Friday, 9 July 2010
Walk Sunday 11th July
I have planned a Sunday walk this coming weekend. Meet at the village Hall (Little Hadham) at 11.00am and then via Bury Green, Much Hadham, Westland Green back to the car park. Refreshments to be taken at The Bull, Much Hadham. All welcome. Search for birds, butterflies and dragonflies, with hopefully a stop at Bury Green where there is a fantastic pond. I will, however, need to ask for permission to get into this private garden.
Marbled White
Whilst gardening in Little Hadham this morning, a marbled white butterfly alighted on a shrub. Spent 5 minutes posing superbly, but as is par for the course, no camera when required.
My first record of this in 2010 and my first actually in the village.
My first record of this in 2010 and my first actually in the village.
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Long boundary walk 28.6.10
Monday 28th June found me with a whole day off from work, so I began the walk at Tescos, following footpaths all around the parish boundary. In all 41 species of birds, 4 dragonfly species, numerous butterflies, including in excess of 150 meadow browns. Species list was: red admiral, small heath, common blue, holly blue, gatekeeper, ringlet, essex skipper, small skipper, large white, small white.
Good birds were little owl, shown here on a post in poor evening light, bullfinch and little grebe whilst the dragonfly list contyained black tailed skimmer (photo attached) 4 spot chaser (brown insect with 4 spots per wing) and a solitary emperor dragonfly. In all 18 miles were covered, with a few around the back of Hadham Hall and Cradle End left to complete the whole circuit.
Photos are as follows, from the top:
- 4 spotted chaser
- 5 spot burnet moth
- 6 spot burnet moth
- view near Cradle End
- footpath poppies
- sunset at Millfield Lane
- small magpie moth
- small heath
- ringlet
- red admiral
- poppy
- musk mallow containing a male oedemera nobilis
- little owl
- large white
- holly blue
- essex skipper
- essex skippers
- common blue
- cape teal (escape from an ornamental pond)
- black tailed skimmers
- black tailed skimmer
- azure damselfly
- azure damselfly
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At the end of another Norfolk Coastal footpath walk. 47 miles, 3 days 99 species of bird. September 2009
Caley Wood view
sunshine through the canopy 29.05.08
A walk along the Warta Valley, Poznan, Poland. Feb 2007
Best birds on this walk: black and middle spotted woodpecker and short toed treecreeper
About Me
- Jono Forgham
- A primary school teacher for 30 years, I retired from teaching in July 2009 to set up my own science enhancement and communication company. The Primary Works offers science clubs, workshops and staged science shows nationwide. I have always been interested in bird watching since my early years. Apparently my first tick was after inquiring about a chaffinch and then receiving the Observer book of birds. By the age of 9 I had moved on to Tory Peterson's collins guide and was now involved on YOC birding holidays to Northumbria, Essex coast, Slimbridge and Yorkshire. My twitching rule is that I will willingly travel 1km for each gram the bird weighs. However, I have had many rarities just by being in the right place. I have travelled widely throughout Europe and also visited Australia and Sri Lanka. In 2016 I spent time at Portland Bird Obs and two trips to Aviero, Portugal. 2017 found me back in Sri Lanka in Feb/March, then July and back for New Year's Eve celebrations in December. Also returned to The Camargue in May for a 4 day trip. Few plans for 2018, but nothing yet booked apart from a trip to the IOW.
Grey heron
Over the allotment 28.09.08
Southern Hawker
Ridge footpath 27.08.08
Juvenile green woodpecker (17.08.08)
Note the stripes, denoting a bird fledged this year.
common blue
Ash Valley G.C. 15.08.08
Indian balsam (impatiens glandulifera)
River Ash
azure damselfly
River Ash 28.07.08
marbled white
Discovered at Westland Green 22.07.08
ruddy darter
Bush Wood 21.07.08
honeysuckle 19.07.08
growing in hedgerow in Chapel Lane
cinnabar moth caterpillar
Photographed on ragwort 19.07.08
Bittersweet
Study of petals 11.06.08
male yellowhammer
08.06.08
common blue butterfly
06.06.08
River Ash
looking south from the bridge at Hadham Ford
Common poppy (papaver rhoeas)
in rape field 29.05.08
Caley Wood sunshine
29.05.08
Millenium Wood fox
24.05.08
common comfrey (symphytum officinale)
06.05.08 banks of the River Ash
Garlic Mustard or Jack by the Hedge,(Alliara petiolata)
flowers, leaves and fruit edible . Good in salad and pesto
April showers
Double rainbow 30.04.08
Caley Wood bluebells
22.04.08
Yellow Archangel
Chapel Lane (20.04.08)
sunlight 16.04.08
looking south west from Bush Wood
snowy buds
06.04.08 in Bush Wood
Looking north west
05.04.08 evening shower approaching
Back Garden
Easter Sunday (23.03.08)
Brick Kiln Hill
Looking east (23.03.08)
No play today
The 2nd hole at Ash Valley golf course
Teasel head
Bush Wood (21.03.08)
Reflections
daffodils at Bush Wood pond (21.03.08)
Swollen River Ash
The river at the bottom of Winding Hill 16.03.08
Daybreak over the chapel
Thursday 13th March
Wild daffodils (narcissus pseudonarcissus)
growing in Bush Wood
January snowdrops
Banks of River Ash, north of Much Hadham
Good Moon
From garden 24.01.08
Village Green
Looking east towards Acremore Street
Looking south before Hadham Ford
rare January blue sky
South Easterly walk
black, normal, red extended walk
South Westerly route.
Black usual, red extended
North Easterly walk
black short, walk. Red, extended
North West Patch
black route regular. Red route the extended wander