Redshank - Tringa Totanus

Date spotted: 31st March - All Day

Location: Apex Leisure Park - Burnham-On-Sea

Observation: Osprey still showing very well at Blagdon Lake with some nice sunlight to add to the pictures! Visited Apex to find all wildlife showing VERY well. Grebes coming in to shore, Redshank SWIMMING in small pool and displaying. Lots of Gulls aswell around but mostly Lesser Black-Backed and Black-Headed Gull. Very successful day! Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctVpn8n8lR4&feature=youtu.be

Weather: Cloudy but Sunny. Little Wind but Warm.

Other Species: Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Black-Headed Gull, Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Starling, Collared Dove, Great-Crested Grebe, Redshank, Cormorant, Turnstone, Osprey, Goldeneye

 

Goldfinch - Carduelis Carduelis

Date spotted: 30th March - Happy Easter!

Location: From The Window

Observation: One little Goldfinch sat feeding on the Niger seeds, before being chased off by a Great Tit!

Weather: Cloudy, Cold + Dry

Other Species: Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Blackbird, Goldfinch, Coal Tit

Kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis

Date spotted: 28th March - 2PM

Location: Zones 1,2 + 5 - Newton Park Lake

Observation: Locals had been saying about a Kingfisher on the local brook, which we had never seen before today! We went for a walk to the lake and along the brook was sat a Male Kingfisher looking in the water for fish, he then flew a little further up and called, he sat in the tree and didn't fish successful but flew off north up the brook. Cool to see close and on a local patch! On the Lake, the Male and Female Little Owls are safe and well but very jumpy so do no approach! The top Lake, the Mute Swan pair are starting to nest, with the female sat on the nest making it comfy and the Male scaring off everything on the Lake, normal! So again, approach the lake with care.

Weather: Cloudy, Cold but Dry.

Other Species: Blue Tit, Great Tit, Redwing, Chaffinch, Crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Mallard, Mute Swan, Teal, Little Owl, Greenfinch, Robin, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Buzzard, Wood Pigeon, House Sparrow, Pheasant

 

Osprey - Pandion Haliaetus

Date spotted: 26th March 2013 - 2PM

Location: Blagdon Lake - Chew Valley Lake

Observation: Visited Blagdon Lake, for a chance to see the Ospreys that had been spotted over the past few days, We got out the van and within minutes we seen one right across the far end of the lake, nothing close enough to get a picture with a 400mm, but we snapped away anyway, only ever seeing one, once before this! We then walked up and little further and had a quick scan across the lake, we noticed ALL the gulls lifting off from the water so followed them, they crossed over the road. Right above the birders down the other side of the dam, was one Osprey just gliding around them, as we snapped away, the birders noticed and looked up and also started snapping. The Osprey flew to the left into the trees. We waited for it to return but it didn't. Another Osprey appeared from the right and flew 50 foot in front of us! It then flew over to the orange trees and sat on its perch for 10 minutes. Despite the cloudy sky and freezing wind, it was a very successful day!

Weather: Cloudy, Windy and Cold

Other Species: Osprey, Pied Wagtail, Buzzard, Mallard, Goldeneye, Black-Headed Gull, Lesser-Black Backed Gull, Coot, Moorhen, Domestic Duck, Blackbird, Blackcap, Wood Pigeon, Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Pochard, Mute Swan, Canada Geese, Shelduck, Little Egret, Crow, Jackdaw, Rook, Sand Martin, House Martin