| November 4th |
| Three Common Buzzards
were in the Red Hill area this morning. Over 140
Fieldfare were around Eakring Flash, where the only duck
present was a single Teal. Very few Blackbirds noted in
the area today, with most appearing to have moved on,
following the large influx at the end of October. |
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| November 9th |
| Very little around this
morning. Three Teal were at Eakring Flash and 107
Starling west were the only birds recorded moving through
today. Flocks of Fieldfare were around the Red Hill and
Eakring Flash areas, with numbers of Blackbirds and five
Bullfinches at the former mentioned site. |
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| November 10th |
| Four Common Buzzards in
the area today, with three regular birds at Red Hill and
another at Hare Hill Wood near Kersall. An adult Peregrine
was hunting over Penny Pasture Common, Eakring Meadows,
with ten Teal on the small pool there and another three
at Eakring Flash. Fieldfare this morning included 70 at
Red Hill, 150 at Eakring Flash and 30 at Kersall. Much
smaller numbers of Redwing, were also present at each
site. 32 Pink-footed Geese flew
north-east over Red Hill in the rain at 9:45am. |
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| November 12th |
| The only sighting of note
on a very quiet morning, was a flock of 200+ Fieldfare in
the Red Hill area. |
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| November 13th |
| A Goshawk
was present in the Penny Pasture Common area on this
date. It was seen well by an experienced observer. This
is the third record of Goshawk in the area, following
single birds at Lound Wood on December 26th 1998 and
March 24th 2001 (per D Burrows) A Common Buzzard was in
the Eakring Flash area and 46 Golden Plover flew west. Generally very quiet again this
morning, but skiens of Pink-footed Geese
did pass through south-east at 09:40am. Three skiens
totalled 123 birds.
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| November 14th |
| 328 Pink-footed
Geese flew east over Eakring Flash between 09:10
and 09:17am. At Eakring Flash the first Water
Rail of the Winter have returned, seemingly
overnight after regular searches since early October
failed to produce any sightings or calls. The two birds
present, were together along the western-side of the
flash and in the Bulrush beds adjacent to the inflow
pipe. The only
migrants on the move today were 389 Starling west. 31
Herring Gull moved south-west with similar numbers of
Lesser Black-backed Gulls and at least two Great
Black-backed Gulls. The Common Buzzard was again in the
Eakring Flash/Lound Wood area first thing.
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| November 20th |
| Highlights this morning
were from Eakring Meadows, where there were two Jack
Snipe and nine Common Snipe, with a migrant Woodcock
there today. Woodcock at this time of the year are very
uncommon, totalling only a handful of birds since 1998.
Good numbers recently arrived along the UK's East Coast.
Another Common Snipe was also present at nearby Penny
Pasture Common and there was Herring Gull passage noted
this morning, with c50 birds moving west. In the Eakring Flash/Lound Wood
area, a single Peregrine was present
with a Common Buzzard. Both these are long-staying birds.
Nine Golden Plover also over there (per Robin Brace
and Tony Wardell)
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| November 27th |
| Very quiet today. A
single Teal was at Eakring Flash (virtually abandoned by
birds now due to regular shooting) but 31 were at Penny
Pasture Common, where a mixed finch, bunting and flock
were in the adjacent stubble field. The flock consisted
of 80+ Yellowhammer, 13 Linnet and 38 Skylark, with small
numbers of both House and Tree Sparrow, including five of
the latter, that first appeared high over the site. 122
Fieldfare appeared to be commuting between Eakring
Meadows and fields along the Knessall road. |
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| November 28th |
| The only sighting of note
on a poor morning was 173 Golden Plover, mobile around
fields at Church Hill. The area seems to be holding
several decent flocks of Skylark. 20 at Red Hill, 25 in
fields at Church Hill and 38 again near Penny Pasture
Common, were found this morning. No doubt there are other
numbers in the area at other sites, but the combined
total is good for this time of the year. |
