I put the Zoom H1n sound recorder in the back garden on the evening of 23rd March. The recording was started at 10 pm and I recorded for 6:37 hours.
Blackbird
Robin
Mallard
+ a few calls to be identified.
The highlight of the recording session was a flyby of Whooper Swan at 1:40 am
At 2.11 am a Blackbird alarm was recorded.
I put the Zoom H1n recorder out in the back garden on the evening of 20th & 21st March to record the calls of the birds migration or flying around during the hours of darkness. The recorder also recorded the songs of the local residents that participated in the dawn chorus.
20th March
Canada Goose - 9 calls
Curlew - 1 call (new species for the Nocmig list)
Blackbird - 1 call & 3 songs at dawn.
21st March - recording time 6.5 hours from 10 pm
Redwing - 1 call
Moorhen - 1 call (see below - new species for the Nocmig list)
Blackbird - 3 alarms & songs at dawn
Coot - 5 calls
Goldfinch - dawn chorus
Robin - dawn chorus
Overnight Temperature of 7.0C, a total of four moths were recorded of three species. Spring moths are a struggle in my garden, but four was a good number to have.
73.069 Early Grey 1
45.044 Emmelina Monodactyla 1
73.249 Hebrew Character 2
A Light Brown Apple Moth was also seen at dusk on Sunday 21st March 2021
Goldfinch 7
Blue Tit 2
Woodpigeon 2
House Sparrow 7
Blackbird 2
Greenfinch 1
Starling 3
Coal Tit 1
Great Tit 2
Jackdaw 3
Chaffinch 1
Collared Dove 2
Robin 2
Wren 1
Magpie 1
Food: Peanuts, Sunflower Hearts, Fat Balls + Water
Amphibians: Frog Spawn
Insects: Garden Bumblebee
Mammals: Wood Mouse
Butterflies: Peacock 1 (17/3/2021 & 20/03/2021)
Blackbird 2
Goldfinch 6
Blue Tit 3
Woodpigeon 2
Greenfinch 3
House Sparrow 3
Robin 1
Great Tit 2
Starling 1
Feral Pigeon 2
Jackdaw 2
Food - Sunflower Hearts, Peanuts, Fat Balls + Water
Amphibians - 8 Common Frog + Spawn
Mammals - Hedgehog & Wood Mouse
Not quite Nocmig, but an early morning rooftop discussion.
Initially two birds flew in with one being quite vocal, soon more flew in to watch.
European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
A song that always reminds me of the seaside and ice cream!