Trip reports

Local walk at Amwell Quarry Nature Reserve

View over Great Hardmead Lake, Amwell taken by Arthur Southwell

Sunday, 4 October 2009

Derrick Ling led our first walk of the Group's "New Year". 17 supporters joined him for the walk at a popular venue.

It began well with fine weather, dry, mainly sunny, with light wind at beginning of the walk and we saw a good variety of species. A little egret was seen after several people had left the group, at the end of the walk, from the Amwell Viewpoint.

Total Species Recorded (H = heard only): 49

Little grebe, great crested grebe, cormorant, little egret, grey heron, mute swan, greylag goose, canada goose, wigeon, gadwall, teal, mallard, shoveler, red-crested pochard, pochard, tufted duck, sparrowhawk, buzzard, pheasant, moorhen, coot, lapwing, snipe, black-headed gull, common gull, lesser black-backed gull, great black-backed gull, woodpigeon, feral pigeon, green woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker (H), grey wagtail, wren, robin, blackbird, song thrush, long-tailed tit, marsh tit, blue tit, great tit, treecreeper, jay, magpie, jackdaw, rook, carrion crow, starling, chaffinch and goldfinch.

Mammal : Grey Squirrel

Butterfly : Speckled Wood

Many thanks to Derrick for leading this walk.