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November, 2009 15-11-09, Willington GP.After Saturdays washout and tv-a-thon, I had to get out so it was this ace reserve first of all. I will admit I did not do all of this reserve as someone said nothing was on the canal pit. A bit of a copout and I should really have walked round but it is a fair distance. from the car and walking up to the first viewing point I saw Wood Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Wren, Pheasant, Black-headed Gull, Redwing, Blackbird, Bullfinch, Chaffinch and Goldfinch. From the first viewing point I saw Shoveler, Mallard, Moorhen, Coot, Robin, Great-crested Grebe, Wigeon and Reed Bunting. From the second platform I added Tufted Duck and Cormorant. I have alsways found this platform a bit useless as the vegetation has got too tall to see the pit or any of the water. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has a machine in there and they have dug out a channel. This will be much better. Well dom DWT. Some noisy Canad Geese were added on the way to the third platform and Magpie, Goldeneye, Gadwall, Grey Heron, Pochard, Teal, Lapwing, Jackdaw, Starling and Kestrel were seen from platform 3. Walking back to the car I added Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Dunncok, Great Tit, Linnet, Jay and Skylark.
15-11-09, Alrewas GP.
Breakfast was calling but I popped in here to have a quick look. Birds noted were Blackbird, Wren, Mute Swan, Robin, Long-tailed Tit, Black-headed Gull, Canada Geese, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coot, Lapwing, Mallard, Chaffinch, Tufted Duck, Great-crested Grebe, Buzzard, Redshank, Pied Wagtail, Redwing, Magpie, Dunnock, Starling, Pochard, Wigeon, Goldeneye, Little Grebe, Wood Pigeon, Carrion Crow and Cormorant.
15-11-09, Junction Pit.
I could not visit Alrewas gravel pit and not pop to the Junction Pit. A short walk to the site and there was not much around at all. Magpie, Wren, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull, Lapwing, Great-crested Grebe, Mallard, Carrion crow, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Wood Pigeon, Greenfinch and Reed Bunting were all seen.
15-11-09, Whitemoor Haye.
After a rather splendid, but rather late, breakfast I decided to walk it off with a good walk around the lanes of Whitemoor. I parked near the quarry and walked up the road, around the rough track and back again. Birds noted were Mute Swan, Starling, Skylark, Carrion Crow, Wood Pigeon, Black-headed Gull, Robin, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird, Meadow Pipit, Wren, Carrion Crow, Linnet, Tree Sparrow, Cormorant, Jackdaw and Magpie. very quite. I then went to the have a look over the quarry pool and I noted 53 Tufted Duck, 21 Wigeon, 11 Pochard, 1 Great-crested Grebe, 6 Goldeneye, and 2 Mallard.
15-11-09, Croxall GP.
I was half thinking about doing a gull roost at either Blithfield or Chasewater but a) I could not find my WMBC members card and b) as satyrday was rubbish and todays weather was lovely, Chasewater would proberbly be rammed. I decided to finish at Croxall and have an early day to go and watch Ireland v Australia in the rugby union (and a good match it was too). Birds seen were Teal, mallard, Coot, Goosander, Wren, Canada Geese, Wood Pigeon, Redwing, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Blue Tit, Marsh Tit, Robin, Long-tailed Tit, Black-headed Gull, Chaffinch, Mute Swan, Magpie, Wigeon, Dunnock, Green Woodpecker, Cormorant, Fieldfare, Pheasant, Moorhen, Snipe, Pied Wagtail, Redshank and Lapwing. I walked around by the river on the east side where a load of work is being done to shape the river and provide shallow areas. It is looking very good, they have dug right into the field. Should be good habitat for the future.
November, 2009 14-11-09, late news.No birding today but 4th tv bird, Herring Gull on Doc Martin last Sunday. November, 2009 11-11-09, Whitemoor Haye.A check on the gull roost but first I decided to see the swans. I counted 110 Mute Swans near Sittles farm. No Whoopers though. 60 Greylag Geese flew in and joined them. Other birds in the area included Carrion Crow, Magpie, a few Black-headed Gulls and a single Buzzard. Over to the pool and I noted 34 Tufted Duck, the single Canada Goose which seemed ok when it flapped its wings, 2 Pochard, 12 Mallard, 19 Wigeon, a single Redshank, 6 Goldeneye, and a single Great Crested Grebe. November, 2009 9-11-09, Whitemoor Haye.I went down a bit late to check on the gull roost. A quick scan around produced 11 Wigeon, 74 Tufted Duck, 23 Mallard, 1 Pochard, 2 Teal, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Black-headed Gull, and 20 Lesser Black-backed Gulls over. No roost could be seen from the usual point and the Lesser black-backed Gulls hovered, thought about landing, then flew away. With no point of hanging around I headed down the road to check out the swans. This time last year we had the first Whooper Swan. No luck so far with just 108 Mute Swans. Other birds included Carrion Crow, Wren, Lapwing and 2 Grey Heron. November, 2009 9-11-09, News.After a trip to see the fantastic Brown Shrike, it was a weekend of trailer repairs, pyrotechnics, beer, lack of sleep, recovery, furniture removals, resting and football, no more birding was done. I have a mini-trip planned for next weekend, depending on the weather, and I will be checking the gull roost again at Whitemoor. |
This is not an educational blog and I am not a brilliant birder. It is for me to share what I see around the local area of Alrewas and on my trips. Please add any comments as they would prove most useful. Thanks.
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