House Sparrows and Tree Sparrows in Endon

Both House and Tree Sparrows reside in Endon. Both visit my garden - see photo below. I have seen House Sparrows in a number of hedgerows throughout the village, however, as of yet I have noticed Tree Sparrows at only one other site; this was a few weeks ago when I spotted two in scrub near Stanley Moss Lane.  

Kingfisher on Caldon Canal and Dunnocks singing.

This morning I recorded winter thrushes for the BTO survey. My survey route takes me  along the Caldon Canal towpath to Stockton Brook and back along footpaths through Stanley Moss, and then back through the John Emery land and the disused railway line. Didn't see many winter thrushes; just 5 Blackbirds, 2 Mistle Thrushes flying over, and about 14 Redwings feeding on Hawthorn berries in hedgerows.

However I did see a Kingfisher perched on a hawthorn bush growing alongside the canal and heard two Dunnocks singing against each other. The Kingfisher is just visible in this photo.

Birds on seasonal pool Endon valley and birds and fungi in Deep Hayes Country Park

ENDON AND LONGSDON

This morning about 20 Mallard (males and females) and about 25 Wigeon (males and females) on the seasonal pools in the fields between Endon and Longsdon. Most of the floodwater has now drained away from the fields. A few gulls feeding on cultivated field next to sewage works.
 

 

 

 

Other bird species seen on walk between Endon and Deep Hayes Country Park.

 

 

06/11/13	NOTES
Black Headed Gulls	Flock of about 10 flying SW
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Canada Goose	flock of about 200 resting in fields adjacent to Caldon Canal
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch	c11 feeding along with other species beneath oak tree growing along disused railway line
Dunnock	1 feeding along with other birds under oak tree
Fieldfare	small flock of about 10 birds
Goldcrest	in DHCP
Goldfinch
Great Tit
Green Woodpecker	on disused railway line
Grey Heron	1 feeding in floodwater
Jackdaw
Jay	3 feeding on acorns
Kestrel	2 one definite male the other poss. Juv. Bird calling to parent
Little Grebe	2 on pool DHCP
Long Tailed Tit
Moorhen
Magpie
Mallard	on floodwater, canal and in DHCP
Nuthatch
Redwing
Robin
Rook	1 flying over – relatively few being spotted recently
Song Thrush
Sparrowhawk
Starling	flock of about 50 birds feeding in fields and flying
Wigeon	on scrape
Wood Pigeon	About 20 flying over (poss. Migrants) plus other singles
Wren



 

 

 

DEEP HAYES COUNTRY PARK

 



On the fishing pool of Deep Hayes Country Park c10 Mallard and two Tufted Ducks. On the middle pool c 25 Mallard and 2 Little Grebe.

 

 

 

Other birds seen at DDHCP today.

   3 Nuthatch

   2 Goldcrest

   3 Treecreeper

  c6 Redwing

    1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

    3 Robin

    2  Carrion Crow

    2 Jay

    2 Long-tailed Tit

   1 Wren

Plus  a number of Chaffinch, Blue and Great Tits feeding under Beech trees, probably on beech mast.

 

 

 

Fungi seen in Deep Hayes Country Park.

 

Sulphur Tuft Fungi Hypholoma fasciculare.

 

Unidentified fungi growing at base of dead oak? tree

 

Jelly Ear Fungi Auricularia auricula-judae

 

Candlesnuff Fungi Xylaria hypoxylon