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Aylestone Meadows: March 2008
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The Diary of an Urban Naturalist. Friday, 28 March 2008. The last couple of days have been entertaining and literally full of surprises, some pleasant, some not! There are a few White Wagtails, the continental counterpart of our own Pied Wagtail moving through at the moment with a nice trio in the fields close to Kings Lock. Yesterday I failed to see a couple of Red Kite that were reported over the Southern Section or a Hawfinch which was also apparently seen yesterday.aaargh! Wednesday, 26 March 2008.
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Aylestone Meadows: The Last couple of days.....
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The Diary of an Urban Naturalist. Friday, 11 April 2008. The Last couple of days. Have been bloody quiet! I've been hoping for a Yellow Wagtail, just one will do! The Kingfishers are still showing remarkably well at the rather public nest hole and fortunately our less desirable crowd haven't noticed them. There has been quite an explosion of our rather unusual melanistic (black) Rabbits, especially along the boardwalk and the edge of the Biam. If you see one, don't worry.they're not escapes. Skev's B....
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Aylestone Meadows: Sylvia City!
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The Diary of an Urban Naturalist. Wednesday, 23 April 2008. Funniest thing today was a rival, note rival Great-spotted Woodpecker that has taken it upon himself to drum on one of the metal pylons. This isn't actually as daft as it sounds as the drum roll resonates off the metal and seems to be greatly and oddly amplified. It's driving the breeding pair nuts and there is such a response I'm surprised half the trees are still standing - Territorial Evolution in the making? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Aylestone Meadows: Damsels and Dragons...
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The Diary of an Urban Naturalist. Thursday, 5 June 2008. Broad-bodied Chaser - One of my favourites. Broad-bodied Chaser - Male. Black-tailed Skimmer - Similar to the Broad-bodied but look at the wings and tail. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Aylestone Meadows - Boardwalk Legends and other Folk! Mark Andrews - My Image Gallery. Rob Fray - The Old Boy's Gone North. Richard Fray's Arizona Special. David Nicholls - Nature Photography. The Urban Birder - David Lindo. Rare Bird Alert - Surfbirds News.
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Aylestone Meadows: LBJ's - Warblers
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The Diary of an Urban Naturalist. Friday, 6 June 2008. Common Whitethroat - Male. Reed Warbler - A true LBJ. Reed Warbler - He's been singing so much he's actually fallen asleep! More an LBJ than the Whitethroat, The Reed Warbler is one of our scarcer birds and there are currently two males (up one from last year) singing on site at the moment. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Aylestone Meadows - Boardwalk Legends and other Folk! Mark Andrews - My Image Gallery. Rob Fray - The Old Boy's Gone North.
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Aylestone Meadows: April 2008
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The Diary of an Urban Naturalist. Saturday, 26 April 2008. Sat and watched one of the smaller ponds and had an astonishing 10 male Smooth Newts visible at the same time in the late afternoon, very nice! Wednesday, 23 April 2008. Tuesday, 22 April 2008. And still they come. A couple more singing Whitethroat had joined the others on the North Section and it probably won't be long before there's half a dozen singing away at each other. LRP's still around, anyone checked the Grove birds recently? I thought I...
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Aylestone Meadows: And still they come.....
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The Diary of an Urban Naturalist. Tuesday, 22 April 2008. And still they come. Another Redstart today, this time a female very briefly along the hedgerows that line the Biam on the Southern Section was a rather lucky find as I was trying to dig out the first singing Sedge Warbler of the Spring at the time. Three now, just like the good old days! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Aylestone Meadows - Boardwalk Legends and other Folk! Mark Andrews - My Image Gallery. Rob Fray - The Old Boy's Gone North.
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Aylestone Meadows: Sorry Folks....
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The Diary of an Urban Naturalist. Thursday, 17 April 2008. Managed to trash my car between finding these and going to get the bloody camera! 2 Male Redstart on the Meadows, 1 on the mound area on the North Section and a very showy bird on the first hedgerow south of Kings Lock cottage, both still present around midday before my little spot of bother! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Aylestone Meadows - Boardwalk Legends and other Folk! Mark Andrews - My Image Gallery. Richard Fray's Arizona Special.
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Aylestone Meadows: Sunny Days....
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The Diary of an Urban Naturalist. Saturday, 26 April 2008. Sat and watched one of the smaller ponds and had an astonishing 10 male Smooth Newts visible at the same time in the late afternoon, very nice! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Aylestone Meadows - Boardwalk Legends and other Folk! Mark Andrews - My Image Gallery. Rob Fray - The Old Boy's Gone North. Richard Fray's Arizona Special. David Nicholls - Nature Photography. The Urban Birder - David Lindo. Leicestershire and Rutland Dragonfly Group.
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Aylestone Meadows: Away to Easterly Winds....
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The Diary of an Urban Naturalist. Saturday, 3 May 2008. Away to Easterly Winds. Apologies for the limited number of recent posts, I'm away working in China on Spring Bird Migration for the next few weeks.I'll be back soon. In the meantime, anyone see anything interesting do please drop me a line, Cheers! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Aylestone Meadows - Boardwalk Legends and other Folk! Mark Andrews - My Image Gallery. Rob Fray - The Old Boy's Gone North. Richard Fray's Arizona Special. A Ghost Sto...