Soil Hill
Sadly, for the most part, there was little change in the avian composition of Soil Hill during the last week. Towards the weekend the weather finally picked up, and consequently there was an increase in Sand Martins and House Martins blogging around, increase by Soil Hill standards anyway. Fledglings also started to appear, with a speckled juvenile Robin at the bottom of the North Slope Tree Line on the 29th, and a flyover family party of Rook on the same day. If the warm weather holds hopefully it will give birds a chance to recover from a poor start to the breeding season.
Sadly, for the most part, there was little change in the avian composition of Soil Hill during the last week. Towards the weekend the weather finally picked up, and consequently there was an increase in Sand Martins and House Martins blogging around, increase by Soil Hill standards anyway. Fledglings also started to appear, with a speckled juvenile Robin at the bottom of the North Slope Tree Line on the 29th, and a flyover family party of Rook on the same day. If the warm weather holds hopefully it will give birds a chance to recover from a poor start to the breeding season.
Whiteholme Reservoir
The warm and clear conditions seemed to end wader passage for the most part, with very little in the way of new arrivals by the time the weekend came around. There was one notable wader during the week, a smart Sanderling which was present on the morning of the 28th. It was a more grey individual than any of the others that I have seen this spring, and was given a lot of grief by the local Ringed Plovers. The morning of the 29th also had a few nice bits on offer, with 3 Eurasian Teal, 12 Greylag Geese and a drake Mandarin fly-through. A flyover Siskin was also a nice surprise to round off the week.
-Sanderling
Species List:
Soil Hill: Canada Goose, Mallard, Red-legged Partridge, Common Pheasant, Feral Pigeon, Common Wood Pigeon, Common Swift, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Curlew, Common Snipe, European Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Eurasian Skylark, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Eurasian Wren, Common Starling, Mistle Thrush, Common Blackbird, European Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Common Chaffinch, European Greenfinch, Common Linnet, European Goldfinch, Common Reed Bunting,
Whiteholme Reservoir: Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Mandarin Duck, Mallard, Eurasian Teal, Common Pheasant, Red Grouse, Northern Lapwing, Common Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Eurasian Curlew, Sanderling, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Short-eared Owl, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Siskin, Common Reed Bunting,
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