Your recent sightings at The Lodge
Your recent sightings
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Sightings this week
At this in-between time of late summer and autumn it can be a quiet period for birdlife, but we have had several raptors over the new heath recently. At least one hobby is still lingering across the heath, two kestrels hovered and soared together,...
Posted 16 Sep 2018 by Mark Brandon -
Early September news
While working over in the visitor centre this week I was pleasantly surprised to see a family of spotted flycatchers, with two fairly recently fledged young, actively feeding from a yew tree out onto the edge of the new heath. We know their first...
Posted 06 Sep 2018 by Mark Brandon -
Late summer
There's just the first touch of autumn in the air now, especially in the early morning. Swallows are grouping up before they start their long journeys home, and the starlings are making their rolling, clicking calls from the rooftops, which is...
Posted 18 Aug 2018 by Mark Brandon -
Latest news on our Nightjars
Sadly we have had no sightings and there's been no churring heard for the last two nights. We will monitor again tonight and over the weekend to try to discover if the nightjars are still on site and update over the next few days. Let's hope for...
Posted 16 Aug 2018 by Mark Brandon -
Update on nightjars and watches this week.
Since our last public night on Wednesday evening, we have been monitoring the nightjars every night. The good news is they are still here and we really hope they are getting their young ready to fledge - probably over the coming weekend if all has...
Posted 13 Aug 2018 by Mark Brandon -
More nightjar nights
There is a lot of interest in the Wednesday evening 'nightjar night', at The Lodge so we are going to run two more evenings next week, on Wednesday and Thursday, to try to spread the numbers and make it a better experience for all. Please note, yo...
Posted 06 Aug 2018 by Mark Brandon
Grid Reference: TL1948 (+2km)
- Little Owl (2)
- 15 Sep 2018
- Whinchat (1)
- 13 Sep 2018
- Wheatear (2)
- 13 Sep 2018
- Tawny Owl (1)
- 07 Sep 2018
- Green Woodpecker (2)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Goldcrest (0)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Nuthatch (0)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Treecreeper (0)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Stock Dove (1)
- 18 Sep 2018
- Raven (2)
- 18 Sep 2018
