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  1. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Red kite over Salwarpe this afternoon
  2. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Dave, Will keep track of your sightings. Hope it turns up some good stuff and you have a memorable time.
  3. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Two swallows low over top end of Salwarpe this evening, I think that means its summer!
  4. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Be careful out there - some strange things going on in Salwarpe!
  5. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    New BOCC list published, though a small number of red list species dropping down to amber is great news these are outnumbered by those going up a category. Always a great peice of work that is used to inform ecological impact assessments (well, when they are done properly anyway). Endangered...
  6. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Noticed a rather large grasssnake floating in canal in Salwarpe (by bend beside cottages). Fished it out to measure. 112cm long - a bit of a whopper, average length is published as 75-80cm with largest ever in UK being 1.8m. Some damage around neck (though snakes do tend to have quite a long...
  7. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Two big black birds stuck together at Coney meadows today. Struggled with ID but after extensive checking of guides and the internet I have settled on them being 'vel-crows'. Sorry about that, have a good Christmas all. Triturus.
  8. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Woodchat There was a huge uproar about 'general licences' a couple of years back, Wild justice headed up by Chris Packham, Mark Avery (ex big wig at RSPB) and Ruth Tingay launched a legal challenge to DEFRA on the matter. In essence if you 'wanted/needed' to shoot/control 'pest' bird species...
  9. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Morning all. I know most of you will be looking upwards as many of our migrant birds return but it is equally exciting if we look down as many of our native plants are developing fast. Check out these learning and ID resources for plants https://www.speciesrecoverytrust.org.uk/resources I...
  10. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Swallows arrived at Salwarpe yesterday. Two birds, does that make a summer? Also last week on 2 consecutive days had two sightings of a peregrine in area around village hall. Last encounter was pretty noisy and distinctive as it was being mobbed by 3 crows.
  11. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    A very sorry looking sparrowhawk was perched in the rain in the small ash tree on Copcut lane by the Maize maze yesterday. Tawny owls very vocal last night and this morning opposite Salwarpe village hall.
  12. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Noctule bats over Salwarpe Over the last few evenings we have had some really good shows put on by Noctule bats over the field next to Village hall, over the road and The Villa. Two possibly three spending quit a bit of time foraging at around 10pm.
  13. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Spot on Woodchat, the structures and operation of them are pretty neutral, in the wrong place they can lead to habitat loss but they most often are designed to retain existing features such as hedgerows and streams. There are opportunities to do some positive management around the edges and...
  14. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Don't know - the applicant is http://intelligent-alternatives.co.uk/ They may well focus on certain geographical areas in their searches so this may well be the case. if you look at the plans you will see its a big area.
  15. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Lapwing flying low around the 'maize maze' field off Copcut Lane (Salwarpe) this morning around 8.30am. Also you may be interested to see the following is likely to come up for planning soon. https://plan.wychavon.gov.uk/plandisp.aspx?recno=93794 A 39ha solar farm on fields in flood plain...
  16. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Just a quick reminder, as I never imagined it would be much on an issue round here. I managed to pick up a tick on my leg yesterday and the only opportunity for this was a brief stop off on the canal side near to Porters Mill. So, Woodchat as the weather warms up think carefully if you are...
  17. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Whilst watching my chimney through binoculars around midday on Monday I noted a Red Kite, at height, drifting northwards over Salwarpe. I am also pleased to report that there is no colony of bees in the chimney either.
  18. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Took a walk around canal and reedbed today and sadly found a dead adult barn owl at Droitwich end of reedbed near to pond. No obvious signs of injury.
  19. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    There was some discussion about grass snakes recently, I thought the following statement from ARG UK helps to clarify the matter. Sorry if this is going over old ground that has already been covered. In short… we still only have 1 native grass snake species, it has just been reclassified as...
  20. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Given our seasonal visitors (Cuckoo) you may find this podcast of interest. From last year but fascinating stuff. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gfft2 Nick Davies on cuckoos The Life Scientific Nick Davies has been teasing apart the dark relationship between the cuckoo and...
  21. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Fantastic show by starlings yesterday enhanced by the gusty winds. They were being pushed around and strugging to stay together which made for more of an event.
  22. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Frosty morning First frost (of sorts) this morning in Salwarpe. Ice on car so a definite change in seasons. Seems to have been a good year for Jays in the village (a few seen this weekend) with much fewer magpies than previous years.
  23. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Where are the Cuckoos now? BTO are doing some really great work tracking their migration route - have a look here for details. https://www.bto.org/science/migration/tracking-studies/cuckoo-tracking
  24. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Since this I counted 7 spikes in poor light conditions, so could be more now. Also saw a very fresh otter spraint at entrance to culverted stream under canal close to wood entrance (down wooden steps). Buzzard hanging round churchyard yesterday looking a bit too big for the space available.
  25. Triturus

    Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas

    Rainfall for June Just for interest I have downloaded my weather station data for the last few weeks. Based upon historic data (1981-2010) in June, the entire UK averages 10 days of rain, totalling 62 millimetres. In Salwarpe over the 16 days of June we have had it has rained on 9 days so...
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