Sunday 09th April Wilstone, Startops & Marsworth Reservoir's

Lazy Sunday Afternoon to see Wildlife on a great sunny warm day 

Started off at Wilstone saw the following 

9 Common Tern 

6 Great Crested Grebe 

2 Greylag Geese 

Then onto Startops and Marsworh 

4 Greylag Geese 

1 Red Crested Pochard

Merchant Taylor's Lake's Tuesday 05th April

Finally the Summer Migrants have arrived in Force

10 Swallows flying low over the 1st lake catching flys on the wing mixed in with House Martins

Numerous ChiffChaff, also heard my 1st Willow Warbler of the year

Spotted an active Green Wood Peckers hole 1st of 2011 also sited was 2 pairs of Grebe's on their nests on lake 2 lots of long tail tits moving around the lake

Then came home to see my 1st hedgehog moving from car to car to go down the alleyway

The withey beds Sunday 03rd April

Good Conditions on another trip to the Withey Beds saw the following :

8 Chiffchaff
2 Green Woodpecker
4 Greater Spotted Woodpecker
2 Nuthatch (pair in dead tree far right corner)

The Withey Beds Sunday 27th March

Got to the Withey Beds for 5.00pm

Lots of Woodpecker's drumming on the dead trees along the walk saw the following :

10 Chiffchaff's
6 Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Back On Track at Last The Withey Beds Sunday 19th March

Back in the field again I took a short trip to the Withey in hope of seeing lesser Spotted Woodpeckers might have been to early however Shapey has tipped me off this is the hot spot.

Did get a fantastic view of a tree creeper near the pill box going up the tree and then flying back down stayed for apprx 20 mins

Stockers Lake Sunday 09th Jan

nice Clear day around Stockers saw the following :

1 Nuthatch at bird table (Tern Hide), 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Red Crested Pochard (Male)

The 3 day chase for the waxwing ends in sucess

After chasing the invasion of waxwings around Watford for three days it end up in Chiswell Green just out side St Albans and it was worth the wait as per the pictures 38 Waxwing very lucky