The Bennerley Bugle No. 14.
September 30, 2013 in The Bennerley Birders Pages by Bennerley
Thursday, 26th. September, 2013. Bennerley Marsh.
A very quiet start today, until I got to Chat Corner, then it was Buzzards and flocks of Mistle Thrush, Goldfinch and a pair of Chiffchaff’s at Botany Bay.
Bennerley. 30 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron. Chat Corner. 4 Buzzard, 35 Goldfinch, 22 Mistle Thrush, 3 Swallow, Jay. Botany Bay. 2 Chiffchaff, 12 House Sparrow.
Butterflies. Speckled Woods, Small Tortoiseshell. Dragonflies. Migrant Hawkers, Common Darters.
Friday, 26th. September, 2013. Woodside.
Another quiet day at Woodside, not many birds but the butterflies fared better with Comma, Small Tortoiseshell and a single Common Blue among those still on the wing.
2 Jay, Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 4 Pheasant, 3 Meadow Pipit, Great-spotted Woodpecker.
Butterflies. 2 Comma, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Woods, 1 Common Blue, 4 Small Whites. Dragonflies. Common Darters, Migrant Hawkers.
Saturday, 28th. September, 2013. Wyver Lane.
A most enjoyable day staring with a few waders and ducks, including Snipe and a “Blackwit” then it was up the steep bank behind Wyver and a few Hawthorne trees I’ve had luck before, I was hoping for a late Redstart or something, but on this occasion, just a few Long Tailed Tits and a Great-spotted Woodpecker.
I set up the small travel ‘scope looking northward up the valley for a spot of “vismigging” and I wasn’t disappointed, a pair of Peregrines, a female Goshawk, 2 Sparrowhawk, a “Kessie” and a grand total of seven Buzzards.
Back down at the bus-stop with time to kill, I had an half baked idea to look for Dipper on the river around the road bridge, and – I found one!
Wyver. Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Snipe, 90 Lapwing, 2 Peregrine, Goshawk, 7 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Great-spotted Woodpecker. 20 Teal, 12 Gadwall, 3 Grey Heron, Dipper.
Sunday, 29th. September, 2013. Bennerley Marsh.
My local patch has greatly increased since the land-owner has given me leave to wander at will on farmland from Bennerley to Langley Mill in return for me keeping an eye on animals, gates and fencing etc. which is handy when the Chav Town motor cycle club have their Sunday meeting on the Bennerley coal plant.
Snipe are moving in for the winter at Chat Corner and the North Marsh and buzzards seem to have taken up residence at Chat Corner.
Bennerley. Grey Heron, 35 Black-headed Gull, Chat Corner. 3 Buzzard, 2 Snipe, 2 Linnet, Reed Bunting, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush, Jay. Botany Bay. Kestrel, Sparrowhawk. Grey Heron, 6 Goldfinch, 7 Swallow, Great-spotted Woodpecker. North Marsh. Buzzard, Snipe, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Swallow.