Showing posts with label lynford arboretum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lynford arboretum. Show all posts
Saturday, 12 March 2011
Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk, UK, 12-Mar-2011
10:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: A trip to try for hawfinch although I was leaving it late. No hawfinches in the end but as I returned I took some time to walk along a small creek off to the side of the main arboretum which took me past a small damp hollow where there was some great activity & I picked up some nice woodland species. Past the hollow I passed an area of large dense bushes where a gentleman birder informed me he'd often seen firecrest. Although I didn't see any there I probably saw one in the hollow. Overall the day was a lovely early spring day with the birdlife responding with signs of exuberance for the beginning of the breeding season.
Weather: bright, cloudy, chilly, still.
30 species
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Common Pheasant X
Common Kestrel X
Common Moorhen X
Common Wood-Pigeon X
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 possible. Near a small creek to the side of the main arboretum, I heard drumming that sounded softer & more prolonged than great spotted woodpecker, but only heard it a couple times so couldn't nail it down. Further doubt was thrown on my thoughts after I spotted the GSW just afterwards, however this location is a good bet for LSW at this time of year.
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Green Woodpecker 1 heard.
Eurasian Jay X
Eurasian Jackdaw X
Carrion Crow X
Marsh Tit 1
Coal Tit X
Great Tit X
Blue Tit X
Long-tailed Tit X
Eurasian Nuthatch X
Eurasian Treecreeper 2
Eurasian Wren X
Goldcrest 2 seen flitting about, after initially hearing one singing.
Firecrest 1 maybe; flitting in & out from the low shrubs around a small water hole near to a creek just off the main arboretum area. I glimpsed a dark eye-stripe on a tiny bird but frustratingly it didn't show itself again to confirm the sighting for definite.
European Robin X
Eurasian Blackbird X
Redwing 1
Song Thrush 1
Dunnock X
Common Chaffinch X
Eurasian Siskin 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Sunday, 2 March 2008
Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk, 02/02/2008
Weather: bright & sunny, freezing cold. From 910am.
Another trip to Norfolk & Lynford to try to spot the hawfinches, with much better conditions this visit.
In the woods before the lake:
Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Coal Tit, Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blackbird, Pheasant boldly feeding under the trees.
A lot of 'pit-choo' calls from Marsh Tits but none seen.
On the lakeside, Moorhen, Mistle Thrush, good views of Siskin, & on the lake, Mallard, pair of Egyptian Goose & a vocal Little Grebe.
Past the lake & onto the path next to the paddock with several other birders scanning the large trees. Luckily once a position had been taken the reknowned Hawfinches were seen almost immediately, a new species for me. The best sighting was of a male on top of a large Hornbeam tree, but there were up to a dozen which flitted about between other trees in the paddock, occasionally dropping to the ground. After about 30 minutes & hearing their calls/song, the apparent feeding of the sheep in the paddock caused them to fly off into the arboretum.
On the way back to the car:
Wren, Mute Swan, Canada Goose & finally just before getting back to the car, Long-tailed Tit.
20 species, 1 new species.
Another trip to Norfolk & Lynford to try to spot the hawfinches, with much better conditions this visit.
In the woods before the lake:
Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Coal Tit, Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blackbird, Pheasant boldly feeding under the trees.
A lot of 'pit-choo' calls from Marsh Tits but none seen.
On the lakeside, Moorhen, Mistle Thrush, good views of Siskin, & on the lake, Mallard, pair of Egyptian Goose & a vocal Little Grebe.
Past the lake & onto the path next to the paddock with several other birders scanning the large trees. Luckily once a position had been taken the reknowned Hawfinches were seen almost immediately, a new species for me. The best sighting was of a male on top of a large Hornbeam tree, but there were up to a dozen which flitted about between other trees in the paddock, occasionally dropping to the ground. After about 30 minutes & hearing their calls/song, the apparent feeding of the sheep in the paddock caused them to fly off into the arboretum.
On the way back to the car:
Wren, Mute Swan, Canada Goose & finally just before getting back to the car, Long-tailed Tit.
20 species, 1 new species.
Sunday, 23 December 2007
Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk, 23/12/2007
Weather: Foggy, very cold - difficult & gloomy conditions. From 1030pm.
In & around the woods before the lake:
Coal Tit, Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Marsh/Willow Tit but impossible to tell through the gloom, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Siskin. The tits & siskins all part of a typical winter feeding party.
On the lake:
Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen, a large flock of Canada Goose feeding on the nearby grass.
Disappointingly because of the foggy conditions it was impossible to see the hawfinches in the paddock's trees, but on the way back picked up Mistle Thrush, a group of Great Tit feeding in a low bush, then Carrion Crow.
15 species.
In & around the woods before the lake:
Coal Tit, Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Marsh/Willow Tit but impossible to tell through the gloom, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Siskin. The tits & siskins all part of a typical winter feeding party.
On the lake:
Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen, a large flock of Canada Goose feeding on the nearby grass.
Disappointingly because of the foggy conditions it was impossible to see the hawfinches in the paddock's trees, but on the way back picked up Mistle Thrush, a group of Great Tit feeding in a low bush, then Carrion Crow.
15 species.
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