Showing posts with label Pheasant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pheasant. Show all posts

25 March 2014

Grey Wagtail, Kestrel + Heron's




Date: 25th March - Afternoon

Location:  Newton Park Lake - Zones 1,2,4+5
Observation:  Went for a quick walk before the rain set in, very deserted walk with only the usual suspects around. Highlights were Grey Heron who was nest building, a nesting pair of Grey Wagtail, a total of 3 Kestrels, and a cute little Pheasant who thought we couldn't see him!
 Weather:  Overcast + Cold Wind
Other Species: Goldfinch, Wren, Buzzard, Kestrel, Pheasant, Cormorant, Mute Swan, Moorhen, Grey Heron, Coal Tit, Grey Wagtail




6 January 2014

37 Species - New Record!

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Date spotted: 6th Jan 2013 - 1PM-4PM
Location: Zones 1,2+5
Observation: Lots about today, considering very windy and wet. Now on 37 species a new record for the 3 mile walk. One Little Owl was in its normal place. A small flock of 20+ Lapwing on the flooded field from River Avon bursting its bank, also in same field over 100 different gulls mostly LBBG and BHG and a Grey Heron! 2 Song Thrush and 1 Mistle Thrush also seen not very common around here so was nice to see! 
Weather: Cloudy, Light Rain, Windy, Cold
Other Species: 7 Long-Tailed Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Dunnock, 2 Wren, 6 Wood Pigeon, 3 Collared Dove, 2 Magpie, 30+ Crow, 4 Jackdaw, 60+ Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 50+ Black-Headed Gull, 3 Blackbird, 10+ Redwing, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Little Owl, 1 Pheasant, 2 Grey Heron, 20+ Mallard, 2 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 4 Mute Swan (2 Juveniles missing), 5 Teal, 15+ Rook, 2 Robin, 1 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, 1 Blackcap, 20+ Lapwing, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush.
2 Roe Deer, 4 Squirrel
 

21 November 2013

30 Species - 400 Birds !


 


Date spotted: 21st November - 1PM
Location: Newton Park Lake - Zones 1,2+5
Observation: Repeated the walk we done earlier in the week, to put down some more steak and seed (steak had gone, as well as most the seed!) We placed seed in a few more places. We put the 2 lots of steak in two different places, one return walk about 2 hours later, one lot of the steak had gone, just before we scanned the area, the Buzzard was hovering and went down out of view and flew off with crows/jackdaws chasing it so possible the Buzzard was taking the steak, which would be nice! The second lot was still there so we think it is Fox taking it as the grass path passing it has been flattened where an animal uses it. We had 30 species today which is 2 away from a record, but we beat the record on the amount of singular birds which totalled 400 birds!! Not much different about, quite a few Redwing about feeding on berries. We also found a dead Tawny Owl at the Lake, no obvious injury but still looked fresh so would have said it died last night/early hours :(
Weather: Blue Sky + Sunny, Quite Cold
Other Species: 27 Goldfinches, 4 Greenfinch, 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 3 Buzzard, 119 Crow, 3 Magpie, 8 Wood Pigeon, 1 Blackbird, 9  Long-Tailed Tit, 3 Pheasant, 12 Jackdaw, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Green Woodpecker, 52 Redwing, 1 Little Owl, 63 Mallard, 7 Mute Swan, 17 Black-Headed Gull, 2 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 12 Teal, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Tawny Owl (sadly dead), 3 Chaffinch, 26 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 1 Wren, 4 Collared Dove