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  1. Henstooth

    Osprey?

    Is it likely I saw an Osprey in Gravesend today 02/09/2011? It was 17:15 hrs, I looked across towards where the river Thames would be and high in the sky I saw a large raptor. At first I though it was a Heron but there was not the usual gangley flight and lopping wing / crunched up neck. I...
  2. Henstooth

    Flycatchers and Beeaters (Menorca)

    Been a long time since I have visited the site however I have just come back from holiday in Menorca, Spain. This will have been my 35th (!) visit to the island and I am quite familiar with the birdlife there. This year put me in a bit of a tizz. I have never seen so many spotted flycatchers...
  3. Henstooth

    Loads of spotted flycatches in Menorca

    Been a long time since I have visited the site however I have just come back from holiday in Menorca, Spain. This will have been my 35th (!) visit to the island and I am quite familiar with the birdlife there. This year put me in a bit of a tizz. I have never seen so many spotted flycatchers...
  4. Henstooth

    How do I get an abandoned nestbox back in use?

    Hi all, My robin abandoned the nest in a robin box due to a cat attack 4 days ago. She didn't come back so I have removed the three cold eggs. What should I do with the nest material? Do I leave it in or take it out? Naturally I want a new resident. Thanks
  5. Henstooth

    Help to get new residents.

    Sorry to say that after several days of not seeing PEG, I bit the bullet and went up close to the nest. Three eggs in total, one perched on the edge of the nest box, the other two burried in the nest material, all cold as stone.:C One of the eggs was cracked and after a little prod, my daughter...
  6. Henstooth

    Confirmed: Nest abandoned and eggs left cold

    Sorry to say that after several days of not seeing PEG, I bit the bullet and went up close to the nest. Three eggs in total, one perched on the edge of the nest box, the other two burried in the nest material, all cold as stone.:C One of the eggs was cracked and after a little prod, my daughter...
  7. Henstooth

    Ba**ard CAT..OMG I want to kill it!

    SAD, sad news...I am so bloody ANGRY. Came home this morning to find next doors cat actually sitting on the collard doves nest..Actually sitting on it for Gods sake. God only knows how the thing got into the bush? What appears to be two white eggs are broken on the ground below the bush. PEG the...
  8. Henstooth

    She's deffo in and I think brooding

    Okay. We are in business. She's in and has done some extraordinary housework. She has built the nest up and some of the material has overflowed so that it's very difficult to get any sort of view inside. I don't want to disturb her so I will have to wait for the frantic in / out activity of...
  9. Henstooth

    Robin in the box

    We got back from a weeks away in Cornwall. My first job was to check out the nestboxes. There she was, PEG, sitting in the nestbox, checking us out. I bet she's a bit miffed that we've come back and no doubt the boys will create noise playing football. I will watch for a while and see if I...
  10. Henstooth

    No need to worry

    I was a bit worried for the last couple of days as I we had not seen PEG or her mate. I asked around about nest abandonment and discovered that the act of nest building stimulates mateing. I next thought that PEG may have been captured by the cat next door, or perhaps she was sitting on the...
  11. Henstooth

    Mornings are the best time

    Got back from night shift at 0630 (1st April) and spent half an hour watching out the back first floor window. It was certainly a busy time for all. PEG was in and out with lots of material. She was none too pleased that a magpie was down on the lawn. She kept an eye on him and waited till he...
  12. Henstooth

    PEG in all her beauty

    Here she is
  13. Henstooth

    PEG...the one legged female Robin..

    28th March 2009... I would draw your attention to a post that I created earlier in the year "Feeding frenzy in Swanley" where I wrote about, amongst other things..a cute Robin that I named PEG. I will get the text and add it to this blog in a moment. What I have done is got my two youngest kids...
  14. Henstooth

    On the trail of Bittern (Ruxley, Kent)

    A lovely 3.5 hours walk around the old chalk pits at Crittles Corner, Ruxley, near Orpington, Kent. Whilst walking around the lakes bumped into another birder who was very familiar with the site. He pointed out where AT LEAST TWO Bittern hang out. I stuck with him in the hope that I'd get my...
  15. Henstooth

    3 hrs walking the Darenth Lakes, Dartford

    A bright sunny day, little chilly but pleasant all the same. A walk with Dan The Man around the private fishing lakes of Darenth in Dartord are, Kent. It has been about half a year since I last visited and they have done some major work clearing and installing better fencing. I think the...
  16. Henstooth

    Feeding Frenzy in Swanly garden

    Monday morning and for most it's the start of another week. For me, as a shift worker, there isn't a "start of the week", just days off, or days / nights working. Today for me is a day off, and it's quiet. The kids are at school, and I intend to do a few simple chores to keep the wife happy. I...
  17. Henstooth

    Crittles Corner Lakes - St Pauls Cray, Kent

    Great day out. Hooked up again with Dantheman and showd him my favorite local place to bird. This location is from my boyhood (age 13 yrs up) and has been somewhere I go to chill out for a whole day. It's a secure, private fishing lake complex and is a little difficult to get into but once...
  18. Henstooth

    April Visit..need advice for spotting

    Hi all, Hope you can help? I am visiting Cornwall in April and staying in a cottage in Cawsand. I would like some pointers as where to go for day trips so as to get the most out of the area. I will have transport, binos, spotting scope etc but would probably only have ONE full day to myself for...
  19. Henstooth

    April Visit..need advice for spotting

    Hi all, Hope you can help? I am visiting Devon in April and staying in a cottage in Cawsand. I would like some pointers as where to go for day trips so as to get the most out of the area. I will have transport, binos, spotting scope etc but would probably only have ONE full day to myself for...
  20. Henstooth

    Waxwings in Swanley

    Sunday afternoon short walk and to my surprise flock of 14 Waxwings taking red berries from the hedge. I was only 10 foot away from them STUNNING! Never seen them before, a first for me, and perhaps Swanly. Location - Emersons Park, Main Road, Hextable, top field to the far right, hedgerow on...
  21. Henstooth

    Camera nestbox installed (Kent)..blog

    Hi all, My wonderful wife bought for me a voucher for £90 to spend on a nestbox with a camera. She bought this in 2008 !, and due to a new extension I never got round to ordering it. Now that the extension is completed I thought it would be a good idea to get it ordered and running (needless to...
  22. Henstooth

    No agenda, Simple walk, Saw a First! Swanley

    Hi all, Been off-line for some time but just HAD to get into the groove today and tell you all about my walk today. As the title says, I set no agenda. I was with a friend, taking his dogs for a trot. Towards the end, I saw what I thought was a small flock of Starlings. It was only when I got a...
  23. Henstooth

    6 day visit planned November

    Hi all, I am visiting NC for 6 days soon and will be planning a whole day dedicated to spotting near Wilmington. I hope to have a guide set for the day but would like to get some advice from you guys as what to expect. I will be bringing my binos (naturally) but wondered if I should struggle...
  24. Henstooth

    I'm sure this is a Ruddy!

    Hi all, been out today in the RAIN! and saw this bobbing on the lake in with the mallards, tufted, coots and moorhens. It looks to me like a Ruddy. Location :- Ruxley Lakes, St Pauls Cray, Orpington, Kent, UK. Pete.
  25. Henstooth

    Chances?

    Hi all, Not been on site for a while. Just had holiday to Menorca, Spain. Just like to ask, what are the chances that.... The Orphean Warbler I thought I saw was a Blackcap? The Greenfinchs' were Siskins'? And that I did see a Moustached Warbler. I ask this as the identification book I have...
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