A50 near Arley (ca. 2 miles away, at Sworton Heath but this is the nearest site on the thread I can find) at 3:30pm Red Kite over the road being hassled by two Kestrels.
John Williams said
Thu Jun 9 4:46 PM, 2022
Morning walk from Arley Road along the path to Hollins Lane Antrobus and returned via the same route.
3 Buzzards, 2 singing Yellowhammers (1 singing from the top of a large Ash), 3 Oystercatchers, 1 Nuthatch
and a family group of 5 Blackcaps.
Surprisingly absent were Common Whitethroats which I have had no difficulty in finding here on previous summer visits.
Nearby Parkmoss Wood (Woodland Trust) produced a singing Chiffchaff and another Buzzard.
John O'Neill said
Sun May 8 4:14 PM, 2022
Arley Hall
House Martins starting to nest
A Cuckoo calling from farmland close to the Hall gardens was first of year for me.
John Williams said
Fri Jan 1 1:13 PM, 2021
31.12.20 10.30-14.30
Walk along track from Arley Road to Hollins Lane produced : 1 Yellowhammer, 3 Buzzards and 2 Ravens.
4 Wrens and a Dunnock frantically foraged along an unfrozen ditch beneath the main hedgerow.
Park Moss Wood (Woodland Trust) : A group of 24 Redwings busily searched the leaf litter for anything edible.
Steve Costa said
Wed Jun 19 11:50 AM, 2019
18/06/19
Walked from the Walkers' Car Park along Back Lane to Arley Green
Spotted Flycatcher - one in oaks close to the road and hedge
(For those interested in flowers - some large patches of shining cranesbill)
-- Edited by Steve Costa on Wednesday 19th of June 2019 02:28:29 PM
John Williams said
Fri Jun 30 8:44 PM, 2017
15.00-18.30
Walk from Arley village to Hollies farm (Antrobus) and back.
6 Yellowhammers (inc 1 singing), 1 Linnet, 3 Reed Buntings, 4 Common Whitethroats (inc 2 singing), 1 Buzzard. 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker and 2 Ravens.
Lots of House Martins, plus a few Swallows and Swifts were fly catching over the fields of wheat and barley.
A flock of 16 Lapwings heading N.East.
Parkmoss Wood
1 Willow Warbler hovering and fly catching, 2 singing Chiffchaffs, a family of 4 Song Thrushes, 1 Kestrel and a single Red Admiral butterfly.
-- Edited by John Williams on Saturday 1st of July 2017 07:18:39 PM
Dave Riley said
Mon Feb 2 6:56 PM, 2015
A walk from the walker's car park near the hall produced 100's of Fieldfares and Redwings in several flocks, but the highlight was a Green Sandpiper on a stream along Lodge Lane, near Crowley Lodge
A50 near Arley (ca. 2 miles away, at Sworton Heath but this is the nearest site on the thread I can find) at 3:30pm Red Kite over the road being hassled by two Kestrels.
3 Buzzards, 2 singing Yellowhammers (1 singing from the top of a large Ash), 3 Oystercatchers, 1 Nuthatch
and a family group of 5 Blackcaps.
Surprisingly absent were Common Whitethroats which I have had no difficulty in finding here on previous summer visits.
Nearby Parkmoss Wood (Woodland Trust) produced a singing Chiffchaff and another Buzzard.
House Martins starting to nest
A Cuckoo calling from farmland close to the Hall gardens was first of year for me.
Walk along track from Arley Road to Hollins Lane produced : 1 Yellowhammer, 3 Buzzards and 2 Ravens.
4 Wrens and a Dunnock frantically foraged along an unfrozen ditch beneath the main hedgerow.
Park Moss Wood (Woodland Trust) : A group of 24 Redwings busily searched the leaf litter for anything edible.
Walked from the Walkers' Car Park along Back Lane to Arley Green
Spotted Flycatcher - one in oaks close to the road and hedge
Also, seen and/or heard: buzzard, chiffchaff, willow warbler, blackcap, nuthatch, treecreeper.
(For those interested in flowers - some large patches of shining cranesbill)
-- Edited by Steve Costa on Wednesday 19th of June 2019 02:28:29 PM
Walk from Arley village to Hollies farm (Antrobus) and back.
6 Yellowhammers (inc 1 singing), 1 Linnet, 3 Reed Buntings, 4 Common Whitethroats (inc 2 singing), 1 Buzzard. 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker and 2 Ravens.
Lots of House Martins, plus a few Swallows and Swifts were fly catching over the fields of wheat and barley. A flock of 16 Lapwings heading N.East.
Parkmoss Wood
1 Willow Warbler hovering and fly catching, 2 singing Chiffchaffs, a family of 4 Song Thrushes, 1 Kestrel and a single Red Admiral butterfly.
-- Edited by John Williams on Saturday 1st of July 2017 07:18:39 PM