Local Patch & Beyond 2023

Told you that you would get Hobby in the car park.Well done.

Next stopped at MSQ car park: 13.15 - 16.15 

Tufted Duck - 3
Mallard - 2
Coot - 1
Swallow - 1
Song Thrush - one pair feeding worms to one juv (enjoyed watching them)
Goldfinch - 4
Chiffchaff - 1
Crow - 4
Hobby - 1
Wood Pigeon - 2
House Martin - 4
Cetti's Warbler - 1 sounded off behind car, brill.
Sparrowhawk - 1

Saw quite a few dragons etc both here and Nebraska. Will enter in other sections.

An excellent day despite the hot weather, at both areas I managed to park in shade.

Cheers
John 

Made early start to Nebraska Wetlands: 09:00 - 13:00 hot, sunny and nice breeze, water level fine but lack of birds to start with increasing steadily.

Little Grebe - 2
Blackbird - 2
Goldfinch - 4
Great Tit - 6
Blue Tit - 2
Crow - 6
Coot - 14 + 2 juvs
Shoveler - 6
Mallard - 7
Swallow - 2
Buzzard - 3
Skylark - 2
Common Whitethroat - 2
Reed Bunting - 3
Lapwing - 1
Swift - 4
Song Thrush - 1
Wood Pigeon - 6
Grey Heron - 1
Oystercatcher - 1
Mute Swan - 2 + 7 cygnet
Pochard - 1
Gadwall - 4
Linnet - 3
Tufted Duck - 6
Little Egret - 1
House Sparrow - 3
Yellowhammer - 1
Feral Pigeons - 3
Jackdaw - 2
Magpie - 2
Starling - 4
Rook - 2

Turned out well worth going, an excellent day. All birds viewed with next to no walking involved. Then made way to next stop.

John
 

Woodlands Crematorium Scunthorpe: May 15th

Visited one of my parents and took binos, saw Buzzard low over, 6 Magpies all taking food other side of graves assume just there, also doing same were several Jackdaws, two Blackbirds, Crows, two Robins and  three Wood Pigeons.

Spent thirty minutes on bench viewing birds and woodlands.  During 1950s this area was all woodlands and it was one of my play areas with a den for me and pals. Had my first Yellowhammers here so seeing them anywhere always reminds me of happy times.

Cheers
John

First time out for two weeks.

Carr Dyke:

Grey Heron 
Tree Sparrow - 2
Kestrel - 1 with prey.

East Butterwick:

Goldfinch - 2
Linnet - 5
Swallow - 1

Susworth:

Swallow - 2
Kestrel - 1

Black Bank:

Cuckoo - heard
Mute Swan - 7
Skylark - 1
Mallard - 7
Yellowhammer - 3  
Common Whitethroat - 3
Goldfinch - 2
Swallow - 2
Moorhen - 1
Great Tit - 4
Blue Tit - 1
Robin - 1
Wood Pigeon - 7
GSW - 1f
Greylag - 2
Dunnock - 1
Linnet - 2
Chaffinch - 6
Jackdaw - 5
Blackbird - 1

Enjoyable but very tired later.

John
 

Black Bank: 14.00 - 16.10  sunny and dry

GSW - 1f
Dunnock - 2
Great Tit - 6
LT Tit - 2
Chaffinch - 6  (one male's legs and feet covered in white fungus of trichomonasis)
Goldfinch - 1
Blackcap - 1f
Greenfinch - 1
Blackbird - 2
Mute Swan - 4
Linnet - 30
LBB Gull - 3
Mallard - 2
Skylark - 1
Buzzard - 3
Swallow - 2
Reed Bunting - 1m 1f
Greylag - 18
Blue Tit - 2
Robin - 1
Crow - 8
Wood Pigeon - 2
Hare - 1
Roe Deer - 1

Slow start but bucked up after thirty minutes.

John