2005 SDFM = Southdown farm. NMR = Not my record back
1-1 Fieldfare calling in garden
7-1 Lapwing and Snipe on farm
9-1 c200 Linnet around weaner arcs
12-1 f Dartford warbler on cliffs
17-1 22 Lapwing on Perratons field, Skylark and Chaffinch territory singing
JAN c500 Linnet
29-1 25 Meadow pipit with 30 Pied wagtails, 40 Yellow hammers, 60 House
sparrows and 60 Chaffinch
20-2 c80 Yellowhammer, 20 Cirl Bunting with Reed buntings, Greenfinch,
Chaffinch and 12 Stock dove all in Hotel field.
FEB 20 Cirl bunting with 80 Yellowhammer in Hotel field.
6-3 fMerlin flew over Great Mains
8-3 20 Reed bunting in Ranks with Linnet and Yellowhammer.
15-3 8 Song thrush using wild bird cover in Waypark, 2 fBlack redstart around farm buildings
17-3 mWheatear on Decca
20-3 White wagtail in Perratons
24-3 20-30 Chiffchaff singing in valley, 3 White wagtails Perratons
10-4 Willow warbler singing in valley, m & f Bullfinch
18-4 First House martin
19-4 Sedge warbler on the pond
20-4 White throat in Hotel field, several Swallows now arriving
25-4 mPied flycatcher in willows with Blackcap. Singing Grasshopper warbler on cliffs
26-4 10's of Swallows arriving during day with Wheatears
30-4 fBlackcap and Redstart in garden
May m & f Shelduck taken up residence on wader scrape
16-5 Spotted Flycatchers in valley
23-5 m Hobby hunting over Heath Field
28-5 Cuckoo heard in Soar valley
10-6 Tawny owl chick left nest box
23-6 Pair Red-legged partridge in Soar Mill
24-6 Rescued day old Shelduck (picture) lost on the beach
25-6 Peregrines raised 2 young on cliffs
13-7 40+ Swifts hunting over cliffs (breed on cliffs?)
14-7 Pair Bullfinch in valley, lots of young Stonechats.
29-7 m Reed bunting on pond. Green woodpecker on Cathole cliff.
8-8 Ringed plover calling over farm, Wheatear in Perratons + 2 Clouded yellow.
18-8 Our Shelduck, Fudge, flew off
23.8 Sand martins with House martins, several Wheatears
1-9 Yellow wagtail calling
2-9 Tawny owl in willows with c50 Chiffchaff
4-9 6 Whinchat with several Meadow pipits.
5-9 juv Pied flycatcher in willows, Quail flushed from Heath field, Ruff in Ranks field.
7-9 Spotted flycatcher, c15 Blackcaps & large numbers of Chiffchaff in willows. 4 Yellow wagtails & Swift.
12-9 40+ Wheatear in Turnip field, c1000 Swallows and Martins
13-9 m & f Marsh harriers hunting millet fields
24-9 Grasshopper warbler, 4 Whinchat, c150 Goldfinch, Skylark numbers increasing.
27-9 Hobby
11-10 10 Jays in a flock over garden
13-10 Swallow, 30 Canada geese.
17-10 Osprey seen flying out to sea NMR, 8 Ring ouzels and 2 Firecrests at East Soar, 12 Swallows
17-10 20+ Thrushes including Song, Mistle thrush and Ring ouzels, c30 Chiffchaff with Goldcrests
23-10 c200 Wood pigeon with 50+ Stock dove over 1,000 Skylark in fields, 1 Snipe
4-11 1 Ring ouzel, 3 Brambling on feeders
9-11 m Black redstart, Reed buntings and 1 Golden plover.
20-11 Over 500 pigeons including 200 Stock dove, Merlin
26-11 Short-eared owl in Perratons
