tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53876074079934013372024-02-07T03:02:14.012-08:00BIRDING NORTH BUCKS AND BEYONDMy Birding adventures and other nature observations around the Newport Pagnell and Olney areas of North Buckinghamshire, and occasionally further afieldRob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.comBlogger370125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-14886768482190813682020-05-23T09:10:00.002-07:002020-05-23T09:10:37.257-07:00New blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I now have a new blog that I have dedicated to my home village.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-85614343208365189112016-06-13T13:16:00.001-07:002016-06-13T13:16:53.125-07:00Barn Birds ???<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A walk around the Little Linford Wood area today.<br />
Very few butterflies around which was I was primarily looking for but did see some birds that were seemingly not in their correct habitat.<br />
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Tree Sparrows are rare enough these days but this colony choose to nest in an old derelict barn.<br />
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Another bird that seemed to like a barn was this Red-legged Partridge. Not nesting but using it for a lookout post. </div>
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Ragged Robin is one of my favourite flowers and there are plenty here</div>
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-26751275514691190252016-06-07T12:42:00.000-07:002016-06-07T12:42:00.165-07:00Mallorca Wildlife<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just a few pics of a few non-birdy things from the Mallorca trip.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-23415453959494733542016-05-31T11:10:00.001-07:002016-05-31T11:10:59.414-07:00More Mallorca Birding. Part three <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A selection of some of the smaller passerines...<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-10332535321521576802016-05-31T04:18:00.002-07:002016-05-31T04:19:31.332-07:00More Mallorca Birding. Part two<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Waders seen on the trip included...<br />
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Cormorant and Shag were the only seabirds observed on this trip....<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-26221498782519616152016-05-30T04:03:00.003-07:002016-05-31T11:17:17.761-07:00More Mallorca Birding part one...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We were back in Mallorca for our 2 week holiday at the start of May. Here's a few pics from there.<br />
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First a few Herons...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Egret</td></tr>
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-77704218512621838332016-03-07T08:28:00.000-08:002016-03-07T08:28:21.544-08:00A few bits from Norfolk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I had a much more successful trip to Norfolk last week than my last visit in December.<br />
With lots of good birds seen including Purple Sandpiper, Spoonbill, a smashing male Hen Harrier, several Lapland Buntings and half a dozen Snow Buntings.<br />
I also encountered lots of the more common coastal birds that you rarely get in Buckinghamshire including Fulmars, Red-breasted Mergansers, Guillemot and at least 50 Red-throated Divers on the sea at Cley.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one of the cheeky Turnstones at Sheringham</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Sandpiper at Sheringham</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">another Sheringham Turnstone (they follow you around)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lapland Buntings at Blakeney</td></tr>
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-37192011818520186212016-02-14T22:52:00.000-08:002016-02-14T22:52:13.114-08:00Town Owl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Having done a usual wander around Gayhurst Quarry, where I had been pleased to find my first returning Oystercatcher of the year and three Egyptian Geese that had been absent for the whole shooting season, I decided to cut across the Bury Field on my way back.<br />
This much dog-walked Common Land usually holds a few Skylarks and Meadow Pipits and when the pools are flooded a few Snipe. Occasionally there will be Stonechats and sometimes a hunting Barn Owl.<br />
So it was somewhat of a surprise when a large bird flushed out of one of the bushes in the middle of the common .... Short-eared Owl !!<br />
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What a marvellous find and only a couple of hundred yards from Newport Pagnell Town Centre.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-2400383674754598692016-02-08T08:31:00.000-08:002016-02-08T08:31:15.385-08:00Ravensthorpe Ressie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I finally found a window to visit Ravensthorpe Reservoir yesterday morning.<br />
There were reports that Otters could be seen from the causeway. I'm a bit of a sucker for these animals so I just had to go. Reports suggested that there had been as many as five but unfortunately one had been run over on the causeway a few days back.<br />
I arrived about 8 o'clock to be told by the two other guys there that there had been 2 on show about an hour before but they hadn't been seen since.<br />
That meant all I could do was stand and wait.<br />
Not that this was a problem as it was a reasonable day and there were other things to look at, like the pair of Smew that kept drifting in towards the causeway but then got spooked out into the middle of the small side of the reservoir.<br />
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There was also a nice Great White Egret that has made the reservoir its home this winter.<br />
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One of the other guys decided to call it a day and the other was just leaving when I noticed some movement in the water on the far side as not one but two Otters swam across to some bushes on the other side. I called him back just in time to see them disappear into the branches but then remarkably another two appeared and followed the same course across the water, one of which scent marked each and every metal post sticking out of the water on its way across. Unfortunately no photos as they were quite a way off and my natural reaction is to watch whats happening rather than reach for the camera.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-65839524314733252212015-12-31T04:37:00.000-08:002015-12-31T04:37:17.680-08:00End of year trip<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I usually try to get in a days birding between Christmas and New Year.<br />
This year it was Norfolk as it's always good and there were a few obvious omissions in my year list.<br />
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Although the weather was unseasonably warm and bright, near gale force winds put the mockers on most of my days plans as the birds were keeping their heads down. In fact I dipped nearly all the birds I was hoping for.<br />
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Starting off at Fishers Fleet in Kings Lynn the regular Iceland Gull was a no show - I think the nearby shellfish factory may have been closed for the holiday.<br />
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A stop at Hunstanton Cliffs produced several Fulmars - my first for the year and a quite high fly past Red-throated Diver.<br />
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At Thornham Harbour I think I managed to locate the wintering Twite flock but the strong wind kept them low in the grass and I never did get a definitive view.<br />
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News then came through that the crazy Red-rumped Swallow that had been hanging around Holkham for the past fortnight had been sighted so I headed there. Unfortunately that didn't show again.<br />
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I decided to park on Lady Anne's Drive and talk a walk down to the sand dunes where I finally had a bit of success, a flock of around 30 very flighty Snow Buntings were found. Another flock of either Linnets or Twite were on the salt flats but again they kept their heads down. I suspect they were Linnets anyway.<br />
From the Drive there were hundreds of Brent and Pinkfooted Geese some of which were actually quite close.<br />
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I then decided I would try to see the 4 Tundra Bean Geese that were in a Sugar Beet field with some Pinkfeet up the road at Kelling. Well I managed to find the field but the Goose flock was enormous and a long way off so it was a needle in a haystack job and I soon gave up.</div>
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I decided to spend the rest of the day at Cley which was great but of my target birds Water Pipit, Bearded Tit and Lapland Bunting, none were stupid enough to poke their head above the parapet in such averse conditions. The sea was almost devoid of birds so no chance of a stray Skua or even Eider.</div>
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My best bird of the day was a smart Black Brant that was in the Brent flock close to Beach Road.</div>
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While I was at Cley the Kelling Pinkfoots dropped onto the grazing marsh along with the Tundra Beans but unfortunately before I could across to the hides they all departed off to roost.</div>
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-19626969612090568792015-11-25T23:08:00.000-08:002015-11-25T23:08:02.182-08:00Farmoor Phal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
With a few hours to spare, I decided to pop up to Farmoor Reservoir near Oxford to see a Grey Phalarope that had turned up recently.<br />
I love these little birds, they are so dainty bobbing around and spinning around on the water and very often very approachable as this one proved to be.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-56936925365722867292015-08-19T12:13:00.000-07:002015-08-19T12:13:44.220-07:00Its been a while<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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juvenile Green Woodpecker <br />
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Turtle Dove at Otmoor<br />
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Corn Bunting at Pitstone Hill<br />
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juvenile Goosanders at Olney Mill<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-74108728756220442652014-05-25T22:56:00.000-07:002014-05-25T22:56:07.887-07:00Some Birds from Catalonia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We're just back from our 2 weeks family holiday in the Costa Brava.<br />
Not primarily a birding trip but whenever I got the opportunity I would get out and explore the surrounding area. This would normally be in the couple of hours before breakfast before everyone else got up.<br />
Our base was the Hotel San Eloy a couple of kilometres outside of the very picturesque and delightful town of Tossa de Mar. The Hotel was situated right on the edge of a vast Pine Forest that spread over some very hilly areas, a stream that went right alongside created some wonderful habitat and the range of birds seen was really impressive.<br />
Before I even got out of bed I could hear Nightingale, Hoopoe, Cettis Warbler and Golden Orioles.<br />
White Wagtails and Black Redstarts were breeding on the complex.<br />
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Every time I went out it seemed I would find something else; Serins, Firecrests, Melodious Warblers, Short-toed Treecreepers, Pied Flycatchers, Wood Warblers, Bonellis Warblers, Tree Sparrows Red-rumped Swallows, Crested Tits, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Woodchat Shrike, Subalpine Warbler Whinchat, Cirl Bunting and Hawfinch along with commoner species. </div>
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Birds of Prey seen were Short-toed Eagle ,Booted Eagle, Goshawk and Buzzard.</div>
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The castle on the cliffs or Vila Vella in Tossa was a good place to do a bit of seawatching with both Balearic and Levantine Shearwaters in reasonable numbers as well as on or two Shags a Gannet and large numbers of Yellow-legged Gulls. One morning I witnessed the marvellous sight of a straight line of 18 Greater Flamingos migrating Northwards just off the coast.</div>
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The Vila Vella itself held a good population of breeding Swifts with the odd Pallid Swift thrown in and a Blue Rock Thrush sang from the castle walls.</div>
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On my one day devoted entirely to birding I hired a car and travelled the hundred or so kilometres North up the coast to the nature reserve known as AIGUAMOLLS DE L'EMPORDA near Figueras.</div>
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This really was a fantastic place especially for water birds. White Storks were re-introduced here in 1987 and are doing fantastically well with nesting birds all over the place.</div>
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Glossy Ibis's, Black-winged Stilts and Squacco Herons were everywhere. Hirundines swarmed around and a man-made earth bank was home to at least a dozen Bee-eaters. A couple of Rollers were seen in the open fields along with Corn Buntings, Crested, Short-toed and Skylarks, lots of Wheatears, a couple of Stone Curlews, Stonechats and Whinchat. The reedbeds contained Great Reed and Reed Warblers, Fan-tailed Warbler, Nightingales and Cettis Warblers </div>
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A couple of Red-footed Falcon hawked over the reserve and other birds of prey included Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Buzzard and Kestrel.</div>
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I could have spent much longer at this place as there is so much to see - if it hadn't been so windy I'm sure I would have seen even more- but I had to get back in time for our evening meal.</div>
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On another of our days out we visited Barcelona and a bird I wanted to see was Monk Parakeet. Like our own Ring-necked Parakeet it is a former escapee that has done incredibly well in the wild. I did fear that they would be difficult to find but they were everywhere with even a nest colony in the park opposite the Unfinished Church.</div>
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Another common bird in this huge city were Alpine Swifts that massed over the main square just before dusk.</div>
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-31053733778894356952014-04-03T12:16:00.003-07:002014-04-03T12:16:43.580-07:00Pale Beauties<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I was back up at Attenborough at the weekend.<br />
One species that can almost be relied on up there is Red-crested pochard. There were eight birds present on Sunday<br />
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Something I've noticed about this species is that it seems to be prone to leucism as I've seen several examples of this.<br />
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This female was on the Tween Pond.<br />
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A more usual female was on the Coneries Pond<br />
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This pale male bird was keeping company with the lighter female<br />
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while this normal male was near the Visitor Centre.<br />
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The leucistic pair.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-71902721815518686162014-03-23T04:50:00.000-07:002014-03-23T04:50:52.925-07:00Pitsford Redneck<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Honestly, I have been birding close to home but as usual it seems all the best birds seem to be on someone else's patch.<br />
I did find my first Wheatear of the year at Ravenstone on Friday but a Red-necked Grebe at Pitsford Reservoir lured me out of the county again.<br />
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The bird was showing very close to the dam so allowing as close a view as you're ever likely to get of this species.<br />
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As the wall of the dam obscures all but your head even Goldeneye seem unperturbed by your presence.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-1994163560917273422014-03-11T13:10:00.001-07:002014-03-11T13:10:50.672-07:00Summerleys Specials<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Summerleys Reserve in Northants seems to have some good birds lately and as I hadn't been for a while I thought I should pay a visit.<br />
Currently Northants is home to no less than 5 Great White Egrets (only 5 more than Bucks), 2 of which were at Summerleys and showing very well. At one point having a bit of a scrap with each other.<br />
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On Mary's Lake the female Long-tailed Duck was found eventually but the male Bearded Tit that showed well the day before was keeping it's head down in the chilly wind.<br />
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The feeding station at Summerleys is very impressive and until recently was somewhere you could guarantee seeing Tree Sparrows as the reserve held a very healthy population.<br />
But now they seem to have totally disappeared.<br />
The bird tables though are still very popular with a colourful array of Finches, Tits and other species, including a good number of Reed Buntings<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-69608914016700241432014-03-07T11:06:00.000-08:002014-03-07T11:58:56.560-08:00Just over the border....Again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This time just 400 yards out of Buckinghamshire - who says the Bucks Force Field doesn't exist.<br />
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Having heard that the Dartford Warbler that turned up in neighbouring Bedfordshire last November was still around I thought I'd take a look to see if I could find it this lunchtime.<br />
It was a glorious spring day with temperature of about 15 degrees and several Butterflies were on the wing, mainly Brimstones but also a Peacock and a Small Tortoiseshell were seen.<br />
I won't name the site as when I found the bird he was singing as if on territory. If he should find a mate this is perfect habitat with plenty of Gorse scrub on the heathland.<br />
He really was cracking bird singing almost continuously and showing down to as close as 6 feet at times, although as is typical with this species constantly on the move and very difficult to photograph.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-15993539619188805022014-03-03T12:57:00.000-08:002014-03-03T12:57:34.586-08:00The Last one standing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Willow Tit is a rapidly declining species in this country and as far as we know only one individual remains in Buckinghamshire.<br />
Will.O.Tit has been residing at the Linford Reserve for at least the past 3 years so surely is now into old age. If he or she doesn't find a mate this year that must be it for another county bird.<br />
I managed to pop along the other day and had very good close views as he visited the bird feeders every minute or so along with a Marsh Tit for comparison.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-87829730993692227272014-02-28T05:18:00.000-08:002014-02-28T05:18:33.367-08:00Group trip to Attenborough<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Maybe it was me extolling the virtues of Attenborough Nature Reserve that persuaded the RSPB group to take a trip up there last Sunday.<br />
We had a pretty good day, although not encountering anything too unusual it was good to see species that you wouldn't get that close to nearer home.<br />
Unfortunately water levels were high so there was no sign of the recent Bitterns or any waders but several Tree Sparrows put on a show at the feeders behind the visitor centre.<br />
This an excellent winter site for Goosanders and probably around thirty were spread around the lakes.<br />
The area around the centre as usual gave some good opportunities for photos of the commoner species that are attracted to the grain that is on offer<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-52313428561470833952014-02-19T13:26:00.000-08:002014-02-19T22:49:01.158-08:00Emberton Wildfowl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been visiting Emberton Park quite a bit lately.<br />
It's one of the best places locally for wintering Goosanders, with as many as 20 recently.<br />
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Today there was just one male, I think the mild weather has encouraged them to head back north earlier than usual</div>
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Emberton has the usual array of common water birds with Mallard, Tufted Ducks, Pochard, Gadwall, Teal and Wigeon being there regularly.</div>
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Just occasionally something slightly more unusual turns up, like this drake Red-crested Pochard did this morning .</div>
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A couple of weeks back this female Mandarin turned up on the main lake.</div>
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Today she had been joined by a male</div>
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This pair of scrapping Mallard were yet another sign that spring is approaching.</div>
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-90150709502258923462014-02-10T12:54:00.001-08:002014-02-10T12:54:33.658-08:00Someone thinks it's spring<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A wander around Willen today<br />
It had actually stopped raining, the wind had dropped and the sun had even come out.<br />
There was a feel of spring in the air and some of the birds clearly thought so. Song Thrushes were in full song and a couple of Cettis Warblers were letting everyone know they were there.<br />
A Chiffchaff was most likely an overwintering bird rather than an early migrant.<br />
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A more telling sign was this pair of displaying Great-crested Grebes.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-43192401934154549242014-02-08T09:04:00.001-08:002014-02-08T09:04:48.955-08:00Garden Invasion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There's not been a lot of activity on the garden feeders this winter, presumably due to the mild weather.<br />
I have noticed this gang of Long-tailed Tits paying regular visits in the last week though. I counted a 15 although there could have been more. They were so eager to feed that could care less about me.<br />
Shame the sun wasn't out.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-3037254436108240722014-01-29T06:19:00.001-08:002014-01-29T06:19:46.647-08:00Stockgrove Country Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I hadn't visited this site for a few years and I think it might be a few more before I go back.<br />
It is now known as Rushmere Country Park or something<br />
A couple of automatic barriers greet you at the entrance to the car park and they now expect £2 to park. Conveniently all the outside parking has been removed.<br />
The café is closed - not sure if permanent or just for the winter.<br />
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Now one of the main reasons people visit this place is to feed the ducks, mainly a few Mallards but mostly the large number of Mandarins that used to live on the lake.<br />
Having reached the said water body deep into the woods I was surprised to see numerous signs advising people not to feed the ducks and giving various reasons as to why,supposedly for the benefit of other wildlife.<br />
But guess what, no Mandarins ! a few years ago there were over a hundred here at this time of year<br />
Talk about killing the Goose that laid the Golden Egg. If you want to turn this place into a commercial venture you need a few attractions e.g. a café and some very attractive waterfowl. What's more to have the cheek to charge for It !.<br />
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The usual woodland birds are still plentiful though and a handful of seed placed on some fence posts brought them down close ( oh should I have done that ?! well chop my hands off and beat me with a big stick !!!!!)<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-64846812566150312582014-01-25T02:35:00.002-08:002014-01-25T02:35:57.775-08:00Fried or Boiled ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Found this Swans egg at Caldecotte Lake yesterday.<br />
The recent flooding must have lifted it off the island and onto the shore.<br />
Obviously one that didn't hatch last summer as it's well addled.<br />
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The £2 coin gives an idea of how big it actually is.<br />
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Rob Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207999413025210161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387607407993401337.post-23925677194726509392014-01-17T11:59:00.000-08:002014-01-17T11:59:22.994-08:00Otters at Sainsbury's !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Having heard that there were Otters being seen in the centre of Market Harborough, I just had to go.<br />
I'd only ever seen one in the wild once before and that was quite a distance away.in the middle of Island Mere at Minsmere.<br />
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I had heard that 2 sibling Otters had taken up residence on the River Welland that flows through the centre of town and were being seen regularly by passing shoppers.<br />
When I arrived a small group of people were standing on the opposite side of the river to a hollow tree which was apparently the duos resting up place.<br />
I had hardly been there a couple of minutes when one of the young Otters was suddenly walking down a sloping branch into the water just ten yards away. Amazing !!<br />
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Showing absolutely no fear of it's band of admirers this fantastic creature worked it's way down stream until it was out of view.<br />
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At this point most people thinking the show was over and drifted off but I stayed around talking to one of the locals.<br />
It was then that the second Otter appeared out of the Holt. This one decided to hang around though and attracted quite a crowd - photographers and people laden down with bags of shopping, as at one point it was in the river right outside Sainsbury's front door.<br />
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I have to say this one of the most amazing wildlife experiences and if you've never seen a wild Otter get yourself over to Market Harborough.<br />
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