Category Archives: May 2021

A Cuckoo was calling as I walked over to MMs. It was the 7th time I’ve heard one since 18th April which makes me wonder if it may be one or two individuals on territory. I later saw it flying over Gv Marsh with its flickering wings never going above the horizontal. I checked MMsContinue reading “Thursday 13th May 2021”

With my Peregrine monitoring at 11am I decided to have a good look around Gt Marsh and Gv Marsh first. At MMs I saw that at least two of the Lapwing chicks were still around.  I also saw one of the Little Ringed Plover adults again but I headed off to Gt Marsh without beingContinue reading “Sunday 9th May 2021”

Ian and I were meeting Adam to do the May shoreline survey, this is primarily to check for the number of nesting Ringed Plover, Oystercatchers and also to, hopefully, find the Peregrine nest. A second shoreline survey is carried out in mid-June to look for chicks in the areas where we see evidence of territories and nests on the walkContinue reading “Thursday 6th May 2021”

Ian organised a Bird Race for 1st May to attempt 100 species in the day, all at NO. We met at St L’s Barn at 4am. Our initial targets were Tawny Owl and Barn Owl and Woodcock with the thermal camera. We had no luck with any of these and we headed to S’s WoodContinue reading “Saturday 1st May 2021”