For the second time this week the weather has been just too bad to get out onto my patch, strong winds and heavy rain battered the area all day today, the rain did stop late afternoon, but by then it was too late to get out.
I did however get to add a couple of species to my months list, firstly a TAWNY OWL (57) was heard hooting at 01:30 last night, and secondly a LESSER BLACKED BACKED GULL (58) flew over my house as I watched the garden feeders, where activity was several curtailed by not only the strong winds, but also persistent SPARROWHAWK attacks. Only short forays by COAL, BLUE and GREAT TIT were recorded, with just one brief sighting of both NUTHATCH and GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER.
At least the months species list has been kept ticking over, 57 is the mean total of species recorded for November. The weather doesn't look promising for tomorrow, but i'll have to wait and see :-)
7 comments:
The same weather here Warren :(
Well done on the two for the month though!
It's just one Autumnal depression after another rolling in at the moment Warren.....the weather's not much better either!
Already at the November mean Warren - nice one...2/3 of the month left too so there must be a couple or three more to come. Fingers crossed for a waxwing for you.
Cheers
Davo
Well 57 is not bad sir!!! Well done on the tawny owl!
Phil's comments made me chuckle - sometimes you have to find other things to do.
Birdwatching at 1.30 am was stretching things a bit.
It must be gloomy, but alright for an hour this afternoon.
Impressive you're picking up the month ticks without even going out! That's surely got to be a good sign for the rest of the month.
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