Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, insects, loxley valley, my patch, sheffield on July 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I braved the rain and went for a quick walk on my patch - there was only really one big shower, and I actually managed to walk for most of it in one of the few sunny spells of the day!
Very few bird highlights - 4 x drake tufted duck and 1 x baby coot at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged loxley valley, my patch, photography, sheffield on June 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A nasty, drizzly day, and certainly not the sort you want when you have a new camera to try out!
I did manage some time without showers this morning, though, and I’m glad I got out, because I finally after 13 months of beating the same routes, got my first patch kingfisher! It was darting down the river [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bees, flowers, insects, loxley valley, macro, photography, plants on June 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A few shots taken with the macro setting of the FZ18 - if any of my flower identifications are wrong please let me know!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, garden, loxley valley, mammals, photography on June 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As promised, some more pictures from the FZ18. It’s amazing how well it works on ridiculously high zooms, even handheld, albeit with a loss in quality.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, damflask, loxley valley, my patch, photography, sheffield, surveys on June 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
On Saturday I got up early and spent the whole morning finishing, or nearly finishing, my two surveys. Firstly I did my late visit for the BTO Breeding Bird Survey. The first thing I found as I got off the bus at Damflask were three great spotted woodpeckers, all in the same tree, which boded [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged badgers, birds, loxley common, loxley valley, mammals, my patch, rants, sheffield, surveys, wadsley common on May 19, 2008 | No Comments »
On Saturday I went for a walk around the tetrad I’m surveying for the Sheffield Bird Study Group (tetrad SK28Z). It was a bit of a dingy day, and there wasn’t too much about, but still managed to see a couple of highlights. Including:
A reed bunting on Rowell Lane, just outside the tetrad. The first I’ve [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, loxley valley, my patch, sheffield on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I went for a walk last night on the Loxley Valley, highlights including:
Pair of lapwing at Old Wheel Farm, the male displaying.
Sparrowhawk over Old Wheel Dam area.
Singing bullfinches heard at Old Wheel Dam.
Male blackcap on the path between the bowling green and Rowell Bridge.
Singing garden warbler (a year tick), blackcap, chiffchaff and willow warbler on path south [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, loxley valley, my patch, sheffield, spring on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve just seen my first swifts of the year - three flying over Rowell Lane. Good to see them back!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agden side, birds, loxley valley, my patch, sheffield on April 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today’s been a good day. The weather’s been great and spring really seems to have arrived. Swallows are everywhere, willow warblers are singing all over the place, and butterflies are flitting around.
This morning I had a trip up to Rocher Head - after a couple of trips up to find wheatears recently, I finally got [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bats, birds, loxley valley, mammals, my patch on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
A couple more interesting things I saw last night - I walked up the river on my way home from work yesterday afternoon, and got good views of a dipper on the stretch of river behind Loxley Park residential home. It’s the first time I’ve seen one that far down the valley (although I must [...]
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