30 Oct 22

Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadows, Wakeham Railway Cuttings, Bumpers Lane, Broadcroft Quarry Lane, Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve and Lower Horse Paddock

With wind gusts reaching 32 mph, you could say it was a bit blustery today. In complete contrast to yesterdays early morning walk, today it was a very late one.

Unsurprisingly there wasn't too much about, with the main highlights being 3 Meadow Pipit, a Song Thrush and 6 Chiffchaff.

Mammals Recorded:
2 Grey Squirrel

A Grey Squirrel having a good munch on something.


Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
3 Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
6 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch

A Wood Pigeon in flight.

A record shot of one of the six Chiffchaffs seen on my walk today.


Butterflies Recorded:
None


Moths Recorded:
None


Bees Recorded:
None


Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

A German Wasp leaving its nest in Bumpers Lane


Hoverflies Recorded:
None


Ted:
I just like the fact that Ted knows in the first photo, that I'm photographing him and carries on running up the track.

Ted surveying Bumpers Lane Quarry for a Fox. Not today.