Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agden reservoir, birds, flycatchers, sheffield on June 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This morning I had a walk round Agden Reservoir, with a specific aim of finding pied flycatchers. I failed miserably at this, but did catch up with their spotted cousins. The first ones I saw were a pair on Smallfield Lane, near Low Bradfield. They’re really photogenic birds due to their habit of returning to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agden reservoir, birds, damflask, loxley valley, my patch, sheffield, spring on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I had a day off work, and walked solidly from about 8am until about 4pm. I’m knackered! The plan was to spend the morning at Agden Side, and then spend the afternoon doing the habitat survey for my BTO Breeding Bird Survey.
My targets were wheatear at Agden, and sadly they never turned up. However [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agden reservoir, birds, my patch, sheffield on April 6, 2008 | No Comments »
On Friday I had a quick walk round my patch after work - it’s always after the clocks go back and there’s a few hours of daylight in the evening. It was a pretty uneventful walk, the only highlights being:
2 fighting male pheasants going at it near Rowel Bridge
A heron in a tree, presumably nesting, next to the [...]
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