Little Egret x2 (found by my neighbour Roy Gardner) Tufted Duck x8 Cormorant x35 Greylag Goose +100 Canada Goose +200 Moorhen Coot Grey Heron x6 Lapwing x22 Raven x1 (in nearby field)
Lots of passerine activity in surrounding woods and gull/corvid activity in neighbouring fields. Perhaps all waiting for nuptial flight/eruption of winged ants this evening?
Red Kite x1 at Bank House Farm on Monday evening Tawny Owl x4 and vocal every evening this week so far at Bawhill Wood Tittenley Pool yesterday evening 20.30 Mute Swan x12 Greylag Goose 12+ Canada Goose Moorhen Coot Mallard Oystercatcher x2 Tufted Duck x4
Red Kite x1 at Bank House Farm on Sunday Barn Owl x1 (fleeting view caught on camera trap) Mandarin Ducks seen almost daily in recent weeks - perhaps breeding in Bawhill Wood? Buzzard - common Yellowhammer x4 Skylark - several individuals heard/seen daily Linnets - common Shelduck - several flyovers
Yesterday 01/04/2016 We had four Shelducks flying over Bank House Farm with a Ruddy Shelduck - which has to be an escapee from somewhere (this is not an April fools joke). There is also a pair of Mandarin Duck which are quite conspicuous around Bawhill Wood. Perhaps there was a waterfowl collection at Big Pool, Shavington Gardens in the recent past? Grey wagtails x2 at Adderley locks along the SU Canal Mute Swan x2 in same location with another pair near the village Sparrowhawk x1 at roadside woods opposite Ferney Heys Kestrel x1 in Adderley village
Weekend sightings from Bawhill Farm to Gas House Farm:
Tawny Owl x2 Buzzard x6 Kestrel x1 Raven x1 Yellowhammer Reed Bunting x1 male Siskin Skylark x2 There is also a pair of either Wood Duck or Mandarin Ducks in Bawhill Woods - have heard/seen the pair but only right at dusk on consecutive nights, flying out of the woods and heading north each evening. Great spotted Woodpecker Nuthatch Several huge flocks of Fieldfares gathering over the weekend
Barn Owl x 1 near Gas House Farm Buzzard x2 Bank House Farm Raven x1 near Shavington House Yellowhammer x4 in full song near Bank House Farm Skylark x2 near Bank House Farm Siskin x2 Snipe x1 near Bawhill Wood
Kestrel x1 near Pepperhill Cottage Skylark x1 displaying near Pepperhill Cottage. Another displaying at Bank House Farm Lapwing 200-300 in the same field opposite Tittenley Farm as per the previous sighting Buzzard x1 at Bawhill Wood
Three Oyestercatchers at Tittenley Pool this morning Remarkable concentration of 500+ Lapwing in a field directly opposite Tittenley Farm at 09.30am Also in the same field, Grey Heron x2, Black-headed Gull, the usual corvids Raven x1 in surrounding woods Great spotted Woodpecker x2 in surrounding woods Nuthatch x2 in surrounding woods
Around Pepperhill Cottage: Skylark x2 singing in fields Mute Swan x2 in flooded ponds Kestrel x1 Buzzard x1 Meadow Pipits
Tawny Owls x2 pairs still vocal most evenings around Bawhill Wood/Bank House Farm
Nice views of a pair of Tawny Owls at roadside of Bawhill Woods on Saturday evening Two pairs heard singing there on Sunday evening Buzzard x4 Sparrowhawk x1 Raven x2 Greatspotted Woodpecker x6 Many other common woodland/garden species
On Tittenley Pool (Saturday) Mute Swan x2 Tufted Duck x3 Mallard x10 Coot 30+ Canada Geese 30+ Cormorant x1
Two Ravens at Big Wood near the Shavington Gardens this morning Buzzard x2 at Bawhill Woods Tawny Owls have been fairly vocal in recent nights around Bawhill Woods Daily fly-overs of Cormorants (1-3 individuals at a time) over Bankhouse and Gas House Farms Skylark x1 singing in fields between Tittenley Farm and Bankhouse Farm today around 10.30am
At Tittenley Pool approx: 10.30am today Tufted Duck x8 Shelduck x5 Mute Swan x2 (with another 3 individuals flying over) Canada Goose 20+ Mallard x8 Coot 25+
Male and female Goosander at Bridge 74 along the Shropshire Union canal this afternoon, with a pair of Mute Swans at bridge 72 Tawny Owls have been quite vocal around Shavington Park this past week (when it hasn't been raining!)
Records here from over the Xmas and New Year period (from 17th December to 1st January) near Bank House Farm:
Barn Owl x1 (seen foraging along the fence post at 04.30am 21st December) Tawny Owl x3 heard singing on Xmas period evenings without the wind and rain! Buzzard x2 pairs (one pair seen daily) Kestrel x1 (seen on 27th and 31st December) Raven x1 (seen on 18th December)
Sorry - trying to post this for Shropshire but having trouble with a new topic ...!
-- Edited by Huw Lloyd on Saturday 2nd of January 2016 07:22:10 PM
