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Winyates Beasts: Sunday January 8
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Map of area covered. Sunday, 8 January 2017. Despite not birding here today, I managed to hear a Pied Wagtail. Through the fog as I returned from the paper shop. Also, lunchtime was enlivened by the sight of two Great Tits bathing in the recently relocated bird bath. I have put it further away from the kitchen window, which obviously makes the bathers feel safer. The disadvantage for me is that it is now rather hard to see through the masking branches of the shrubbery. Great Tit having a bath.
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Winyates Beasts: November 2016
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Map of area covered. Saturday, 19 November 2016. On the drive back from shopping we spotted a Little Egret flying across the road and down the Arrow just this side of Studley. We last saw it circling back over the Washford Mill pub. Thursday, 17 November 2016. Although I have not really seen a lot around the garden and its immediate environs since my last posting, I find I do have things to talk about. Sadly there was a flaw in our thinking. But fingers crossed eh. Changing the subject, I feel I need an ...
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Winyates Beasts: Friday January 13
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Map of area covered. Friday, 13 January 2017. We woke up to snow, but not much. Cold snaps are not what they once were. The Blackbirds in the garden seemed grateful for the extra apples I chucked out. A cold northerly wind after the snow turned to sleet and then stopped altogether. A couple of short walks produced the only year tick in the form of a Sparrowhawk. Most of the day was spent indoors, so the garden and its surrounds had to be relied upon to keep me interested. The Heirs of Gilbert.
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Winyates Beasts: Moths
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Map of area covered. Bright Line Brown-eye - 22 Sept 2015. Angle Shades - 21 Sep 2015. Common Marbled Carpet - 11 June 2016. Willow Beauty - 10 Aug 2015. Copper Underwing or Svensson's Copper Underwing - 27 Aug 2015. Dark Arches - 17 July 2015. Double-striped Pug - 16 Jul 2015. Hummingbird Hawk Moth - 9 July 2015. Large Yellow Underwing - 21 Sep 2015. Mullein Moth caterpillar - 26 June 2015. Pyrausta aurata - 22 Aug 2015. Red-barred Tortrix - 30 June 2016. Rush Veneer - 10 Aug 2015. Silver Y - 31 Aug 2015.
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Morton Bagot Birder: Tuesday 4 August
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Morton Bagot Life List. Flowers of Morton Bagot. My 2016 Year List. Where is Morton Bagot? Tuesday, 4 August 2015. This evening's visit to the patch can best be described as quiet. So I am particularly grateful to Jim Winsper and John Coombes who have independently contacted me to suggest the same identification for the big fish. It is a Grass Carp which is a native of south-east Asia but is often introduced into pools to munch away at the vegetation. As a herbivore (can fish be herbivores? Simple templa...
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Morton Bagot Birder: June 2015
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Morton Bagot Life List. Flowers of Morton Bagot. My 2016 Year List. Where is Morton Bagot? Sunday, 28 June 2015. After a disconcerting amount of early morning rainfall, I arrived to find it pepping up. It showed no sign of abating when Dave arrived. So we had a bit of a soggy start. As well as the Sedge Warbler singing in the reed-bed, the reverend Reed Warbler decided to give up his oath and also started singing on this Sunday. He can consider himself defrocked. Thursday, 25 June 2015. A warm, sultry da...
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Morton Bagot Birder: May 2015
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Morton Bagot Life List. Flowers of Morton Bagot. My 2016 Year List. Where is Morton Bagot? Sunday, 31 May 2015. Pectoral Sandpiper - Salford Priors GP. Sitting at home, about to eat my lunch. The phone rings. It's Mike. He has found a Pectoral Sandpiper at Salford Prior GP near Alcester. Sharp exit. Sure enough, it was still present. Phew. Ringed Plover and Pectoral Sandpiper. Compared to a Ringed Plover, it was surprisingly slightly smaller. Perhaps a female. Dave and I were tempted back to the patch, w...
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Morton Bagot Birder: Local bird news
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Morton Bagot Life List. Flowers of Morton Bagot. My 2016 Year List. Where is Morton Bagot? Monday, 3 August 2015. It's Monday Aug 3 and I have had a text from John Coombes to say he saw a Marsh Harrier flying over Coughton Lane towards Coughton Court at 10.30am. This is a great find for John. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Sunday 4th December, 2016. Out4aduck - A record of my birding year. Hen Harrier proves a winter delight at Upton Warren. The Heirs of Gilbert. View my complete profile.
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Borderlands Birding... and beyond: August 2016
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Borderlands Birding . and beyond. Friday, 26 August 2016. For the first time in almost ten years of my involvement with Hen Harriers at Geltsdale we have a fledged chick. The young bird, the only one of a clutch of five eggs to hatch, flew twice this week during my eight hour session at the hut. The mist was coming and going from the area all day long as I viewed from here. And finally sunshine! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.
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Borderlands Birding... and beyond: January 2017
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Borderlands Birding . and beyond. Monday, 30 January 2017. Three of us Geltsdale Reserve Hen Harrier workers set off for the Humber Marshes before first light yesterday. We had harriers in mind but what we most of all hoped to see was a juvenile Pallid Harrier which had been reported intermittently at Welwick Saltmarsh since mid November 2016. The upper parts were very dark with the exception of the strikingly contrasting white rump and the discreet pale areas on the upper-wing coverts . The four 'finger...
