Category Archives: January 2021

I left a bit earlier than normal as I wanted to try and see Woodcock feeding at dawn with the thermal camera. I also hoped to bump into a Barn Owl. An hour before sunrise I pulled over next to the gate 100 yards before the Reedy Ditch. Ian had seen a Woodcock in thisContinue reading “Saturday 9th January 2021”

A bitterly cold day made even colder by a brisk north-easterly wind. There seemed to be few passerines around, I saw very few tits, pipits or finches. In contrast the Peregrines were very active. I saw one or both of them in four different places including displaying and calling over the S Hide, dashing towardsContinue reading “Tuesday 5th January 2021”

As on my first visit every month I made a concerted effort to record every species I saw with my previous best day totals being 74 in both November and December. I met up with Ian after lunch. Highlights were the four Russian White-fronted Geese (three adults and a first winter) again at the topContinue reading “Friday 1st January 2021”