Friday, March 05, 2010

Friday 5th March

I wasn’t able to visit the Park until about 10.30 this morning, and could only really spare 1.5-2 hours as I have plenty of studying to do at the moment. The park is always a lot quieter people-wise at this time of day but, of course, so are the birds! It was a warm sunny morning and I walked the northern side of the River Len and Lake.

Blue Tit

3 Goldcrests were noted, 2 Coal Tit were heard singing, 4 Nuthatch were noted, 4 Treecreeper were singing, 6 Redwing were spotted, 1 Jay was seen, a few Siskin could be heard in the Alders along the Len Valley, the Little Owl was in its usual Oak west of Mote House, a Sparrowhawk was briefly glimpsed, and bird of the day was a Common Buzzard (68) – the first for the park this year - in a thermal flying east along the Len Valley.

Nuthatch

3 Grey Herons and a Grey Wagtail were seen along the River Len, a Cormorant was on the island next to the Weir bridge, and of particular note on the Lake were at least 5 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Mute Swan, and 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls had joined the Black-headed and Common Gull flock.


Snowdrops

4 comments:

Phil said...

Simon, great to get Buzzard in Mote Park, only had two at New Hythe so far this year. Mind you, who would have thought even that a few years ago.

Warren Baker said...

Well done with the Buzzard Simon, we'll be taking them for granted from now on :-)

Nice Nuthatch Photo, they are tricky little sods to photograph!

Adam said...

Great photos Simon - Blue Tit and Snowdrop very pleasing on the eye!

Adam

Greenie said...

Simon ,
Well done with the Buzzard .
I like the colours on the Nuthatch .
First post for ages without mention of Water Rail .

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