Date: 22nd January 2024
Time: from 9 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, moderate/strong wind, 9°C to 10°C
Due to my trip to Lee Valley Country Park on 17th January 2024 and 2 further visits to Heybridge to see and photograph the Northern Waterthrush on 15th January 2024 and 19th January 2024, this was my first visit to my local patch site for some time.
It was a lovely sunny morning and significantly warmer than the very cold weather with sub-zero temperatures that have been evident for some time now. It was also very windy although the worst of Storm Isha had passed through overnight.
I had a full walk around the site including the northern section of the site, the cemetery and the wooded area in the south of the site on my way home.
It was a typically quiet mid-winter day but I was able to record 2 species to add to my 2024 bird site list: Redwing and Wren.
I also added Grey Squirrel and Reeves’ Muntjac to my 2024 mammal site list.
The main highlights during my visit were the 6 Redwings, 2 very vocal and active Green Woodpeckers, a single Red Fox and a single “barking” but unseen Reeves’ Muntjac, all in the northern section of the site.
I also recorded my first Hazel catkins of the year …. spring is coming!
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Site totals for 2024 to date (2023 totals in brackets):
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