Busy with birds in the Cooks Lane area over Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Best concentration was on one of the less-frozen lakes, where I counted:
Mallard c. 160
Canada Goose c . 75
Teal 3
Tufted Duck 1
Cormorant 1
In the hedgerows and fields around Cooks Lane itself, good numbers of Marsh Tits, Coal Tits and Long-tailed Tits, several Fieldfares [...]
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Christmas around Cooks Lane
Posted in local sightings, tagged canada goose, christmas, coal tit, cooks lane, fieldfare, mallard, marsh tit, nuthatch, teal, treecreeper, tufted duck on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lapwings and…?
Posted in local sightings, tagged coal tit, duke's head, lapwing, long-tailed tit, mallard, marsh tit on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A brief visit to the area on Easter Saturday was mainly remarkable for the weird weather – snow, rain, high winds and bright sunshine in quick succession.
The water meadows just north of the Duke’s Head look very good again this spring. A very brief look from the road produced 17 Lapwings, plus several Mallard loafing [...]