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Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas (10 Viewers)
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Woodchat
Cogito ergo sum
Hi Jarad,
It's quite a long way to walk from there - better to park at Porter's Mill . Good Luck.
Woodchat
Cogito ergo sum
An entertaining weekend on the patch - summary below:
3+ Cuckoos (all males) - Salwarpe, Ladywood and Porter's Mill
2 Common Whitethroats - Ladywood and Middleton Bank
5 Willow Warblers - thinly spread - including a mixed singer on Gorsey Bank.
1 Whinchat - Tapenhall
1 Grasshopper Warbler - Mildenham area
5 Wheatears (4 males, 1 female) - Copcut / Middleton Bank
3 Swifts - over Westwood
1 Common Sandpiper - Porter's Mill (canal)
2 Sedge Warblers - Porter's Mill / Mildenham
Several Reed Warblers - Coney and Porter's Mill
2 Lapwings - Middleton Bank
3 Yellowhammers - singing male and female Tapenhall + 1 at Copcut Rise
1 Greylag - over Coney
4+ Gadwall - pair at Tapenhall plus several birds and pairs over Coney
Mixed hirundine flocks
Sparrowhawks
2 Kestrels
Buzzards
2 Ravens
3+ Grey Wagtails
Kingfisher
Grey Herons
several flocks of Linnets
Mistle Thrushes
singing Nuthatch
Goldcrests, Treecreepers, Coal Tits, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers
Stock Doves
Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs
Jays
Bullfinches
3+ Cuckoos (all males) - Salwarpe, Ladywood and Porter's Mill
2 Common Whitethroats - Ladywood and Middleton Bank
5 Willow Warblers - thinly spread - including a mixed singer on Gorsey Bank.
1 Whinchat - Tapenhall
1 Grasshopper Warbler - Mildenham area
5 Wheatears (4 males, 1 female) - Copcut / Middleton Bank
3 Swifts - over Westwood
1 Common Sandpiper - Porter's Mill (canal)
2 Sedge Warblers - Porter's Mill / Mildenham
Several Reed Warblers - Coney and Porter's Mill
2 Lapwings - Middleton Bank
3 Yellowhammers - singing male and female Tapenhall + 1 at Copcut Rise
1 Greylag - over Coney
4+ Gadwall - pair at Tapenhall plus several birds and pairs over Coney
Mixed hirundine flocks
Sparrowhawks
2 Kestrels
Buzzards
2 Ravens
3+ Grey Wagtails
Kingfisher
Grey Herons
several flocks of Linnets
Mistle Thrushes
singing Nuthatch
Goldcrests, Treecreepers, Coal Tits, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers
Stock Doves
Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs
Jays
Bullfinches
Birder Gladys
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Triturus
Triturus
I was once told by a gamekeeper that if you see a stoat or weasel running off give a whistle and very often they will stop, turn around and look at you.
I think he had a different motive however!,
Triturus
Woodchat
Cogito ergo sum
Coney Meadow
A Grasshopper Warbler sang 3 times to the left of the viewing screen at around 6 am.
3 Snipes flushed from the eastern small pool.
1 Common Whitethroat singing.
1 Water Rail showed well in front of the screen.
1 Cuckoo perched in dead tree.
Reed Warblers.
Elsewhere:
Willow Warbler Salwarpe village
Whitethroat singing and showing well Middleton Bank.
A pair of Kestrels mating in tree along Copcut Lane
A Grasshopper Warbler sang 3 times to the left of the viewing screen at around 6 am.
3 Snipes flushed from the eastern small pool.
1 Common Whitethroat singing.
1 Water Rail showed well in front of the screen.
1 Cuckoo perched in dead tree.
Reed Warblers.
Elsewhere:
Willow Warbler Salwarpe village
Whitethroat singing and showing well Middleton Bank.
A pair of Kestrels mating in tree along Copcut Lane
Mary
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As we turned out of Chawson Lane towards Salwarpe village this morning, in the car, a weasel shot across the road in front of us. A first for me, and first in many years for o/h. Fabulous, if too brief! Maybe there's a good population of them thereabouts.
Grasshopper warbler singing near the screen for a few minutes. Sadly, didn't hear a cuckoo.
Grasshopper warbler singing near the screen for a few minutes. Sadly, didn't hear a cuckoo.
Woodchat
Cogito ergo sum
2 mile circular walk this morning:
1 Lesser Whitethroat singing from the Chawson Lane area - first for the year.
1 Grasshopper Warbler Coney Meadow.
4+ Wheatears (3 females, 1 male) in the 'barren' field with cattle in it at Middleton Bank.
2 Cuckoos Coney Meadow
3 Snipes
1 Water Rail
Reed Warblers
2 Common Whitethroats
Nuthatch
Goldcrests
Ravens
Skylark
1 Meadow Pipit over
Worth getting up at 05:30 for.
1 Lesser Whitethroat singing from the Chawson Lane area - first for the year.
1 Grasshopper Warbler Coney Meadow.
4+ Wheatears (3 females, 1 male) in the 'barren' field with cattle in it at Middleton Bank.
2 Cuckoos Coney Meadow
3 Snipes
1 Water Rail
Reed Warblers
2 Common Whitethroats
Nuthatch
Goldcrests
Ravens
Skylark
1 Meadow Pipit over
Worth getting up at 05:30 for.
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Mary
I have also seen a weasel (last year) up near Middleton Cottage (the thatched one on Copcut Lane) so they are about.
Cuckoo was calling at weekend and was heard in village.
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Woodchat
Cogito ergo sum
I despair I really do!!!!!!!
What will be affected:
Cuckoos
Grasshopper Warblers
Reed Warblers
Sedge Warblers
Water Rails
Reed Buntings
etc, etc...
I just hope they find the perpetrators :C:C:C:C
Just so so sad!
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Gutted for you mate and all other Coney watchers.
Could you post the photo you showed me of the area once the fire was out so everyone can appreciate the scale of the destruction :C:C:-C:-C
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