Tag Archives: green woodpecker

Water Rail – 24th July

July 24, 2021Recent wildlife sightings2021, 24th July, Causeway, Great-spotted Woodpecker, green woodpecker, greenfinch, Swift, water railPete Smith

This morning about twenty-two Swifts were feeding over the Slurry Lagoon. A Water Rail fluttered between the reed-beds in front of the bench on the Causeway. There were family parties of Green and Great-spotted Woodpeckers and a Greenfinch was leading a juvenile about the site. PS.

House Sparrow – 28th May

May 28, 2021Recent wildlife sightingsBrimstone, Buzzard, Common Blue, cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler, Green Hairstreak, green woodpecker, Green-veined White, Hobby, House Sparrow, Large White, Latticed Heath, Lower Path, Orange-tip, PeacockPete Smith

A male House Sparrow was seen this morning on the Lower Path, close to the river. This is a very rare sighting now at the lagoons. Also heard or seen were a Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker and Grasshopper Warbler along with four Brimstones, five Green Hairstreaks, ten Common Blues, four male Orange-tips, two Green-veined Whites, a Peacock, a Large White and a Latticed Heath. SC/PG.

Also seen this morning were three Hobbies, two Buzzards and a mass of gulls and terns catching flying ants. PS.

Great White Egret – 13th May

May 14, 2021Recent wildlife sightings13th May, 2021, cuckoo, Ecopark, Great White Egret, green woodpecker, greenshank, Lapwing, Shoveler, turnstone, Yellow WagtailPete Smith

This evening a Great White Egret flew over the Ecopark. Also there were a Greenshank, two Shoveler, a Yellow Wagtail dropped in briefly and two Lapwings on the ploughed field past the footbridge. Also on site were a Cuckoo and a Green Woodpecker. There was a report of a Turnstone present earlier. IEP.

Treecreeper – 17th April

April 17, 2021Recent wildlife sightingsEco-park, Footbridge, Green Sandpiper, green woodpecker, Little Gull, Marsh Harrier, Treecreeper, Whitethroat, Yellow WagtailPete Smith

This morning a pair of Treecreepers was seen in the willows near the footbridge. Also seen was a Whitethroat and a Green Woodpecker. RJP.

In the afternoon there was a Yellow Wagtail and two Green Sandpipers on the Eco-park. JDn.

There was also a report of two Little Gulls and a Marsh Harrier flying through during the day. DM.

Goosander – 8th March.

March 8, 2021Recent wildlife sightings2021, 8th March, Goosander, green woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, kingfisher, ThrushPete Smith

A pair of Goosander were on the river this morning and a large flock of winter thrushes were on the Ecopark. Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker and Grey Wagtail were also seen. SC/PG.