Wednesday, 4 February 2026

Nocmig recording on a showery Tuesday night out on Chislet Marshes produced 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Little Owl (66), a few Moorhen calls and some Gadwall over calling. 

Sunday, 1 February 2026

I was out early this morning at 05:30 where I parked up at Nethergong and listened into the darkness for a while. I managed to hear 2 Tawny Owl calling before I drove around to Chitty Lane and had a listen from there as the day woke up. I managed to hear 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Barn Owl and 1 Gadwall (63) calling in the dark. I then spent the next few hours having a walk around the area where I noted 2 Greylag Geese, 39 Mute Swan, 5 Pheasant, 10 Feral Pigeon, 7 Stock Dove, 10 Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove (64), 20 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 1 Lapwing, 6 Black headed Gull, c300 Herring Gull, 310 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Buzzard and 2 Green Woodpecker. There were 2 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 6 Jackdaw, c150 Rook, 1 Raven, 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 3 Skylark, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Long tailed Tit, 3 Goldcrest, 8 Song Thrush, 17 Fieldfare, 5 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 9 Meadow Pipit, 9 Chaffinch, 16 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 4 Yellowhammer and 13 Reed Bunting. Nocmig recording Saturday night out on the marsh produced some Teal, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl and best of all, 1 Long eared Owl (65) called at 05:30. 


Egyptian Geese



Raven


Long eared Owl


Saturday, 31 January 2026

Greylag Goose (57) and Dunnock (58) were added to the year list on the 10th January. I spent a couple of  hours this morning from 10am walking around the area in quite cloudy conditions where I noted 63 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese (59) were seen flying from the main lake and represent only the 2nd record I have recorded in 9 years here. There were 3 Mallard, 3 Pheasant, 10 Feral Pigeon, 35 Stock Dove, 9 Woodpigeon, 12 Moorhen, 2 Coot (60), 2 Snipe, 1 Black headed Gull, 14 Herring Gull, 3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Jay, 12 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 79 Rook, 2 Raven, 10 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler (61), 2 Long tailed Tit, 7 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, 2 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail, 31 Meadow Pipit, 8 Chaffinch, 8 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch and 2 Yellowhammer (62).