Tonight
pr Tufted Duck with 3 young

Possibly a 1st to breed at this site !

Jimmy

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.

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.

-- Edited by john spurgeon on Saturday 24th of March 2012 05:32:06 PM

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

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

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.

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 ?!)...

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

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.

This morning
Talbot House
25 Yellowhammers
17 Tree Sparrows
15 Skylark

Black Lawyers
19 Yellowhammers
23 Tree Sparrows

Cheers Jimmy

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

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

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

Cheers Jimmy

40 Lapwings in field adj Bores Farm tonight

Cheers Jimmy

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....

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..

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

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

Info thanks to Ian Woosey

21/4/11

Evening visit with Mr Meadows:

3 Wheatear
2 Grasshopper Warbler
2 Red-legged Partridge

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

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.

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)

Cheers Jimmy

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 ? . I guess the only real way to be sure is if they are seen on Bradley Pool itself or in flight.....

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