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 »
Silver-washed Fritillary + Marsh Tit
Posted in local sightings, tagged marsh tit, silver-washed fritllary on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Brief visits to Awbridge a couple of weeks ago yielded an extremely ragged Silver-washed Fritillary on buddleia near Cooks Lane, and several Marsh Tits along Coombe Lane, along with many of the usual woodland birds.
Fritillaries, toads, birds
Posted in local environment, local sightings, tagged bullfinch, common toad, grey wagtail, linnet, marsh tit, roe deer, silver-washed fritillary on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Silver-washed fritillaries were back and easy to see in their usual spots along Coombe Lane today. There were two beside the road where the powerlines cut across the valley, and two a little further along where there is another decent clump of brambles. Restless, but not too shy, one or two fed happily on the [...]
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 [...]
Cooks Lane Alive
Posted in local sightings, tagged cooks lane, marsh tit, siskin on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During a couple of outings on Boxing Day, Cooks Lane was alive with birds, the best being a loose flock of around 20 – 30 Siskins hanging off the alders. The wet woodland along the stream is obviously perfect for them, but I don’t recall seeing so many together before.
In the paddocks, there were several [...]
Miserable weekend
Posted in local sightings, tagged fishlake meadows, hawfinch, marsh tit on November 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A miserable weekend, but Marsh Tit again around Cooks Lane – after a couple of years of hardly seeing them at all here, it’s good to see them around.
Too much rain to explore more widely, but on the plus side the pools at Fishlake Meadows should be filling up with water (and ducks) by now. [...]
20th October
Posted in local sightings, tagged , grey wagtail, lapwing, marsh tit, october, siskin on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Plenty of activity around Awbridge between 10 and 11, on a cold, bright morning.
Marsh Tit 1-2 Cooks Lane
Siskin 2+ overhead
Grey Wagtail 1 on a puddle in Coombe Lane
Redwing 1
Sparrowhawk 1 upsetting the 20 or so Pied wagtails around the pig field.
Nuthatch 4-5 heard, including a group three, up Coombe Lane
Treecreeper 1-2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 – [...]
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