Month: December 2018
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31st December 2018 – Eastville Park
I was pleased to see all my favourites in my local park on the last day of 2018 even if the light was very poor: kingfisher, dipper, grey wagtail, grey heron and tawny owl. I was disappointed though that the goosanders seem to have moved off the lake: perhaps the cormorants are proving more serious…
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25th December 2018 – Eastville Park
Merry Christmas everyone; and it wouldn’t be Christmas without a robin. It was great to go for a walk in our local park on a mild but somewhat misty morning and see so many people out and about enjoying the facility. There was plenty of wildlife for them to enjoy too. The headline news still…
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24th December 2018 – Marshfield
Just out in the countryside (near Marshfield in South Gloucestershire) keeping well clear of the shops on Christmas Eve when we saw a deer also keeping well clear of lots of horseman and women who were well into their snifters by then. We were hoping to see some golden plover but just managed a single…
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19th December 2018 – Eastville Park
I don’t seem to go very far afield at the moment but it was great to get out this morning having been housebound all day yesterday with continuous rain; and what a lovely morning it was. My special helper spotted a dipper straightaway on the stream that runs down in to the River Frome. The…
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16th December 2018 – Eastville Park
There’s always a concern about the wildlife when a major event takes place in the park but when Santa Claus visited the park today it seemed very much like business as usual. The goosanders (2 male and 2 females today) were in their usual place as were the kingfishers and grey herons, all unperturbed by…
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11th December 2018 – Eastville Park
It was a dull but still morning but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to see the goosanders again in my local park. Today the numbers had risen to five (in fact 7 were reported earlier in the day), There were also 4 grey herons, 13 cormorants, lots of black-headed gulls, a lesser black-backed gull, a…
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9th December 2018 – Eastville Park
I wasn’t going to go birdwatching today as I was having a small op this morning but when my wife read that there were three goosanders (quite rare for this park) I couldn’t resist especially as she offered to drive me there. Our resident kingfisher and a grey heron also made appearances. Click below for…
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7th December 2018 – Stoke Park
It seems to have been raining all week but that’s probably just my perception. I managed a brief trip to Duchess Pond in Stoke Park this afternoon. i’m glad I wore my wellies as it was certainly very wet underfoot. The area around the reeds has been dry until now. I saw a snipe here…
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