Cholsey Wildlife
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Welcome to a log of wildlife seen in and around the village of Cholsey, Oxfordshire, UK....(and occasionally elsewhere)!
Cholsey Wildlife
1d ago
Rain and Shine, 9°, breezy S.
Bunk, Lollingdon and River areas covered today and yesterday.
7 Wheatear, many Chiffchaff, 6-8 Yellowhammer, at least 12 Pied Wagtail, 8 Lapwing, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Herring Gull and 1 Lesser Blackback Gull.
Blackcap in song yesterday.
Mammals: Brown Hare.
Butterflies: yesterday – Brimstone, Peacock & Comma.
Insects: yesterday – Dark-edged Bee Fly.
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Yellowhammer
Chiffchaff courtesy Alan
Wheatear (f) courtesy Alan
Dark-edged Bee Fly courtesy Alan
Yellowhammer
Comma courtesy Alan
Brown Hare courtesy Alan ..read more
Cholsey Wildlife
3d ago
Rain at first then sunny spells, 9°, light SW.
Wheatears still passing through on Lollingdon Hill. With 10 yesterday and 7 today. Per Michael Pocock and Alan Dawson.
photos courtesy Alan. the Wheatears looking rather nervous with several Buzzard and Red Kite passing over frequently ..read more
Cholsey Wildlife
5d ago
Sunshine & Showers, 8°, breezy NNW.
2 (m) Wheatear on Lollingdon Hill today. Per Alan ..read more
Cholsey Wildlife
1w ago
Cloudy with prolonged sunny spells, 15°, light SW.
Bunk, Lollingdon and River covered in the last 2 days.
Appears to have been a big influx of Chiffchaff over the last couple of days as they are all over. A Willow Warbler also heard singing today out at Lollingdon.
A few waders also turned up today with a Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper and an Oystercatcher.
A Blackcap in song, 4 Siskin, 8 Lapwing, 3 Grey Heron, several Pied Wagtail and Meadow Pipit, Corn Bunting, Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer and a small flock of Redwing.
We’ve had a male Pheasant resident in the garden for approx. 2 ..read more
Cholsey Wildlife
1w ago
Mainly cloudy with some light rain, 14°, light SSW.
Bunk area: 7 Chiffchaff in total, 1 Blackcap, 2m Reed Bunting, 6 Lapwing, 3 Grey Heron, c100 Lesser Blackback Gull, 5 Herring Gull and a Mute Swan. Pretty quiet overall.
First time this year: no “Winter Thrushes”.
Butterflies: 1 Brimstone ..read more
Cholsey Wildlife
1w ago
Mainly cloudy, 14°, light SSW.
4 good birds found by Alan today. A Wheatear on Lollingdon Hill and a Curlew and Green Sandpiper along the Bunk area and a Peregrine seen.
A Wheatear also found on Saturday an Lollingdon Hill. Per Michael Pocock.
Butterflies: 2 Brimstone on the allotments yesterday.
Green Sandpiper courtesy Alan
Wheatear courtesy Alan
Brimstone ..read more
Cholsey Wildlife
1w ago
Sunshine and showers, 14°, breezy SW.
Hithercroft floods: Little Egret, 3 Shelduck over, Common Snipe, Herring Gull, Lesser Blackback Gull, Black-headed Gull, Chiffchaff - many singing, Reed Bunting and Lapwing.
Bunk area: 7 Chiffchaff, several in song, a Blackcap singing, 3 Yellowhammer, 2 Siskin, a Sparrowhawk, 14 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 50+ Starling, a Grey Wagtail, 8 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Lapwing, 1 Mute Swan, 32 Lesser Blackback Gull, 7 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull and 1 Common Gull, etc.
Mammals: Short-tailed Vole, Wood Mouse & Brown Hare.
Amphibians: Smooth Newt (pe ..read more
Cholsey Wildlife
2w ago
Cloudy and breezy, 14°, moderate WSW.
Lollingdon very quiet today: 7 Lapwing, a singing Chiffchaff, a handful of Yellowhammer, c 50 Redwing in the cattle field, 10+ Pied Wagtail on the hill and the odd Meadow Pipit.
Below the hill, a field being ploughed hosted approx. 60 Lesser Blackback Gull, at least 1 Herring Gull and a flock of c200 Thrush, mainly Fieldfare and Starling.
Also a Peregrine noted in the area.
c40 Teal and 2 Gadwall on Wallingford road flood. Per MP.
Mammals: Brown Hare, Muntjac Deer and Roe Deer.
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Redwing
Brown Hare courtesy Alan ..read more
Cholsey Wildlife
2w ago
Overcast, 10°, light NNW.
An Oystercatcher found by Alan today on the floods along the Bunk but flushed by a dog walker, back mid-afternoon.
Approx. 80 Lesser Blackback Gull, 50 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull and a single Common Gull. A Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 12 Greylag Geese, 20+ Canada Geese, a Gadwall, c20 Teal, 40+ Shoveler and c20 Tufted Duck.
6 Chiffchaff, a Corn Bunting, Reed Bunting, 6 Yellowhammer, 6 Pied Wagtail, a Kestrel, a large flock of Fieldfare, Starling and Redwing, (c600 birds) and a Peregrine Falcon.
Mammals: Roe Deer.
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Oystercatcher courtesy Alan ..read more
Cholsey Wildlife
2w ago
Mainly cloudy with some light rain, 9°, breezy ENE.
Bunk line: 4 Chiffchaff (1 in song), 5 Yellowhammer, a Reed Bunting, a Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail, fewer Fieldfare and Redwing than of late, a Lapwing, 2 Mute Swan and 4 Gull species.
c200 Golden Plover on Cholsey hill and a Cormorant overhead, (per Alan), also the Plovers seen in the air from the Bunk area.
Mammals: Roe Deer.
Pied Wagtail bathing
Chiffchaff courtesy Alan
Robin
Greenfinch courtesy Alan ..read more