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| 1st chiffchaff of the year |
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| chiffchaff |
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| treecreeper |
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| treecreeper |
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| red kite over Ash Valley G.C. |
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| Mandarin |
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| mandarin |
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| mandarin flypast |
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| Little Hadham rookery |
A record of the wildlife in and around Hadham Ford as from January 2008. Please feel free to leave any comments or email me with details of interesting bird, mammal, butterfly, moth and dragonfly sightings. @jonoForgham on twitter
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Sunday, 31 March 2013
1st sign of spring
A pleasant wander around the west and then south of the parish gave views of plenty of the regular birds. However, the 1st chiffchaff of the year was seen and heard near Westland Green.
A little further on a pair of treecreepers were found on an old oak, constantly calling to each other. Overhead 1 of 8 buzzards seen was also busy calling.
Near the golf club on Chapel Lane a red kite was circling on thermals along with 3 common buzzards and a sparrow hawk.
All in all, over 30 bird species seen, finishing off with the rather strange sight of 2 mandarin duck wandering around a sheep field. These headed off south down the River Ash. In trees around this point were 50+ starlings and 25+ fieldfare. A little further on, a check of the local rookery showed that 20 nests are occupied this year. Plenty of corvids about.
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