Nuthatch @ Home

Date: 13/09/2015

Location: Newton St Loe & Home feeders 

Weather: Grey cloudy

Other Species: Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Crow, Magpie, Buzzard, Chaffinch.

Observation: 

Took a wander to lanes short patch Walk, Thursday not much although 5 Goldcrest 

and 2 Coal Tits in Churchyard, Goldcrest's look like juveniles 

Shame it always dark in Churchyard, lots of Yew Trees. Coal Tit just hanging around !

Then today while eating my poached egg, 

looked out window and spotted a Nuthatch on tree !

He came back all afternoon landing right next to other birds,

Thought they were aggressive ?

Few Blue Tits they all seem to like fat balls !

 We live in a busy close in Bath, UK. With people, cats, Cars coming and going all day long so a Nuthatch a real treat !

 It now takes are feeder tree to 35 highlights include Tawny Owl & Willow Warbler !

 Cheers For Now :)

Fontmell Down & Ham Wall

Date: 01/09/2015

Location: Fontmell Down - Ham Wall

Weather: Blue skies for some part but clouds and light wind

Other Species: Butterflies: Chalkhill Blue, Small Blue, Adonis Blue, Small Tortoiseshell, Brimstone, Silver Spotted Skipper, Meadow Brown, Whites, Small Copper.

Birds: Peregrine Falcon, Linnet, Yellowhammer. 

Hamwall: Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Gadwall, Little Grebe.

Observation: Headed to Fontmell Down for that Silver Spotted Skipper, wasn't happy with one in a jar! Nor the Adonis at Rodborough Common last week so....

On arriving was happy to see lots of Adonis Blues also a flyover Peregrine Falcon !

Liked this one :)

Quiet a few mating this unlucky couple getting eaten by spider :(

Adonis to see you !

At least 10 or so Small Blues flirting over hill too.

And then the Silver Spotted arrived, Nice ! 

At end of trip had seen at least 15 with a group of 5 !

The sunshine making all the flutterby's frisky !

Sitting Pretty

A much nicer day than last week ! I shall return next year  ! :)

Now a bit of birding and Ham Wall it was

 with this nice Small Red-Eyed Damselflies

Went to Tor Hide not much going on there so headed for viewing platform 2 Great White Egret at distance and a Grey Heron. Reeds gonna be cut soon, Good !

A feisty Wren in defiance a stance !

Little Grebe was the end of a great day .

Cheers For Now !

Newton St Loe in the Drizzle

Date:31/08/2015

Location:Newton st Low, Full patch walk

Weather:Cloudy with rain at times.

 Other Species:Kingfisher,Buzzard,Kestrel,Yellowhammer,Barn Swallow,House Martin,Bullfinch,Goldcrest,Greenfinch,Jay,Grey Heron,Chiffchaff.

 Observation:

Started the walk through Bath Mill and within seconds the resident kingfisher called and flew downstream.Lots of hundrines overhead around 20 Barn and 20 House martins
Also this nice Female Common Darter on top of dog track.

Lots of Wood Pigeon about 150+ Not alot else about until Kestrel just before road flying over Seven acre.More Hundrines overhead the in Newton Church 3/4 Goldcrest in yew tree.

Out through village and saw first Buzzard, along college drive then onto first lake A Green Woodpecker calling mixed with Rook,Jackdaw,Crow and Raven.On Top Lake another Kingfisher distant. No sign of little owl :( Grass very long. I'll keep looking.

After College across football pitch 2 herring gulls were on the pitch 2 more Buzzards towards Marksbury then in Rapeseed field 10 or so Goldfinches,Tits and Chiffchaff feeding.

Top of hill by farm 6 Yellowhammers were never staying still, Blackbirds, Dunnock and Wren were also feeding.

Then Along 12 o'clock lane spotted this Buzzard and he spotted me and as usual took to the skies!

Wires and white skies Perfect! 

Further along lane a Bull was out of field i stayed brave and usher him into field he Broke the barbed wire fence and re-entered the field ! 

Hard AS!

Cheers for now :)

Adonis Blue makes it 41 !

Date: 27/08/2015

Location: Rodborough Common & Slimbridge

Weather: There wasn't snow! But rain, wind, thunder temp 12-20c

Other Species:

Rodborough: Redstart, Kestrel - Chalkhill Blue, Adonis Blue, Tortoiseshell, Small White.

Slimbridge: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Buzzard, Ruff, Snipe.

Observations:With my trusted BBC Weather app saying sunshine thought I'd drive up Rodborough Common as Adonis Blue here day before, thanks to Twitter ! 

But the drive up soon turned wet and grey! On arriving a gap in the cloud and I was off over the Common saw a lovely Redstart but lens cap on camera !

Almost the first butterfly I saw was a Adonis Blue hiding in grass but now its raining !! 

Back to Van for coffee after 20 mins it stopped so back to where I saw Adonis, very few butterflies not surprising windy and the odd rumble of thunder !

Didn't find any more Adonis Blues but that one puts my Butterfly life list to 41 !

 Around 20 Chalkhill blues all landing low in grass :(

Clouding over again.

 Jumped in Van and started to drive to Slimbridge, that coffee I left on side has just fallen into my walking bag! Nice ;(

But it's now sunny, car park very full. Headed to Rushy Hide and a Common Sandpiper was scurrying in front of hide.

A Greenshank standing still looked nice in the sunshine.

Green Sandpipers of which there were 10+ were buzzing all over the place 

Also Ruff, Snipe, Lapwing, Greylags from the Rushy hide.

Last shot was Wednesday went for a walk there on My Site Here, while there thought I'd look for Silver Spotted Skipper, yeah right good job Met Office ! Again .

Thanks For Reading !