Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, July 21, 2018,
2:00PM - 4:00PM - 2 dunlins, coots, shelduck, mallards, tufted ducks, common terns including chicks, black-headed gulls including chicks, great black-backed gull, cormorants, grey heron, Canada geese, great crested grebes, linnets, pied wagtails and starlings.
Dunlin
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, April 22, 2018,
1:30PM - 7:00PM - Birds seen included curlews, ringed plovers, oystercatchers, Mediterranean gulls, black-headed gulls, herring gulls, shelducks, mallards, c3 wheatears, linnets, skylarks, buzzard, cormorants, great crested grebes and grey heron.
Male Wheatear
Mediterranean Gull
Flock of Oystercatchers
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Thursday, August 24, 2017,
10:00AM - 1:00PM - 1 sanderling, 5+ dunlin, 4 black-tailed godwits, 3 greenshanks, 4 common sandpipers, 10+ ringed plovers, 2 yellow wagtails, c20 pied wagtails, 50+ coots, 50+ great crested grebes, 50+ tufted ducks, 20+ mallards, 50+ Canada geese, c5 cormorants, 50+ black-headed gulls, 1 kestrel, 1 starling and 20+ common terns.
Black-tailed Godwit and Black-headed Gull
Yellow Wagtails
Waders including Sanderling, Dunlin and Ringed Plover
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Thursday, August 24, 2017,
7:00AM - 11:30AM - 20+ separate kingfisher sightings, 2 common terns, 2 kestrels, 1 grey heron, 5+ mallards, 10+ long-tailed tits, c5 blue tits, c5 great tits, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 3 mute swans, 2 cormorants and 1 jay.
Male Kingfisher
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Monday, January 2, 2017,
10:45AM - 4:00PM - 3 water pipits, 3 snipe, 1 pintail, 25+ shovelers, 20+ mallards, 20+ tufted ducks, c10 grey herons, 20+ teal, 25+ wigeon, 2 green woodpeckers, 2 reed buntings, 4 blue tits, 4 great tits, 2 blackbirds, 3 robins, c15 cormorants, 20+ black-headed gulls, 20+ herring gulls, c5 great black-backed gulls, 4 ring-necked parakeets, 15+ pochards, 25+ lapwings, 4 great crested grebes, 3 greylag geese, 4 Canada geese, 30+ moorhens and 25+ coots. No bittern :(
Common Snipe
Water Pipit
Drake...
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, December 4, 2016,
12:45PM - 3:00PM - 5 redpolls, c100 redwings, 2 fieldfares, c10 blackbirds, 1 song thrush, 30+ tufted ducks, 6 shovelers, 10 pochards, 30+ coots, c20 mallards, 3 cormorants, 3 grey herons, 1 kingfisher (flew past with fish in beak), 2 coal tits, 3 blue tits, 1 great tit, 3 robins, 3 pied wagtails and 1 jay. Sadly I missed the long-tailed duck - it was seen the day before and the day after!
One of many Redwings
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, December 4, 2016,
2:00PM - 5:15PM - 1 short-eared owl, c5 stonechats, 5 goldcrests, 2 little egrets, c5 skylarks, 3 grey wagtails, 4 mallards, 1 mute swan (cygnet), 2 kestrels, 2 moorhens, 3 cormorants, 15+ long-tailed tits, 4 chiffchaffs, c10 blue tits, c10 great tits, 2 green woodpeckers, c5 robins, c5 blackbirds and 10+ starlings. Lots of ladybirds as well.
Green woodpecker
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Friday, August 26, 2016,
I enjoyed the Birdfair and some birdwatching of course over at Rutland Water. I only visited the Lyndon Nature Reserve and I saw 3 new species for me, which were Osprey, Tree Sparrow and Ruff. Other bird species I saw, bringing the total to 40, were green sandpiper, little egret, greenshank, grey heron, great tit, blue tit, greenfinch, goldfinch, robin, blackbird, hobby, red kite, cormorant, mallard, Canada goose, greylag goose, mute swan, great crested grebe, little grebe, coot, moorhen, tuf...
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, August 6, 2016,
10:00AM - 12:45PM - 1 oystercatcher, c15 common terns, 50+ black-headed gulls, 30+ great crested grebes, 100+ tufted ducks, 100+ coots, c10 linnets, c15 pied wagtails, 2 lapwings, 50+ mallards, 8 cormorants, 30+ Canada geese, 2 Egyptian geese and 1 grey heron. I didn't see the black-necked grebes :(
Terns, gulls and duck with chicks and eggs on the tern raft
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Wednesday, March 30, 2016,
12:00PM - 3:45PM - 3 snipe, c10 yellowhammers, 1 shelduck, 20+ shovelers, 4 teals, 20+ mallards, 2 gadwalls, c15 tufted ducks, 20+ coots, 10+ moorhens, 3 mute swans, 3 reed buntings, 2 green woodpeckers,17 greylag geese, c20 Canada geese, 2 Egyptian geese, 1 buzzard, 3 little grebes, 4 great crested grebes, 13 cormorants,1 grey heron, 1 song thrush, 3 goldfinches, 2 chiffchaffs, 3 robins, c5 blackbirds, c5 blue tits, c5 great tits and 2 long-tailed tits. Other wildlife includes rabbits and ma... Continue reading ...
Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Wednesday, February 24, 2016,
10:30AM - 2:00PM - 1 great spotted woodpecker, 1 little egret, 10+ goosanders, 3 nuthatches, 4 goldcrests, 3 reed buntings, 10+ pochards, 50+ tufted ducks, 6 shovelers, 20 wigeon, 10+ cormorants, 2 grey herons, 20+ blue tits, 20+ great tits, 20+ long-tailed tits, 2 chaffinches, 5+ goldfinches, 25+ lapwings, 10 Canada geese, 2 great crested grebes, 1 wren, 5 robins, 1 pheasant, 5+ black-headed gulls, 2 moorhens and 1 red kite.
Nuthatch
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, February 7, 2016,
Beddington Farmlands - 11:00AM - 1:00PM - 1 shelduck (drake), 8 shovelers, 6 teals, 10 mallards, 15+ coots, 5 moorhens, 5 redwings, 10+ grey herons, 5+ lesser black-backed gulls, 50+ black-headed gulls, 3 herring gulls, 15+ lapwings, 4 great tits, 3 blue tits and 1 mute swan. Other wildlife include a fox.
Shelduck and Gulls
2:00PM - Ate a burger at Ockham Bites. Watched
blue tits, robins, goldcrests, chaffinches and dunnocks in the trees.
Dunnock
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, December 26, 2015,
12:15PM - 14:00PM - 1 pintail, 15 wigeon, 2 goldeneyes, 200+ tufted ducks, 100+ pochards, 6 gadwalls, 7 Canada geese, 40+ coots, 40+ mallards, 10+ black-headed gulls, 4 pied wagtails, 15+ starlings and 1 cormorant.
Picture taken through scope of a drake pintail, north basin.
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Friday, October 30, 2015,
11:00AM - 16:30PM - 1 grey wagtail, 35 lapwings, 25+ shovelers, 30+ wigeon, 20+ teals, 2 pochards, 10 gadwalls, 10 ring-necked parakeets, 1 green woodpecker, 30+ tufted ducks, 25+ mallards, 5 mute swans, 25+ coots, 40+ moorhens, 6 Egyptian geese, 5 Canada geese, 3 greylag geese, 30+ herring gulls, 10 lesser black-backed gulls, 35+ black-headed gulls, 3 blue tits, 5 long-tailed tits, 15+ cormorants, 8 grey herons and 3 robins. Apparently there was 18 common snipe today and I didn't see any - m...
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, April 19, 2015,
11:30AM - 14:00PM - 4 whitethroats, 6 linnets, 6 skylarks, 4 reed buntings, 1 sedge warbler, 1 blackcap, 1 kestrel, 1 mistle thrush, 1 jay, 6 chaffinches, 2 goldfinches, 15+ blue tits, 15+ great tits, 6 mallards, 1 mute swan, 2 wrens, 1 robin, 2 blackbirds, 3 cormorants and 1 coot. Many pheasants could be heard.
Male whitethroat
Male linnet
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, January 17, 2015,
12:00PM - 14:00PM - 1 kestrel, 2 stonechats, 2 little grebes, 4 pheasants, 10 goldfinches, 1 wren, 5 long-tailed tits, 10 blue tits, 7 great tits, 5 cormorants, 1 grey heron, 5 mallards and 4 blackbirds. There was also a fox.
Male stonechat
Red fox
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, November 29, 2014,
10:45AM - 13:00PM - 500+ golden plovers, 1 dunlin, 10 meadow pipits, 1 whinchat, 2 stonechats, 1 shoveler, 4 teals, 6 mallards, 20 tufted ducks, 50+ black-headed gulls, 50+ herring gulls, 50+ common gulls, 2 grey herons, 15 coots, 3 cormorants, 2 jays, 1 dunnock, 6 long-tailed tits, 6 blue tits, 4 great tits, 7 goldfinches, 1 chaffinch, 3 robins and 7 blackbirds. There were also 3 roe deer.
Meadow Pipit (Looking the other way)
Tags to be added later: deer great robins blackbirds
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Saturday, November 29, 2014,
9:00AM - 10:20AM - 5 black-necked grebes, 1 red-breasted merganser, 1 great northern diver, 3 goldeneyes, 30+ wigeon, 9 gadwalls, 50+ tufted ducks, 15 great crested grebes, 2 little grebes, 50+ coots, 30+ lapwings, 4 mute swans, 3 cormorants, 30+ black-headed gulls, 10 pied wagtails and 20+ starlings.
Wigeon (Female left and Drake right)
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Friday, October 31, 2014,
10:00AM - 13:00PM - 3 goldcrests, 1 buzzard, 1 kingfisher, 8 black-headed gulls, 1 cormorant, 2 great crested grebes, 4 coots, 1 mallard, 3 robins, 3 great tits and 4 blue tits.
Comorant and 2 black-headed gulls
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, October 5, 2014,
9:30AM - 11:30AM - 7 kingfishers, 50+ tufted ducks, 7 mallards, 1 pochard, 20 coots, 2 moorhens, 9 great crested grebes, 4 ring-necked parakeets, 5 great tits, 2 goldcrests, 1 nuthatch, 2 wrens, 3 long-tailed tits, 2 shovelers, 3 cormorants, 1 grey heron, 7 mute swans, 2 siskins and 4 robins.
Tufted ducks
Pochard and coot
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, March 16, 2014,
10:30AM - 11:30AM - 3 buzzards, 4 jays, 2 cormorants, 1 mallard, 1 mute swan, 2 ring-necked parakeets, 1 redwing, 1 little grebe, 6 robins, 4 blackbirds, 10+ blue tits, 5 great tits, 1 chiffchaff, 3 goldfinches, 3 greenfinches and 10+ house sparrows.
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Friday, February 21, 2014,
11:30AM - 4:30PM - 4 gadwalls, 23 shovelers, 30+ mallards, 10 teals, 20+ wigeon, 50+ moorhens, 35+ coots, 16 lapwings, 8 canada geese, 4 egyptian geese, 7 mute swans, 20 cormorants, 10 grey herons, 35+ tufted ducks, 3 pochards, 3 chaffinches, 3 blue tits, 3 great tits, 7 long-tailed tits, 5 robins, 1 dunnock, 5 blackbirds, 6 ring-necked parakeets, 1 peregrine falcon, 2 great-crested grebes, 4 little grebes, 10+ herring gulls and 15+ black-headed gulls.
According to the WWT website, there was a...
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Posted by Thomas Mark Banks on Sunday, November 10, 2013,
2PM - 4PM, 2 blue tits, 7 great tits, 7 Long-tailed tits, 10 goldfinches, 3 robins, 7 blackbirds, 40+ herring gulls, 5 lesser black-backed gulls, 3 grey herons, 13 mallards, 14 tufted ducks, 5 gadwalls, 6 teals, 17 lapwings, 1 song thrush, 20 cormorants, 20+ coots, 5 moorhens, 4 mute swans and 10 black-headed gulls.
14 Cormorants (roosting) at Spynes Mere
Lapwings and Gulls at Spynes Mere
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