Local Patch & Beyond 2025

Arrived 17:00 and left 21.45. As I drove down a lane on way home I noticed a young fella astride the bridge railings over the M181, he was either texting or ringing, as I got to end of lane a police car came past me with the blues on which lit the unlit lane up, hope the fella was safe!

Black Bank: 17.00+

Buzzard - 1
Kestrel - 2
Pheasant - 3
Chiffchaff - 1
Whitethroat - 2
Blue Tit - 2
Blackbird - 4
Wood Pigeon - 6
Skylark - 1
Reed Bunting - 2
Wren - 1
Crow - 3
Grey Partridge - 3

River Eau: 18:00 & 20:00

House Martin - c50
Swallow - c20
Robin - 1
Blackbird - 4
Goldfinch - 6
Wood Pigeon - 5
House Sparrow - 2
Greylag - 8 adult + 6 gosling
Grey Heron - 1
Jackdaw - 4

Scotter:

Swift - 2

Tuetoes: 18:00

Kestrel - 1
Black-headed Gull - 1
Crows
Jackdaws
Wood Pigeons
Stock Dove - 2
Pied Wagtail - 1

East Butterwick: 21:30

Grey Partridge - 2

Very enjoyable in the sunshine.

John

Brumby Woods: late afternoon

Swift - 11
Magpie - 3
Crow - 2
Wood Pigeon - 21
Blackbird - 3
Common Gull - 2
Jackdaw - 7
Robin - 1
Great Tit - 1 adult + 5 juvs

Farmers Lane: Skylark - 1

East Butterwick: Swallow - 8

Black Bank: Early Evening

Yellowhammer - 2
Linnet - 11
Kestrel - 1
Wood Pigeon - 7
Black-headed Gull - 4

John

East Butterwick: 15.00 - 18.00  strong wind and sunny

Blackbird - 2
Wood Pigeon - 10
Swallow - 11
Buzzard - 2
Yellowhammer - 2
Pheasant - 1
Grey Partridge - 1 adult + 5 juvs
Skylark - 9
House Martin - 1
Swift - 3
House Sparrow - 2

John

Nebraska Wetlands: 09.20  - 15.20  windy, sunny and warm

Pied Wag - 1
Swallow - 5
Wood Pigeon - 6
Goldfinch - 6
Starling - 3
Jackdaw - 20
Blackbird - 4
Whitethroat - 1
Grey Heron - 3
Little Grebe - 2 + 1 juv
Common Gull - 1
Wren - 1
Little Egret - 1
Gadwall - 2
Chiffchaff - 1
Reed Bunting - 4
Great Egret - 1
Yellowhammer - 2
Dunnock - 2
Coot - 5 + 1 juv
Tufted Duck - 7
Mallard - 2 + 6 juvs
Blue Tit - 1
Chaffinch - 2
Pheasant - 1
Greylag - 15
Linnet - 3
Lapwing - 3
Buzzard - 3
Peregrine - 1 
Great Tit - 1
Marsh Harrier - 1 ( it kept hounding the Oystercatchers nest for twenty minutes but they fought it off and it went on it's way)
Robin - 1
Kestrel - 1
Pochard - 1
Shoveler - 1
Oystercatcher - 2
Greenshank - 1
Mute Swan - 2 + 4 cygnet

An excellent day especially seeing the Peregrine, the Marsh Harrier and Oyk's fighting it out and the Greenshank.

Gliders (6)  were being towed up over a period of a few hours.

Cleatham: 09.10

Kestrel - 1

John   

MSQ: sunny and hot.

HOBBY 
GARDEN WARBLER 
KINGFISHER 
BLACKCAP 
LOng-tailed Tit - 3

Thanks to AH for helping to ID the G Warbler.

John

River Trent: two pair of Mallard

Tuetoes:

Swallow - 2
Kestrel - 1
Corvids - c300

East Stockwith:

Sand Martin - 1
House Martin - 2
Swallow - 4

Owlet Woods:

Robin - 1 + 1juv
Willow Warbler - 1
Buzzard - 1

Black Bank: 17.00 - 19.30

Grey Partridge - 3
Wood Pigeon - 4
Skylark - 4
Mute Swan - 13
Canada Geese - 3
Greylag Geese - 35
Swift - 1
Yellow Wagtail - 2
Kestrel - 1
Jackdaw - 3
Swallow - 8
Mallard - 11
Reed Bunting - 2
Cormorant - 2
Common Gull - 1
House Martin - 2
Greenfinch - 1

Another enjoyable day .

John