Sunday 12 November 2023

After a couple of weeks of absence, it was back to Nethergong over the weekend where on Saturday and Sunday, I managed to see or hear 50 species on both days. Saturday in sunny weather from 7am produced 37 Greylag Geese, 6 Mute Swan, 2 Common Gull, 42 Cormorant, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 2 Jay, 1 Raven, 4 Skylark, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 9 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 4 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 16 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Siskin and 3 Yellowhammer. In cloudy skies this morning from 7am I noted 1 Golden Plover, 31 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Raven, 4 Skylark, 1 Swallow flying south, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 8 Redwing, 14 Fieldfare, 3 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Brambling heard (127), 2 Bullfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Siskin and 2 Reed Bunting. 'Nocmig' recording last night failed to produce anything flying over. Before leaving this morning, I spent some time preparing and area near the top wood for my feeding station where hopefully over the winter, I can tempt in some Jays and other species to photograph from my hide. 





Goldcrest





Stonechat

Tuesday 17 October 2023

An hour or so over at Nethergong on Sunday late afternoon produced a surprise Red Kite which flew up from a tree and landed on a nearby Pylon where a while later it made a brief flyby allowing a few shots as the sun was going down. After a bit of flying around a few trees, it seemed to go to roost. Also seen were 2 Raven, 1 Little Egret, 4 Common Buzzard and 1 Stonechat. Recording over  the weekend produced another flock of Brent Geese flying over Nethergong in the early hours.





Red Kite 

Monday 9 October 2023

A couple of visits to Nethergong over the weekend produced 48 species on Saturday and 50 species on Sunday. Birds of note included 1 Coot, 2 Raven, 10 Skylark, 2 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Mistle Thrush, 5 Stonechat, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Siskin, Greylag Geese heard leaving the Stour Valley, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 4 Swallow, 13 Chiffchaff, 5 Cetti's Warbler, c50 Starling, 7 Meadow Pipit, 7 Greenfinch, 2 Yellowhammer and 7 Reed Bunting. 'Nocmig' recording at night during the past week produced 2 Tawny Owl, 1 Little Owl, 1 Barn Owl and as I picked up the recorder early this morning I heard a Little Owl and Barn Owl calling around 06:10. Last night produced a few birds including a flock of Brent Geese over just after 7pm, 2 Tawny Owl, 1 Dunlin (126) over at 23:15, a new bird for the site and 1 Wigeon. 


Brent Geese


Dunlin


Wigeon