Keyhaven 24th August 2016 Although this post says Keyhaven, in fact the location was really Hurst Castle at the end of the pebble spit that starts in Keyhaven at the junction of Saltgrass Lane and New Lane. Previously we had walked along Saltgrass Lane and got did good birding there before walking up the spit….
Beaulieu Road Station and Denny Wood 24th August 2016 On the morning of the 24th of August, we were decided on looking for Dartford Warblers on the walk from Beaulieu Road Station to Denny Woods and back. Unfortunately we seemed to miss the station and drove past the Shatterford Bottom car park that we needed…
Fritham and Eyeworth Pond 23rd August 2016 We had a fairly long drive this day as we were taking the scenic route from Montacute to Lyndhurst where we were spending the night at The Crown Hotel. We drove the route via Shatesbury, Cranborne Chase, Sixpenny Handley and Fordinbridge which was lovely but we missed the…
Shapwick Heath and Ham Wall 21st August 2016 We left WWT Slimbridge in the early afternoon and then we drove down towards Montacute but first stopping off at Shapwich Heath and Ham Wall nature reserves. I had seen on the bird alert sites that Glossy Ibis and Osprey had been around and we tried our…
WWT Slimbridge 21st August 2016 Before we headed off to Montacute, we took advantage of an early doors visit to WWT Slimbridge again. The bird list was pretty much the same but we did get another “year tick” in the shape of Curlew Sandpiper. I have to admit that I was not 100% convinced but…
WWT Slimbridge 20th August 2016 We started our 10-day holiday driving from Manchester to Slimbridge which we usually use as a convenient break stop on our way to Montacute in Somerset. We stayed at The Tudor Arms near to the WWT Slimbridge reverve which is our favoured hostelry in the area. It is also just…
Summary July 2016 Species this month = 38 New Species added to 2016 Year List in July = 3 Spotted Crake, Spotted Redshank and Spoonbill all on 28th July at Burton MEre Wetlands New UK Life List Birds In July= 0 Running Total for the 2016 UK So Far = 179
Spoonbills, Spotted Crake and Redshank at Burton Mere Wetlands : 28th July 2016
Summary June 2016 Species this month = 82 New Species added to 2016 Year List in June = 11 Hooded Crow near Grantown on Spey and Guillemots, Razorbills, Kittiwakes, Shags and a Puffin at the Bullers of Buchan on the 3rd, King Eider on the Ythan Estuary at Newburgh on the 5th, Rock Pipit at…
Marbury Park 21st June 2016 Despite not having much time between our Scotland holiday and our Canada holiday, I managed to squeeze in the last day of the birding group term. The had been going to Tittisworth but a recce indicated that it was too flooded to be much good. Accordingly the penultimate date at…
