Garden Birdwatch - Week Starting 6/10/2013

Blackbird 1
Dunnock 1
Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 14
Robin 1
Greenfinch 2
Starling 54
Great Tit 1
Blue Tit 1
Coal Tit 1
Collared Dove 1
Chaffinch 1

Food: Sunflower Hearts, Seed, Peanuts & Fat Balls
Water

Mammals: Hedgehog 1

Hartlepool Headland

This morning I went to Hartlepool Headland to look for a Western Bonelli's Warbler that was spotted yesterday in the Croft Gardens. I arrived at approximately 8:05am and there were already two local birdwatchers checking the trees. There were birds in many of the trees, busy feeding having just arrived after flying the North Sea. Blackcaps, Mealy Redpolls, Goldcrests, Chiffchaffs and Brambling  were busy collecting aphids in the Sycamore trees. Whilst checking each tree, a Sparrowhawk circled overhead and within a few minutes the bird was found. I could see part of the warbler as it moved around the tree, hoping from branch to branch. In time the bird appeared and I got a good view before it moved on to the next tree. Looking the same as a Eastern Bonelli's that I saw last year in Greece it had apparently been calling yesterday so the identification could be confirmed. As I stood in front of the Borough Hall a Great Spotted Woodpecker flew overhead calling before stopping high up in a tree. Unfortunately time had ticked on and it was time to head off to work and so I left Hartlepool.

The Western Bonelli's Warbler was a lifer and number 449 on my Western Palearctic Bird List.

Garden Moth Update - 11/10/2013

A windy Friday night for this week's Garden Moth Scheme recording session. The overnight minimum was 10.8°C.

Light Brown Apple Moth 1
Red-green Carpet 2
Common Marbled Carpet 4
Silver Y 2
Blair's Shoulder-knot 3
Garden Rose Tortrix 1
Angle Shades 1

Silver Y

Common Marbled Carpet 

Light Brown Apple Moth

Garden Rose Tortix

Angle Shades

Red-green Carpet

Blair's Shoulder-knot

Garden Moth Update - 6/10/2013

Garden Moth Scheme Night - minimum overnight temperature 10.5°C.

2441 Silver Y 2
1764 Common Marbled Carpet 4
2263 Red-line Quaker 2
2245 Green Brindled Crescent 2
1039 Strawbery Tortrix 1
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix 1
1923 Feathered Thorn 1

Green Brindled Crescent

 

 

Red-line Quaker 

Feathered Thorn

Silver Y

Garden Rose Tortrix (worn)

 

Garden Birdwatch - Week Starting 29/9/2013

Robin 1
Great Tit 2
Blue Tit 2
Goldfinch 11
House Sparrow 14
Dunnock 2
Blackbird 1
Greenfinch 3
Chaffinch 1
Starling 40
Coal Tit 1
Feral Pigeon 4
Jackdaw 2
Woodpigeon 1

Food: Sunflower Hearts, Peanuts, Seed & Fat Balls.
Water

Mammals: Hedgehog & Wood Mouse
Amphibians: Frog

Butterflies:
29/9/13 - 1 Large White, 3 Small Tortoiseshell
30/9/13 - 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Small White & 1 Large White
3/10/13 - 1 Small Tortoiseshell
5/10/13 - 1 Comma

Garden Birdwatch - Week Starting 22/9/2013

Robin 1
Great Tit 2
Blue Tit 4
Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 14
Dunnock 1
Blackbird 1
Greenfinch 1
Chaffinch 1
Starling 40
Coal Tit 1
Feral Pigeon 3
Magpie 1
Collared Dove 1

Food: Sunflower Hearts, Seed, Peanuts and Fat Balls.
Water

Mammals: Squirrel, Wood Mouse, Fox & Hedgehog
Amphibians: Frog

Butterflies:
22/9/13 - 3 Speckled Wood, 3 Large White & 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
23/9/13 - 2 Large White & 1 Small White
26/9/13 - 1 Small White
27/9/13 - 1 Large White
28/9/13 - 2 Small White & 1 Large White

Insects: Common Carder Bee & Red-tailed Bumblebee

Garden Moth Update - 28/9/2013

Another night using my 30W Actinic Light. Minimum overnight temperature was 8.7°C.

1728 Garden Carpet 2
998 Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1764 Common Marbled Carpet 4
648 White Shouldered House Moth 1
2263 Red-line Quaker 1
1760 Red-green Carpet 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing 1
1762 Dark Marbled Carpet 1
1039 Strawberry Tortrix 1
2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot 1

Strawberry Tortrix

Red-green Carpet

Blair's Shoulder-knot

Red-line Quaker

Garden Moth Update - 27/9/2013

Garden Moth Scheme Night - minimum overnight temperature was 6.8°C

998 Light Brown Apple Moth 2
1728 Garden Carpet 1
1937 Willow Beauty 1

Light Brown Apple Moth

Hartlepool Headland

Last Sunday's walk around Hartlepool Headland. Missed the Yellow-browsed Warbler, but I did have close views of a Brambling and a Song Thrush which had possibly just arrived having flown the North Sea.

 Red Admiral - seen in the Croft Gardens

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