Sightings Diary
September 2011
Sparrowhawk
Aylesbeare Common, East Devon
02.09.11 - 22 degrees, sunny, light wind, 3pm to 6pm
Dragonflies and Damselflies - Keeled Skimmers, Common Darters, Emperor, Migrant Hawker, Emerald Damselflies
Male Keeled Skimmer
Common Darter
Emerald Damselfly
Migrant Hawker
Butterflies - Graylings, Gatekeepers
Grayling
Gatekeeper
Birds - Stonechats, Linnets.
I was told 2 pairs of Dartford Warblers survived the last cold winter and their progeny were spreading across the common - Good News!
Other - Common lizards (3)
Topsham RSPB Bowling Green Hide
03.09.11 - 18 degrees, light cloud, some sun, light winds, 9am to 1pm. High tide 11.45am
Birds - Mallard, Teal, Moorhen, Heron, Many Curlew, Common Sandpipers, Pied Wagtails, Wood Pigeons, Magpies, Lapwing, Swallows, Black-headed gulls, Wigeon, Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Cormorant, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper (2), Shelduck, Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, Shoveler, Canada Geese, Greater Spotted Woodpecker (heard), Jay, Mute Swans, Buzzard, Redshank, Wimbrel, Coot, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Wheatear, Starlings, Avocet (3), Sedge Warbler, Robin, Little Egrets, Raven (heard), Reed Warbler.
Redshank
Curlew
Coot
Others - Common Hawker Dragonfly, Speckled Wood Butterfly, Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Large White Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell
My Patch (near Exeter) - Feeding Visit
09.09.11 - 19 degrees, light drizzle and wind, 3pm to 4pm
Birds - Great Tits, Blue Tits, Robins, Chaffinches, Blackbirds, Buzzards 2 parents one Juvenile, Raven (heard), Crows, Wood Pigeons, Wrens, Dunnocks, Goldfinches.
Female Sparrowhawk - Hunting along tree line flying quickly and silently from perch to perch approximately 20m apart, waiting and watching at each for a minute or so.
Sparrowhawk
Others - Squirrel, watched fox (male I think quite chunky head and body) hunting along hedgerow
Topsham RSPB Bowling Green Hide
10.09.11 - 20 degrees, sun, light cloud, medium wind, 5pm to 6.45pm, High Tide 6.30pm
Birds - Osprey perched on Derrick feeding on fish. There has been talk of up to 3 Osprey visiting Exe Estuary in last 2 weeks, Mallard, Teal, Moorhen, Coot, Heron, Many Curlew, Common Sandpipers, Pied Wagtails, Wood Pigeons, Lapwing, Sand Martins, Wigeon, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Shelduck, Little Grebe, Shoveler, Canada Geese, Mute Swans, Buzzard, Redshank, Wimbrel, Little Egrets, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Peregrine
Mute Swan
Other - Grass Snake swimming in Exeter Canal
Topsham RSPB Bowling Green Hide
19.09.11 - 12 degrees, rain, medium wind, 8am to 12am, High Tide 10am
Birds - Peregrine, Mallard, Teal, Moorhen, Heron, Many Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Pied Wagtails, Wood Pigeons, Wigeon, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Shelduck, Canada Geese, Redshank, Wimbrel, Little Egrets, Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtails, Meadow Pipit, Swallows, Curlew Sandpipers, Starlings, Cormorant, Black-headed Gulls, Avocets 2, Reed Buntings, Chiffchaff, Great Tits, Crows, Magpie, Robin, Wren
Canada Geese
Wigeon
Wye Valley - Chepstow, Monmouth Symonds Yat
24.09.11 -26.09.11 - 17 to 20 degrees, dry days, wet days, 10am to 5pm
Birds - Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, Wrens, Long-tailed Tits, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Gold Crest, Buzzards, Ravens, Crows, Wood Pigeons, Robins, Song Thrushes, Herring Gulls, Nuthatches, Chaffinches, Magpies, Chiffchaff, Starlings, Mute Swans, Mallard Ducks, Goldfinches, Blackbirds, Cormorants, Dunnocks, Swallows, Kingfishers, Peregrine Falcons, Pheasants, House Martins, Sand Martins, Mandarin Ducks, Pied Wagtails, Little Grebe, Goshawk ?, Green Woodpecker
Mandarin Duck
Cock Pheasant
Wild Flowers - Creeping Thistle, Daisies, Hemp Agrimony, Travellers Joy, Himalayan Balsam, Yarrow, Ragwort, Hogweed, Comfrey, Mistletoe, Fleabane, Slender Thistle, Red Campion, Pignut, Dandelions, Field Bindweed, Red Clover, White Clover, Valerian, Smooth Sow Thistle, Nipple Wort, Water Mint, Toadflax, Ivy Leaved Toadflax, Sneezewort, White Dead-nettle, Hedge Woundwort, Common Mallow, Pineapple Mayweed, Great Mullein, Tansy, Cats Ear
White Clover
Other - Field Mushrooms, Horse Mushrooms, Puffballs, Wild Crab Apples and most other species fruiting - Horse Chestnuts, Beech, Oak, Yew, Hawthorn, Rowan, Black Thorn, Sweet Chestnuts, Spindle
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02.09.11 - 22 degrees, sunny, light wind, 3pm to 6pm
Dragonflies and Damselflies - Keeled Skimmers, Common Darters, Emperor, Migrant Hawker, Emerald Damselflies
Male Keeled Skimmer
Common Darter
Emerald Damselfly
Migrant Hawker
Butterflies - Graylings, Gatekeepers
Grayling
Gatekeeper
Birds - Stonechats, Linnets.
I was told 2 pairs of Dartford Warblers survived the last cold winter and their progeny were spreading across the common - Good News!
Other - Common lizards (3)
Topsham RSPB Bowling Green Hide
03.09.11 - 18 degrees, light cloud, some sun, light winds, 9am to 1pm. High tide 11.45am
Birds - Mallard, Teal, Moorhen, Heron, Many Curlew, Common Sandpipers, Pied Wagtails, Wood Pigeons, Magpies, Lapwing, Swallows, Black-headed gulls, Wigeon, Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Cormorant, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper (2), Shelduck, Little Grebe, Chiffchaff, Shoveler, Canada Geese, Greater Spotted Woodpecker (heard), Jay, Mute Swans, Buzzard, Redshank, Wimbrel, Coot, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Wheatear, Starlings, Avocet (3), Sedge Warbler, Robin, Little Egrets, Raven (heard), Reed Warbler.
Redshank
Curlew
Coot
Others - Common Hawker Dragonfly, Speckled Wood Butterfly, Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Large White Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell
My Patch (near Exeter) - Feeding Visit
09.09.11 - 19 degrees, light drizzle and wind, 3pm to 4pm
Birds - Great Tits, Blue Tits, Robins, Chaffinches, Blackbirds, Buzzards 2 parents one Juvenile, Raven (heard), Crows, Wood Pigeons, Wrens, Dunnocks, Goldfinches.
Female Sparrowhawk - Hunting along tree line flying quickly and silently from perch to perch approximately 20m apart, waiting and watching at each for a minute or so.
Sparrowhawk
Others - Squirrel, watched fox (male I think quite chunky head and body) hunting along hedgerow
Topsham RSPB Bowling Green Hide
10.09.11 - 20 degrees, sun, light cloud, medium wind, 5pm to 6.45pm, High Tide 6.30pm
Birds - Osprey perched on Derrick feeding on fish. There has been talk of up to 3 Osprey visiting Exe Estuary in last 2 weeks, Mallard, Teal, Moorhen, Coot, Heron, Many Curlew, Common Sandpipers, Pied Wagtails, Wood Pigeons, Lapwing, Sand Martins, Wigeon, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Shelduck, Little Grebe, Shoveler, Canada Geese, Mute Swans, Buzzard, Redshank, Wimbrel, Little Egrets, Stock Dove, Kingfisher, Peregrine
Mute Swan
Other - Grass Snake swimming in Exeter Canal
Topsham RSPB Bowling Green Hide
19.09.11 - 12 degrees, rain, medium wind, 8am to 12am, High Tide 10am
Birds - Peregrine, Mallard, Teal, Moorhen, Heron, Many Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Pied Wagtails, Wood Pigeons, Wigeon, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Shelduck, Canada Geese, Redshank, Wimbrel, Little Egrets, Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtails, Meadow Pipit, Swallows, Curlew Sandpipers, Starlings, Cormorant, Black-headed Gulls, Avocets 2, Reed Buntings, Chiffchaff, Great Tits, Crows, Magpie, Robin, Wren
Canada Geese
Wigeon
Wye Valley - Chepstow, Monmouth Symonds Yat
24.09.11 -26.09.11 - 17 to 20 degrees, dry days, wet days, 10am to 5pm
Birds - Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, Wrens, Long-tailed Tits, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Gold Crest, Buzzards, Ravens, Crows, Wood Pigeons, Robins, Song Thrushes, Herring Gulls, Nuthatches, Chaffinches, Magpies, Chiffchaff, Starlings, Mute Swans, Mallard Ducks, Goldfinches, Blackbirds, Cormorants, Dunnocks, Swallows, Kingfishers, Peregrine Falcons, Pheasants, House Martins, Sand Martins, Mandarin Ducks, Pied Wagtails, Little Grebe, Goshawk ?, Green Woodpecker
Mandarin Duck
Cock Pheasant
Wild Flowers - Creeping Thistle, Daisies, Hemp Agrimony, Travellers Joy, Himalayan Balsam, Yarrow, Ragwort, Hogweed, Comfrey, Mistletoe, Fleabane, Slender Thistle, Red Campion, Pignut, Dandelions, Field Bindweed, Red Clover, White Clover, Valerian, Smooth Sow Thistle, Nipple Wort, Water Mint, Toadflax, Ivy Leaved Toadflax, Sneezewort, White Dead-nettle, Hedge Woundwort, Common Mallow, Pineapple Mayweed, Great Mullein, Tansy, Cats Ear
White Clover
Other - Field Mushrooms, Horse Mushrooms, Puffballs, Wild Crab Apples and most other species fruiting - Horse Chestnuts, Beech, Oak, Yew, Hawthorn, Rowan, Black Thorn, Sweet Chestnuts, Spindle
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