sericealis was on the wing mirror of my car.

02/09/16

On my return home a Common Wainscott Mythimna pallens and a Common Rustic Mesapamea secallis moth were on my front door light.

Other Wildlife

Mammals

28/09/16

On my way home at 22:45 in Area 8 a Red Fox Vulpes vulpes was seen runniong across Old Forest Road.

16/09/16

In Area 5 this morning at 04:05 a Red Fox Vulpes vulpes was seen moving between the front gardens of Brookside in the rain.

Fungi

Molluscs

Fish/ Crustacean

Plant/Trees