by SteveI
August 22, 2010 in Latest Patch Sightings by SteveI
40+ Greylag on the wing 7 Magpies 20+ Longtailed tits 8 mallard2 common tern 2 Grey heron 2 gold finch 2 coot 4 swallow 6 house martin 30+starling 3 House sparrow 4 collared dove
Heard the wrens and green woodpeckers (again not sen them)
Brown Hawker
Day moths unidentified
Oh a a good few wood pigeon
MaggieC wrote a new post, Today in my garden 3 hours, 4 minutes ago
Having been off work for two days with a loose tooth and abscess and having spent most of yesterday in bed today I spent watching the birds in my garden. What a treat it was. A pair of Magpies spent the morning […]
PaulS wrote a new post, Where’s Goldie??? 4 hours, 43 minutes ago
Everyone enjoying the cold?!? Well whilst you’re indoors thawing out have a look at this tricky little scene. What I’d like to know is how many Cormorants are there in the shot, part or whole and where’s the […]
MaggieC commented on the post, kingfisher in the snow 5 hours, 50 minutes ago
If you carried a camera Colin the Kingfisher probably wouldn’t have turned up:-)
MaggieC commented on the post, An Afternoon With The Birds. 6 hours, 2 minutes ago
Looks very picturesque and some nice images too. Glad the day went well. Hopefully there will be more people feeding corn or seed in the future. Congratulations to the workers.
daz uploaded a new picture: Mr Fox 10 hours, 19 minutes ago
While i sat at the side of one of the lakes/ponds at Attenborough drinking a hot cup of coffee, i suddenly saw this fox walking calmly across the frozen water, and my what a beautiful looking fox he was
Lovely shot Daz,and welcome to the site.
nice one daz ,great photo,
mick c
Cracking shot Daz and you’re right that is one beautiful fox!
A lovely sight to see Daz, and you’ve captured it well. Have there been any sightings of the bittern down there lately?
Don
Nicely captured Daz. Amazing what turns up when you have a cup of coffee in your hand.
Thanx everyone for the comments, i could not believe what i was seeing, Don, the Bittern has been seen lately, just the other day but i havent seen it.
PaulS wrote a new post, An Afternoon With The Birds. 17 hours, 57 minutes ago
As you’ve seen on the home page the friends of Straw’s Bridge (who include a few EVW’ers) held a day of birdwatching and walks at Straw’s Bridge today. Undeterred by yesterdays snow we set up our trusty gazebo on […]
Jim Steele wrote a new post, Chris’s absence 1 day, 2 hours ago
For personal reasons Chris will not be available to support the website for the time being.
Please contact Jim Steele or Paul Shaw for support – we will do what we can.
Jim/Paul
rssfeeds wrote a new post, Notts sightings for Wed 1st Feb (courtesy of Notts Birdwatchers) 1 day, 4 hours ago
Clumber Park - Mandarin Duck. Cotham - Land-fill: 1 Mediterranean Gull [adult winter by entry road midday period]. Kilvington Lakes - 1 Barnacle Goose, 6 Goosander, 1 Dunlin. Besthorpe - 4 Whooper Swan [fields […]
rssfeeds wrote a new post, Notts sightings for Thu 2nd Feb (courtesy of Notts Birdwatchers) 1 day, 4 hours ago
Costock - 20 European Golden Plover. Rufford COuntry Park - 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [1 in main car park, 1 in wood betewen car park and Ice House], 8 Goosander, 10 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Redwing, 1 Eurasian […]
rssfeeds wrote a new post, Notts sightings for Fri 3rd Feb (courtesy of Notts Birdwatchers) 1 day, 4 hours ago
Chesterfield Canal - Botany Bay: 3 Mute Swan, 6 Mallard [iced in], Wren. Arnot Hill Park - Pond area: 35 Tufted Duck, 2 Cormorant, 2 Common Pochard, 8 Canada Goose, 3 Coot, 24 Moorhen, 63 Black-headed Gull, 1 […]
Steve,
Looks like you’ve cracked dragonflies – now about those day moths? Any description?
I didn’t know anything about moths until a month or two ago when I started taking an interest. Here’s my beginners opinion:
Often in ungrazed meadows you get moths from the subfamily Crambinae (Grass Moths) which dive out of the way and I find fairly difficult to id, though they curl up their wings and have a snout.
I saw a Yellowshell up their the other day, a yellow Geometridae (a large family of moths with contour lines across their wings).
Chris
The moths were mainly small off whitish
Thanks for the comment about the beer moth :¬)
for the curios look here
http://www.astrosphere.org.uk/moth%20large.htm
Not round to the blog as yet just been a bit busy with being away and other 1/2 being ill
Steve