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... Stonechat Saxicola torquata ssp.rubicola
  Early March should see the first real indications of visible migration and bring with it scarcer birds such as Stonechat to the Eakring area.

Spring 2008 saw record numbers in March, followed in late April by this male, that showed characteristics of the Continental race. Nearly 50 Stonechats have been recorded here since the first in 1999.

 
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Sherwood Forest - a brief invertebrate history
Sherwood Forest is well known across the world as the traditional home of the legend that is Robin Hood. Many thousands of tourists visit the site throughout the year to see the magnificent Major Oak. But whilst tourism puts money into the local economy, it also assists in creating additional pressures on the forest's already fragile ecology.
 
Leaf beetles - Cryptocephalus sp
Out of 20 Cryptocephalus species on the UK list, at least 14 of these are RDB listed or Nationally notable.

Leaf beetles - Chrysolina sp
There are 18 Chrysolina species in the UK, nearly half of which are classed as RDB or Nationally notable.

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  Eakring bird news 2010 Merlin through (March 14th) Stonechat near Eakring Meadows (13th) and increasing numbers of Fieldfare and Starling beginning to build at Tug Bridge Farm.
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  Migration summary 2009 2009 marked the 12th year of recording migration through the Eakring area. Overall, it was once again the usual mix of several rarities and mixed fortunes for several migrants.
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  January 2010 bird review Severely cold weather, with standing snow and ice for the first two weeks of the year, helped to ensure an excellent start to the new year with Short-eared Owl and Lapland Bunting.
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  Insect and arachnid news 2010 Recent invertebrate sightings include a second Sherwood record of the Jewel Beetle Agrilus sinuatus, also found recently at Eakring Meadows. Updated 10/03/10.
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  Systematic bird list 2009 A year list ending on 124 species, meant that 2009 was never going to be the best of years, but was by no means without it's highlights and the typical range of semi-rarities that often occur.
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  Species' migration Index page which provides links to individual species migration pages, showing the monthly and annual counts of 55 regular migrant species from 1998. Includes all 2009 migration data.
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Green Weevils - Phyllobius sp
Common and usually bright irridescent green makes Nottinghamshire's Phyllobius Weevils obvious, even to those with liitle interest in beetles. Six out of of nine Nottinghamshire species are currently illustrated.

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Glischrochilus quadriguttatus
Clipstone Old Quarter. ..........Mar 2010
Endomychus coccineus
Sherwood Forest CP . ..........Mar 2010
Cis boleti
Sherwood Forest CP . ..........Mar 2010
Bitoma crenata
Clipstone Old Quarter. ..........Mar 2010
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Orchasia undulata
Clipstone Old Quarter. ..........Mar 2010
Telmatophilus typhae
Eakring Flash ........................Mar 2010
Trypodendron domesticum
Clipstone Old Quarter. ..........Mar 2010
Stemonyphantes lineatus
Market Warsop . ...................Mar 2010
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  Maintained by Trevor and Dilys Pendleton, eakringbirds.com is an increasingly comprehensive natural history web resource for Eakring and the Sherwood Forest area of Nottinghamshire. The main objective of this website, is to monitor the birds found around the villages of Eakring and Kersall, recording migrants, breeding numbers and looking for the occasional rarity etc. However, an ever increasing amount of webspace has also been given over to recording the invertebrate fauna of Eakring and Sherwood Forest NNR. This may not be to everyone's interest, but part of our aim is to help stimulate a greater interest and awareness within all aspects of Nottinghamshire natural history. This website has 2 134 pages, containing over 3 600 images which feature many Nottinghamshire invertebrates for the first time.
     
   
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