Newton-St-Loe Birding: Pied Wagtail

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1 March 2018

Bath on Red Alert, Beast from the East Hits..

Date: 1st March 2018

Location: Home Feeders

Weather: Heavy Snow, Windy and Very Cold

Species Highlights: A huge 22 species counted from our Garden feeders. Goldcrest, Blackcap and Lapwing the highlights.

10+ Blue Tit, 5+ Great Tit, 40+ Goldfinch, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Long-Tailed Tit, 2 Bullfinch, 10+ Chaffinch, 1 Wren, 1 Dunnock, 3 Robin, 3 Blackbird, 5 Wood Pigeon, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Magpie, 2 Crow, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 5+ Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 15+ Black-Headed Gull, 1 Redwing, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lapwing - 22 Species Total with 100+ total birds visiting today!

Observation: After being sent home from work, due to the Snow, I decided to do a Window count. We put huge amounts of seed in top the Van, across the car park and filled every feeder. We also put out some fresh water (which froze within the hour)

Goldfinch

Robin

Bullfinch (M)

Great Tit

Blue Tit

Pied Wagtail

Chaffinch (F)

Goldfinch Flock

Redwing

Goldcrest

Lapwing!!

Blackcap (M)

Blackbird (F)

Current Snow Depths

We are going to re-fill and put out fresh seed and water tomorrow morning, and try and visit the Patch to put down seed also, so another blog may be posted tomorrow!

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15 March 2017

NSL Patch & St Johns Peregrines

Date: 15/203/2017

Location: Patch Newton St Loe + St Johns (Bath)

Weather: Blue Skies and Beautiful

Species Highlights:
Bullfinch, Stock Dove, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Buzzard, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Grey Heron, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Chiffchaff

Observation:
No walk today today, my buddy is ill so thought I'd wander out on patch. Out through Bath Mill and Chiffchaff still singing strongly along brook and 4 Bullfinch on start of Dog Track.

More Chiffchaff on Dog Track and 1 singing its heart out not bothered to eve look at me creeping close.

On out across Fields checking Seven Acre for Butterflies and nothing showing despite the blue skies and sunshine, Skylark were singing I counted around 5.
Through Village not a lot, Churchyard Goldcrests as normal, by hiding behind a tombstone managed a couple of decent shots.

At least 3 of them in Yew tree.

Down from church just missed snapping a Green Woodpecker in the small sheep field, today I counted at least 5 Green Woodpecker calling around patch, in woodland by Send a Cow Treecreeper and Nuthatch seen.

Grey Heron in the Herony, no more nests but counted 13 birds today.

First waterfall a pair of Grey Wagtail feeding & bobbing along.
Love the Grey Wag such lovely colors on the Males.

No fishermen on Lake today so the Carp just sat sunbathing, use to fish here a few years back biggest I caught was 19lb common carp, I'd guess most of these around 12/15 lb.

Good News! Top Lake 2 Tufted Duck have arrived making 4 this year so far, feeding quite happily. Students out in force today sat almost in the lake, or on the banks!

Sat and watched Tufted for a while and a Little Grebe popped out from in front of me. Couldn't find other Little Grebe, guessing this a female.
Our Mallard & Teal number still low around 8 birds on top lake with 6 Teal?

Really pleased with a few butterflies, saw Small Tortoiseshell, 5 Brimstone, tried to take picture but they wouldn't keep still!
Plus a Peacock taking my year list to 3, 56 to go!

Skies even bluer now so my plan was walk back at speed and go check on Peregrines again, but these Grape hyacinth deserved a picture, looking great, taken through hole in fence.

On arriving at St. Johns only 1 Peregrine was present and sat on highest point, so took a few shots of the birds which were about. Great to watch the Lesser Black Backed ripping open the bin bags, despite the owner of bags tying them up on railing! Birds fly so railing not really out of reach! DUH!

Such lovely birds shame Bath & North East Somerset Council are spending £57,000 pound on taking eggs and culling the population, money not well spent!
Money better spent on culling cars or some humans!

Then heard a incoming Peregrine and a Male came in at speed, best I could manage, flew around spire and departed again, saw the Juvenile high up also circling a brave Buzzard.

This I think, the female sat watching the youngster an her partner.
Gonna go back tomorrow try my luck again.
Watch this space!

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18 February 2017

Home Feeders In Spring Sunshine!

Date: 18th February 2017

Location: Home Feeders

Weather: Blue Sky, Sunny + Warm (13.5 Degrees)

Other Species: 3 Bullfinch, 10 Goldfinch, Chaffinch, 2 Coal Tit, 5 Great Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 6 Long-Tailed Tit, 2 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Blackbird, 2 Magpie

Observation: With sunshine and a recent delivery of seed, tree's were full of birds, so the first Birding from The Window of 2017 was in order.

First up were our Bullfinches which visit daily today we had both Male and Female posing for some images. We had 3 in total today.

Just the single Female Bullfinch today.

Even the common garden birds gave some great shots!

Close-up of this scruffy Long-Tailed Tit.

A total of 10 Goldfinch in the sunshine today!

Always scrapping and fighting over the best spot on the feeders!

Even a flight shot... Almost!

One of the two Coal Tit's today.

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13 December 2016

Goosander and Pied Wagtail Roost

Date: 13/12/2016

Location: Newton St Loe - Patch

Weather: Grey, Some Blue but mostly Grey 10c

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Observation:
Went out today just to check on Mute Swan who was attacked by a Dog on Sunday, was a very quiet walk my new lens not really getting to test it!
Up through Bath Mill and and to fields apart from the many Blackbirds still feeding on Apple trees above dog track not alot else.

Out through Village and on to Lakes where 1 Male Mute Swan on fisherman's lake was present. Top Lake Male and the Female Mute Swan looking good and coming to seed!
None the worse for the attack thankfully.

Also on Lake more Goosander.