By YACWAG admin
A video recording of Trevor Riddle's talk on 25 Years of Surveying Birds on the Strawberry Line, given on 21st November 2024 at Horsecastle Chapel, Yatton, North Somerset. If you missed this interesting talk, or would like to experience it…
The low water levels in the Wemberham Rhyne system attracted several Little Egrets, Herons and a Great Egret as well as a Grey Wagtail and a couple of Green Sandpipers. Two Goosanders on the River Yeo (2nd) were early winter…
At least four Cetti’s Warblers were singing on Congresbury Moor and adjacent sections of the Strawberry Line with a couple of Chiffchaffs restricting themselves to quiet calls. A pair of Stonechats were present on the YACWAG fields with a Heron…
On the 2nd, two Hobbies were perched on a T-pylon visible from Lampley Road, Kingston Seymour before flying off towards Kenn and there was a repeat performance two days later with a flock of a dozen Mistle Thrushes also present…
A young Sparrowhawk was still calling continually by Yatton railway station on the 3rd and another was chasing a frisbee (yes really) in a garden in Congresbury. This was also likely to be a young bird. A Chiffchaff was singing…
There was still some song early in the month, with Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Reed Warbler and Whitethroat all singing at the Yatton end of Wemberham Lane on the 5th. The far end of the Lane produced a Hobby flying purposefully south…
The meteorological first day of summer (June 1st) dawned sunny but two Cormorants on a pylon near the railway were Autumn birds! Both Common and Lesser Whitethroat sang briefly by Wemberham Lane. The earlier Springs mean that song diminishes sooner…
Two Red Kites flew south over the Little River on the 5th, the first Yatton record for several weeks. On the same day three Siskins were still visiting a garden in Congresbury. The birdsong walk on the 6th produced the…
An early House Martin was over Derham Park on the 4th and on the same day four Lapwings were on the Wemberham maize stubble field with around 20 Linnets nearby. There was lots of song on the Strawberry Line including…
A walk along the Congresbury section of the Strawberry Line on the afternoon of the 29th February (Peter Grainger) produced calling Little and Tawny Owls as well as a Kestrel, Green Woodpecker and Water Rail of note. The count at…
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