The first bird I heard on arriving was a Green Woodpecker in Three Fields South, it’s only my third record this year, all heard only. In fact I’ve only seen a Green Woodpecker once in the last 12 months. On Sunday I saw the start of Willow Warbler passage. Today I saw my first autumnContinue reading “Tuesday 3rd August 2021”
Category Archives: Summer 2021
Sunday 1st August 2021
The first Willow Warbler of the autumn showed well near the Shore Hide. A typically striking yellow autumn bird with a strong supercilium and eye stripe and compared to Chiffchaff a yellower face and breast with paler legs. I started visiting Needs Ore in mid-September and all of the Willow Warblers had already passed throughContinue reading “Sunday 1st August 2021”
Friday 30th July 2021
I met Adam for a coffee and a catch up and then headed on to the reserve. It was very windy and there was definitely less bird life as a result. The six Shelduck ducklings were on De L’Orne flood and I later saw them on Venner. A group of nervous Greylags took flight beforeContinue reading “Friday 30th July 2021”
Sunday 25th July 2021
My first WeBS count. Highlights from Inchmery Quay included 405 Mediterranean Gulls, one of the highest counts here in recent years. Also 55 Curlew and 85 Oystercatchers, 3 Common Sandpiper and 5 Common Gulls. One of the Common Gulls was wearing a colour ring. 2ABH was ringed as a 2nd winter bird in 2012 atContinue reading “Sunday 25th July 2021”
Patch Birding 