10th May 2017

Making the most of my half day at work and spending the afternoon on the patch. Walking through from Warrens hall to Bumble hole

Weather:- bright and sunny

Birds:- include blackcaps, (male and female), coots with 4 chicks, mute swans with female on nest, house sparrows, house martins, swifts. song thrush, 3 grey herons, mallard with 4 ducklings, chiffchaff, along with the usual suspects.

Insects:- include large red and common blue damselflies, orange tip butterflies, holly blue butterflies, speckled wood and small white butterflies.

Flowers:- include blue bells, (hybrid), buttercups, cow parslay, daisy, hawthorn blossam, honestry, wood- forget-me-not, and red clover.

Honestry

Male mallard

Mute swan

Coot chicks

Wednesday 15th March

Weather :- sunny

Birds seen include :- mute swan, 58 Canada goose, male Greenwich singing, little grebe, jay, great spotted woodpecker heard, mistle thrush, chaffinch, wren and house sparrow. Also 3 grey herons, one was a juvenile. 

Mammals :- grey squirrel 

Flowers :- daffodills, daisy

Catkins include goat willow

Monday 13th February 2017

So this will probably become my new new patch, due to a new job and less time to go walking / birding. Warrens Hall and Bumble hole should be easy enough to get to, during my split shifts.

Birds seen, amongst all the usual suspects today include:-

Moorhen, coot, goldfinch, wren, black-headed and herring gulls, mistle thrush, pied wagtail, chaffinch, pair of mute swans, Canada geese, goosander, little grebes, grey herons, sparrowhawk, bullfinch and buzzard..

A total of 26 species. Not bad for only a couple of hours.

Snowdrops are also in flower.

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