Your recent sightings at The Lodge
Your recent sightings
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First day of the meteorological spring
After a few days away I've returned to find the sunny spring weather is slipping away, although it's still pretty good for early March. As this is the first day of the meteorological spring, (20 March 2019 is the first day of the astronomical...
Posted 01 Mar 2019 by Mark Brandon -
Is this really spring?
It really is hard to believe it's still only February. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming and butterflies, bees and insects are on the wing on the bright sunny days we've had recently. I have seen reports of house martins arriving across the...
Posted 19 Feb 2019 by Mark Brandon -
Surprise sighting.....
I generally write a blog about birds when we have some sightings away from the norm, but the most exciting bird I've seen at The Lodge recently may surprise you? Walking around RSPB HQ last Friday, I noticed a single female house sparrow amongst t...
Posted 27 Jan 2019 by Mark Brandon -
Latest on the four 'elusive' crossbills
There are still quite a few birders arriving and asking about the four crossbills that have been around occasionally since the new year. It's very difficult to pin them down to give specific advice on where to see them; sometimes they aren't seen...
Posted 22 Jan 2019 by Mark Brandon -
Crossbills and lesser redpolls today
This morning at The Lodge, two male and two female crossbills landed in the same bare tree as we saw them in on Saturday, and were a great bonus for several birders here at the time. Along with the group were a couple who had never seen crossbills...
Posted 31 Dec 2018 by Mark Brandon -
Crossbills today
I've been in the Visitor Info Centre today with volunteers Dickie and Andy, and we heard the call of a crossbill flying over. At first we couldn't locate any birds, but then spotted a male and female crossbill in a bare tree beside the overflow ca...
Posted 29 Dec 2018 by Mark Brandon
Grid Reference: TL1948 (+2km)
- Woodcock (1)
- 11 Mar 2019
- Wheatear (1)
- 09 Mar 2019
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (0)
- 20 Mar 2019
- Green Woodpecker (0)
- 20 Mar 2019
- Nuthatch (0)
- 20 Mar 2019
- Treecreeper (0)
- 20 Mar 2019
- Buzzard (0)
- 20 Mar 2019
- Stock Dove (0)
- 20 Mar 2019
- Goldcrest (0)
- 20 Mar 2019
- Siskin (0)
- 20 Mar 2019
