Last weekend was the FoTM monthly bird survey and as we set out Dave Ch. described the weather as ‘dreich’ – a good Scottish word for the overcast and damp conditions.The autumn colours were subdued in the poor light (as seen in my photo). Soon after we set out I glimpsed a bird in a […]
Pete Lambert wrote yesterday: It was dry when I left home but began to rain as I reached WM East. Could see some gadwall feeding in the channel N of East Bridge, looked like 3 pairs. Siskin called overhead as I walked by the west channel but I couldn’t see it, but I could see […]
Pete Lambert wrote yesterday: Felt like winter this morning, with frost on the ground and a low mist over the Marsh and the channels.Walking in on the footpath from Blackhorse Lane, saw a fieldfare in the trees round the Reservoir and a little egret feeding in the channel there. Neither records for Tottenham Marsh itself, […]
‘Little and Large’ ‘Droopy’ PairStill windy this morning, but started well with a perched redpoll! Redpoll called overhead as I was walking towards the Sandpiper Bridge and came down by the Lee Navigation. Walked over the bridge and found it 2 or 3 metres away sitting in an elder. Best views I’ve had for sometime, […]
Pete Lambert reports on his visit yesterday: Almost a week since my last visit to the Marsh on 4 Nov., so I was pleased as I walked down the footpath from Blackhorse Lane to the Marsh to see a goosander fly low north over the channel east of WM east. A female (or immature) bird, […]
Pete Lambert Wrote today: Peregrine flew north over WMWest at 9.10, perhaps heading for the Waste Disposal chimney at Angel Road. More movement with a flock of about 45 fieldfares SW over Clendish at 8am (my first big group so far). Also c80 redwings SW at about 7.40 plus a few odd ones later. Invisible […]
Pete Lambert wrote yesterday: More typical October passage this morning.Some jackdaws: One NW over Wild Marsh East at 8.20am, 15 high W over WMWest at 8.30, one S over WMEast at 9.12, 4 high E over WMWest at 9.41 and 4 high SE over WMWest at 9.46 (same as earlier ones?)Siskins: one calling over WMEast […]
Peter Lambert wrote today: Back to Tottenham Marsh today to find autumn passage still in operation. One brambling calling over WM East at 7.45 which I didn’t see, then a second over Clendish Marsh at 8.25 which I did see, although not close enough to see any plumage details. (Terry saw a female brambling along […]
While out on Simon Whiteman’s ‘Walk and Talk’ on Saturday, our party spotted a male stonechat, showing well on Wild Marsh East. He was to the right of the path, by the Lea diversion, about half way up from green bridge. My first of this year and a much less common sight on the marshes […]
On arrival at the Waterside Centreat the start of the survey, it has become a common occurence to see the Egyptian geese that have taken a liking to the shiny pump by the canal edge (these two are the Little & Large referred to by Pete!). Not sure if they are admiring themselves, or think […]