Lots of bird movement at the moment. Pete Lambert gives a report of his sightings of the last few days: Thursday 7 October.Short walk round Wild Marsh East and up and down towpath produced my largest ever movement of jackdaws.7.58 27 jackdaws SW calling over houses east of Marsh and on8.12 About 45 jackdaws S […]
Peter Lambert wrote today: Dragged myself out from sick bed for first visit to Marsh for two weeks. Dry when I left but rain started as I entered Wild Marsh East from Walthamstow. 3 little egrets feeding in the channel by East Bridge and chiffchaff calling. Down by west channel to Green Bridge where I […]
Pete lambert wrote today: Single whinchat on Clendish Marsh at the south end again (perhaps the same as one seen Wed by George). Cetti’s warbler singing from channel just east of Stonebridge Lock (not heard it there before), juvenile shelduck flew north over WMEast from Lockwood Res (bit odd, they all disappeared in July), 2 […]
Pete Lambert wrote yeasterday: Caught up at last with George’s record of an autumn wheatear on Clendish Marsh this morning – probably because George was standing next to me at the time! It flew off to the Lockwood Res. We also saw a whinchat there, and a male reed bunting – a bit hard to […]
Peter Lambert wrote today: Blowy and gloomy walk round today, so pleasant surprise to see a spotted flycatcher flit in trees at NW of Stonebridge Wood – NW of Pond. Flushed a sedge warbler at N end of Wild Marsh West – one of those with pale crown stripe suggestive of aquatic warbler, but just […]
Peter Lambert reported this morning: Apart from the single whinchat on Clendish Marsh, there were 2 teal feeding in the channel on the east side of WMEast (north of the bridge to Walthamstow) when I came in this morning. Later, a cetti’s warbler singing along channel at west of WME. George saw 3 whinchat Saturday […]
Pete Lambert wrote earlier: Amazingly quiet today. Expected flycatchers and whinchats sitting watching me, but nothing. Highlight was one-that-got-away. On WMW just north of cafe heard what sounded like a coal tit singing. Walked back to where it seemed to be – nothing. I’ve never recorded a coal tit here (or at Walthamstow) so it’d […]
I made a quick visit this morning to try and spot the winchats. Although I saw none, I bumped into Pete Lambert who had seen 2 early in the morning. He had also seen 2 Yellow wagtails flying over and a hobby. While we were talking he aslo spotted a raptor on top of one […]
Peter Lambert spotted 3 winchats today on Clendish Marsh. Looks like the autumn migration has started. Hopefully lots more intersting birds moving through in the coming weeks. DMC
Not sure if these three gadwall are related to those reported by Pete but it was good to see them on the Lee navigation. We were two short on our August bird survey (some feeble excuse about getting married!) so Janice and I were on our own on East Marsh. So we felt very privileged […]