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RE: Bradley Hall, Standish


30+ Swallows at manure copse
1 Greenfinch
3 Yellowhammers

I picked a bad day to go here as it looked like they had been shooting in the morning and then half way round a Hunt was in progress with horses and hounds everywhere.

No wonder it was quiet.

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Tonight
8 Yellowhammers
2 Kestrels
Grey Partridge calling
500+ Swallows gathering to go to roost a Fantastic Sight.

Jimmy

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Tonight
pr Tufted Duck with 3 young

Possibly a 1st to breed at this site !

Jimmy

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This morn
Tunnel Marsh
1 Grey Partridge
10 House Sparrows
Bradley Area
10 singing Whitethroats there back Hurrah
3 Swallows
1 Tufted Duck
3 pr Lapwing

just over Border
6 Whimbrel through
Garden Warbler singing
1 Buzzard.

Jimmy

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a pm stroll today
2 gadwall
2 buzzards
2 kestrel
2 grey partridge
10 linnet
11 yellowhammer
7 lapwing
curlew calling but not seen
finally a demo of march hare madness.four or five brown hare chasing each other at breakneck speed.brilliant.

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Visit tonight with Mr Rimmer
pr Gadwall
1 Little Grebe
10+Yellowhammer
Long Tailed Tit without its tail
10 Lapwings over
4 Lapwings on floor
10 Goldfinch
Redpolls over
pr Mandarins flying about and at one point landed on a tree at Gorse Hall Farm

Jimmy

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My first visit to this area this morning...looking for tree sparrows.
A walk along the county border that followed Bucknow Brook to Hic-bibi well:

3 x buzzard
goldfinch
linnet
kestrel
lapwing displaying
reed bunting
yellowhammer
skylark
grey partridge
curlew
oystercatcher
2 x fieldfare
raven

plenty of celandine and colt's foot in bloom.

..and the highlight of the walk....a peregrine hunting a white dove unsuccessfully JUST over the border at the foot of Hic-bibi Lane....but I WAS in GMC when I saw it !

No tree sparrows though.

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Wednesday 21st: birds in White Bridge Wood included 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 40 Fieldfare, 1 Pheasant

1 Redpoll sp over Bradley Hall

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1 sparrowhawk
1 kestrel
2buzzards
5lapwing
3singing skylarks
3tree sparrows
0yellowhammers maybe theyve dispersed
2reed buntings

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3 Curlew circling late morning

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First of 2 visits today
2 Buzzard
4 Lapwings
3 Skylarks singing
4 Yellowhammer.

2 Visit
1 Buzzard
at least 5 calling Grey Partridge
1 Fieldfare over
calling Little Grebe

Jimmy

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first visit for me produced 14 yellowhammer.20 reed bunting.7 tree sparrow.7 lapwing.some singing skylarks.2 buzzards and a kestrel.also cracking views of a brown hare.back on the main road 70-80 rooks on the stubble field opposite killhey court.never realized there was so much open land there.

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Brief visit this morning produced very few small birds, a kestrel, a sparrowhawk and a peregrine - the last unusual for here and standing in the middle of a bare field - all in the space of five minutes. The feeding station had mobile flocks of yellowhammer and tree sparrow but the farmer's tractor manoeuvres made them impossible to count.

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Ian Woosey wrote:

28/1/12

A late afternoon amble with Mr Meadows turned up a couple of Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, and a Kestrel. At least 16 Yellowhammers were going to roost in fir trees at Talbot House Farm, and eight or nine Grey Partridges flushed near to the railway bridge. A dozen or so Skylarks were "blogging" around (whatever that means ?!)...





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Jimmy



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A late afternoon amble with Mr Meadows turned up a couple of Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, and a Kestrel. At least 16 Yellowhammers were going to roost in fir trees at Talbot House Farm, and eight or nine Grey Partridges flushed near to the railway bridge. A dozen or so Skylarks were "blogging" around (whatever that means ?!)...


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Quick Visit this morning
2 Kestrels
6 Carrion Crows
4 Coot

Cheers Jimmy




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1st visit this year and it was very quiet.
Highlights
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
60+ Corvid flock
12+Yellowhammer
3 Tree Sparrows
1 Mr Woosey

Cheers Jimmy

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Early Doors
25 Grey Partridge 2 coveys 16+9

pr Gadwall on pool

Tunnel Marsh
2 Willow Tit
10+Reed Buntings
20+Blackbirds
3 Redpolls over

Cheers Jimmy

-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Sunday 30th of October 2011 08:09:53 PM

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First visit today...12 to 1.30 pm.

Grey Partridge... covey of c12 !! flushed close to me, from copse near the pile of Manure, by a walker.
Yellowhammers .............40 plus
Chaffinch ........................20 plus
Kestrel...................1
Jay......................... 1
Lapwing......................... 20 plus.
Fieldfare.........................c.25 in trees
Also Starlings/Skylarks /Crows.

Thanks to Jimmy Meadows for the direction to here.

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Tuesday 25th: 30+ Yellowhammer and approx 120 Skylark on fields near Gorse Hall, the latter appearing when a Sparrowhawk was hunting, then vanished again
1 Brambling south over Broomfield Reclamation
2 Willow Tit and 1 Goldcrest Worthington Reclamation off Platt Lane
2 Goldcrest Platt Lane-Bradley lane


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This morning
Talbot House
25 Yellowhammers
17 Tree Sparrows
15 Skylark

Black Lawyers
19 Yellowhammers
23 Tree Sparrows

Cheers Jimmy

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Early Morning
1 Kestrel
100+ Feral Pigeons
1 Brown Hare
3 Moorhens
Then rain stop play

This afternnon
3 Skylarks
1 Meadow Pipit
1 Stock Dove
50+ Feral Pigeons
10 Swallows
2 House Martins
1 Grey Partridge
1 Kestrel

Cheers Jimmy

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This Afternnon
6 Buzzards at least 2 juvs
2 Kestrels
1 Siskin over
1 Little Grebe
10+ Yellowhammers
30+ Swallows
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Raven over as i was leaving

and someone shooting

Cheers Jimmy

-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Sunday 4th of September 2011 06:27:47 PM

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Tonight

Woodcock over calling didnt see the blighter though
2 Willow Tits
1 Kestrel

Cheers Jimmy

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Only thing of note tonight
juv Grasshopper Warbler trying its best to sing i presume as i have not heard such a call before

Cheers Jimmy

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Early Doors Visit
Highlights
23 Lesser Black Backed Gulls
20 Carrion Crows
1 Buzzard
3 Kestrels
50+ Tree Sparrows mix of adults and juvs
1 Meadow Pipit 1st of the autumn
pr of Black Swans was walking to pond from Wrenhalls Farm

35 species in total

Cheers Jimmy

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Tonights Visit
1 Kestrel
1 grey partridge calling
6 Wood Pigeons
1 Chiffchaff
Lots of the wet stuff

Cheers Jimmy

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Tonights visit
11 Mistle Thrush
1 Kestrel
6 Long Tailed Tits
6 singing Yellowhammers
1 singing Willow Warbler
50+ Swallows
4 Swifts
1 Whitethroat

Cheers Jimmy

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40 Lapwings in field adj Bores Farm tonight

Cheers Jimmy

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Late post from yesterday
Quail calling
Grasshopper Warbler reeling

info thanks to Tom Morton

Jimmy

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11/7/11

Evening mooch with Mr Meadows:

1 Quail - singing infrequently, South of Talbot House Farm..

Supporting cast of Yellowhammers, Kestrels, Tree Sparrows, Sand Martins, Skylarks, and all the other regulars....

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Early AM
2 Kestrels
3 Reed Buntings
1 Curlew
10 Yellowhammers (including juveniles)
Chaffinch family party
Whitethroat (juvenile}
Willow Warbler family party
1 Sedge Warbler

Cheers Jimmy


-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Sunday 10th of July 2011 09:09:40 AM

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27/6/11 (pm)

1 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Kestrels
12 Yellowhammers
5 Stock Doves
1 Linnet
2 Skylarks
1 Sand Martin
4 Whitethroats
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Herring Gull
1 Jay

Juv Great & Blue Tits..

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1 Buzzard
3 Mallard
6 Yellowhammers
2 Lapwing
1 Grey Partridge
1 Curlew
3 Whitethroats
10+ Lesser Black Back Gulls following a silage tractor

Cheers Jimmy

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Lured by the thought of a very faint borough tick I ventured forth this evening,

1 skylark
2 pheasant
5 mallard on the barn roof
1 partridge (sp your choice)
wood pigeon,yellowhammer,swallow,but alas no quail

completely sodden geoff

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19/6/11

Quail still singing at 9:15pm, in the area east of Gorse Hall Farm out-buildings. At one point it ventured (unseen) round to the west side of the barns..

Also in the area:

10+ Yellowhammers
1 Grey Partridge
2 Skylarks
1 Kestrel

2 Little Grebes and 2 Lapwings at Bradley Pool.

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Quail singing at Gorse Hall Farm, Bradley Hall, Standish at 7.40pm this evening.

Info thanks to Ian Woosey

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25/4/11

2 Grasshopper Warblers
1 Swift
1 Oystercatcher
1 Buzzard

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21/4/11

Evening visit with Mr Meadows:

3 Wheatear
2 Grasshopper Warbler
2 Red-legged Partridge

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15/4/11

Evening visit with Mr Meadows produced:

2 Oystercatcher (over)
3 Snipe (over)
5 Grey Partridge
18+ Yellowhammer
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
2 Linnet
2 Black Swan

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12/4/11 (mid-afternoon):

3 Buzzard
2 Red-legged Partridge (Black Lawyers)
2 Kestrel
7 Sand Martin
4 Yellowhammer
3 Skylark
2 Black Swan (Bradley Pool)

7/4/11 with Jimmy M:

2 Oystercatcher
2 Curlew
3 Grey Partridge
10+ Yellowhammer
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
4 Reed Bunting

3/4/11:

12 Yellowhammer
5 Sand Martin
1 Willow Warbler
2 Little Grebe

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Tonight with Mr Rimmer 3 Grey Partridge 2 Teal 1 Gadwall 2 Kestrel 25+ Tree Sparrows Little Grebe calling 20+ Yellowhammers 6 Lapwings. Cheers Jimmy

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23/3/11

3 Buzzard (displaying)
2 Grey Partridge
6 Yellowhammer
2 Kestrel
4 Reed Bunting
16 Stock Dove
1 Meadow Pipit (over)
5 Lapwing
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Song Thrush

Bradley Pool:

2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Coot, 1 Moorhen.


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5:00 -6:30
2 Teal
Little Grebe
2 mallard
4 Coot
1 Kestrel
1 Buzzard eating prey
2 Jay
10+ Grey Partridge
1 Red Leg Partridge
4 Pheasants
12 Yellowhammer
2 Skylark singing

Cheers Jimmy


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Late Morning with Mr Woosey
6 Buzzards
1 Kestrel
1 Teal
4 Coots
6 Mallards
10 Lapwings
6 Tree Sparrows
4 Yellowhammers
Willow Tit callin

Wrenells Farm
2 Mandarin
3 Flamingos (Concrete Ones though so dont panic)wink.gif

Cheers Jimmy









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A few years ago she asked me for a pair of swans (disabled, the RSPCA re-home them) but it's not suitable for breeding swans there - no island.

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12/3/11

1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
5 Yellowhammer
1 Tree Sparrow
2 Reed Bunting
3 Skylark
6 Lapwing
1 Stock Dove

Bradley Pool:

2 Tufted Duck
2 Teal
1 Little Grebe
6 Coot
5 Mallard

An interesting observation (for the regulars at least) was the presence of at least 8 Mandarins on the large ornamental pool in the grounds of Wrennalls Hall. Are these possibly the free-flying Worthington/Haigh/Whitley birds (hardly seen all winter !), or pinionned birds specially "bought in" to adorn the grounds ? confuse.gif. I guess the only real way to be sure is if they are seen on Bradley Pool itself or in flight.....

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6/3/11

Afternoon sightings with Mr Meadows:

3 Buzzard
2 Kestrel
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Common Gull
3 Stock Dove
5 Coot
2 Mallard
Lapwings

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5/3/11 afternoon
Quick hour around here
Big number of tree sparrows and yellowhammers
A few Siskin and reed bunting also

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5/3/11

1 Curlew (over N)
2 Buzzard
3 Kestrel
5 Yellowhammer
2 Willow Tit
5 Teal
1 Reed Bunting
1 Little Grebe
7 Stock Dove
12 Lapwing
1 Skylark

1 Water Rail (heard only)


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