by DaveJ
January 2, 2012 in Read Posts by DaveJ
A happy new year to every one and may it bring lots of new wildlife and lets promote it where ever it resides. We wish ourselves peace and happiness so lets do what we can to ensure that our wildlife achieves peace and happiness, lets endeavour to reach a a better understanding of how important environment, habitats and the wild creatures are, in whatever part of the world they exist.
by DaveJ
January 2, 2012 in Beyond The Valley., Sightings by DaveJ
Hilton GP’s 35 Tufted Duck, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Buzzard, Great Black-backed Gull, Green Woodpecker, Marsh Tit, Tree Creeper, 25 Redwing. Willington/ Canal Scrape. 6 Shelduck, 98 Wigeon, 120 Teal, 10 Pochard, 4 Goldeneye, 280 Lapwing, 7 Meadow Pipit, 12 Linnet, 2 Bullfinch. Willington NR. 60 Canada Goose, 6 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall, 130 Wigeon, 3 Shoveler, 120 Teal, 26 Pochard, 6 Goldeneye, 5 Great Crested Grebe, Bittern, 5 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, 5 Common Gull, 7 Herring Gull, Kingfisher3 Reed bunting, 7 Bullfinch.
by DaveJ
January 2, 2012 in Read Posts, Sightings by DaveJ
A much nicer day today, a nice crisp start and good visibility. I was hoping for a few Siskin and Redpoll but got Redwing instead.
A good count of Shoveler today but no Goosander on Shipley Lake.
A single female Goosander and two Buzzard over at
Mapperley Reservoir along with a few more Great Crested Grebe than there has been.
As usual I waited for darkness to fall to look for owls and tonight with a two-thirds moon shining was perfect for owls.
A Tawny Owl was calling from the edge of the “Mound” and a dark shape made its way from the direction of the sound – it’s on my list !
Woodside NR. 95 Canada Goose, 23 Gadwall, 83 Wigeon, 32 Shoveler, 16 Pochard, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Cormorant, 350 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Redwing, Tawny Owl. Mapperley Reservoir. 12 Canada Goose, 30 Tufted Duck, Goosander [f.] 6 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard.
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by DaveJ
January 1, 2012 in Read Posts, The Bennerley Birders Pages by DaveJ
Not quite the “dusk till dawn” patch-watch I was hoping for and definitely not the weather I Would have liked but it is the first day of a new year and so some effort is demanded, even though it was hard to see through the wind, rain and murk. The corporate pond as I call it, next to Osbourn’s Pond held three Goosander, two males and a female, which was just as well there were no more any where, not even on Shipley Lake. By the time I got to Shipley Lake it was too dark to see much at all, a small group of wigeon, a trio of Shoveler, a couple of Pochard and a single Great Crested Grebe.
Bennerley Marsh. 25 black-headed Gull, 70 Redwing, Song Thrush, 3 Bullfinch. Eastwood Meadows. Little Grebe [Erewash Canal] Grey Heron, Song Thrush, 12 Redwing. Woodside NR. 35 Wigeon, 5 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, Great Crested Grebe.
by davejsblog
December 30, 2011 in Home, Read Posts, Sightings by davejsblog
I took this thro’ the window, trying out the under exposed theory ! I think I’ve got the idea.
A Derbyshire Garden. 2 Collard Dove, 2 Blue Tit, Robin, 25 Redwing, Mistle Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 10 Starling, Goldfinch, 8 House Sparrow. Bennerley. 11 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing, 14 Mistle Thrush, 40 Black-headed Gull. Woodside NR. 35 Gadwall, 90 Wigeon, 14 Goosander, 5 Cormorant, 250 Black-headed Gull.
by davejsblog
December 29, 2011 in Read Posts, Sightings by davejsblog
Grey Squirrel
A real wet and windy day, very little respite from the elements, but I did manage to snap this cheeky Chappie as he popped out between rain-drops !
Woodside Nr. 40 Canada Goose, 9 Mute Swan, 32 Gadwall, 80 Wigeon, 12 Pochard, 11 Goosander, 2 Pheasant, 11 Cormorant, Buzzard, 5oo Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Gull
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by davejsblog
December 28, 2011 in Read Posts, Sightings by davejsblog
Hope every one out there had the Christmas they hoped for and thoroughly enjoyed the occasion. I spent the holiday with a very unwelcome guest, a rather nasty micro-organism that kept me confined to the “telly” or the computer, still at least I got to experience a bit of wildlife, even if it was micro-life !
Managed to get out on Wednesday but Bennerley looked very sad and derelict and even with working the dog across the coal plant only managed to put a single magpie up ! so no action shot of a rising Snipe today ! Actually, this is a photographic technique I’m trying to perfect, send the dog in, put the bird up, shoot the rising bird with the camera, easy ? no – I haven’t managed it on one single occasion ! It’s so much easier with a gun !
The only notable events today were a great number of Pied Wagtails feeding on the settling tanks in the treatment works and the ever-present large mixed flock of corvids and for me any large gathering of birds, be it storks, corvids or wagtails is a pleasure.
Bennerley Marsh. Grey Heron, Kestrel, 45 Redwing. Water Treatment Works. 220 Pied Wagtail, 200 jackdaw. Chat Corner. 35 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed gull, 30 Fieldfare, 3 Mistle Thrush.
by davejsblog
by MaggieC
December 21, 2011 in Photo Posts by MaggieC
A couple of seconds later this little blighter had made off with the whole fat ball.
Maybe we could run a “best caption” competition. The winner gets to post the next image(s).
by MaggieC
MaggieC wrote a new post, Today in my garden 1 hour, 53 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??? 3 hours, 32 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 4 hours, 39 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. 4 hours, 51 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 9 hours, 8 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. 16 hours, 46 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, 1 hour 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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 […]
