Overcast, 2°, light S. Still a bit chilly but most of the iced areas have melted.   Bunk: 21 Yellowhammer, Bullfinch, Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest, 15 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, usual large flock of Starling, Kestrel, a Grey Heron, 200+ Black-headed Gull, c50 Lesser Blackback Gull, 2 Herring Gull, etc. Some of the 21 Yellowhammer Long-tailed Tit Robin Fieldfare Mistle Thrush Alan was off to Henley road gravel pit today to see a male and redhead Smew. A rare visitor to Cholsey, the last was December 2010 ..read more

Mainly cloudy, -2°, light ENE. A cold, crisp day. Bunk and River area: Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Siskin (9 noted yesterday. Per Alan), Reed Bunting, 2 Grey Wagtail, good numbers of Redwing and a handful of Fieldfare, a couple of Song Thrush, 400+ Starling, Teal, Cormorant, c200 Black-headed Gull, a Common Gull, 5 Herring Gull and c50 Lesser Blackback Gull, plus a Barn Owl yesterday. AD & PC. Siskin pics courtesy Alan ..read more

Overcast, 2°, light E. Lollingdon was very quiet today, with most of the floods frozen over. There were just around 50 Lesser Blackback Gull, a handful of Black-headed Gull, 6-8 Pied Wagtail, a Little Egret and a couple of Yellowhammer. 1, pos 2 Peregrine at distance.   A good number of Redwing about with most feeding on Ivy berries and the odd Fieldfare. Alan popped down to the river later, Water Rail, Reed Bunting and a Sparrowhawk. Mammals: Brown Hare and Red Fox. AD & PC ..read more

Sunny spells, 5°, breezy W. Bunk and Lollingdon: Bunk was fairly quiet, a Teal flew over, a Raven, 2-3 Chiffchaff, 2 Yellowhammer, 10 Pied Wagtail, and a Kingfisher, plus a handful of Fieldfare and Redwing and c400 Starling of note. Lollingdon was a little livelier. A Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Corn Bunting, Goldcrest, 5 Mistle Thrush, several Fieldfare and Redwing and a Peregrine flushed c 500 Lapwing. Mammals: Brown Hare. AD & PC. Little Egret courtesy Alan Herring Gulls on their usual perch along with 2 Black-headed Gulls A shy Robin A Blackbird with partial albini ..read more

Overcast, 2°, light SE. Bunk area: 4 Common Pochard, c8 Tufted Duck, c20 Shoveler, 4 Little Grebe, c250 Lesser Blackback Gull, c50 Black-headed Gull and 2 Common Gull. AD ..read more

Sunny, 2°, light WSW. The Lees, Caps Lane and Bunk: 7, pos 9 Stonechat, a Chiffchaff, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Common Snipe, 2 Raven, a Jay, Barn Owl, Kingfisher, Grey Heron, a Wigeon on the pool in the school wood, c50 Meadow Pipit, several Skylark and the odd Fieldfare and Redwing, etc. Mammals: Red Fox and Roe Deer. AD, LC & PC. Stonechat (male above and female below) Barn Owl courtesy Alan ..read more

Sunny, 4°, light NNW. Lollingdon & Bunk: c400 Lapwing, c40 Teal, a Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, Barn Owl, 2 Common Gull, 2 Raven, 2 Grey Wagtail, a Chiffchaff, etc, etc. In addition, several Wigeon and Shoveler (yesterday). Mammals: Roe Deer. AD, LC & PC. Chiffchaff ↕ Sparrowhawk courtesy Alan Roe Deer ..read more

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Mainly cloudy, 10°, light SW. A message this morning from Ian Lewington regarding a male Hen Harrier at Mackney heading south. Alan managed to get to Cholsey Hill and everywhere else to view the area but no further sightings unfortunately. So we don’t know whether it crossed the boundary into Cholsey or not! A very rare bird now and not seen in the area for a number of years now. Another near miss earlier in November was of a Black-tailed Godwit. Never recorded in Cholsey and seen on the Moreton floods. So close! So, back to today and a Little Egret seen out at Lollingdon, courtesy Alan ..read more

Mainly cloudy with occasional sunshine, 8°, light SW. Almost at the end of 2024 and a quieter year for wildlife sightings this year. Our migrants were a little sparse and breeding birds had limited success. Mammal sighting numbers were down and Butterfly numbers were well down but Dragonflies numbers appeared to be around normal. Habitat loss, disturbance, Climate, lack of wildflowers, pesticide and herbicide use etc appear to be some of the causes. Anyway, back to today. unless anything new turns up tomorrow, we had the following noted over the year: 122 bird species, 17 Mammal species, 6 ..read more