2006 SDFM = Southdown farm. NMR = Not my record back
1-1 Barn Owl flying around office at night
3-1 4 Snipe feeding in Great Mains, still 100's of Skylarks in Decca field.
5-3 Common gull with Herring gulls following cultivator
6-3 Pair of Short-eared owls in Great Mains, may have over wintered. 6 Snipe also.
13-3 10 Buzzards following the cultivator, 1 Merlin
16-3 2 Short-eared owls and a Barn owl hunting fields, 12 Reed bunting on spilt millet seed.
21-3 2m Wheatear and 20 Pied wagtails in Great Mains.
5-4 Willow warbler in garden
7-4 3 Swallows arrived
21-4 Swallows, Martins and Wheatears in off the sea all day. Whitethroat in hedges.
22-4 f Pied flycatcher in garden
29-4 Swifts arriving, Short-eared owl in Ranks
1-5 Short-eared owl again in Perratons.
3-5 3 Whimbrel flew over farm.
5-5 Cuckoo seen in valley, m Peregrine hunting along cliffs.
8-5 Garden warbler singing in Soar valley, Mallard with 6 day old chicks on pond.
11-5 Spotted flycatcher at the Crag, Jay down Soar valley & singing Sedge warbler.
29-5 Turtle dove in yard, Cirl bunting nesting in garden hedge 10 meters from office.
13-6 Barn owl has 3 freshly hatched chicks with 2 eggs to go!
7-7 Barn owl has 3 good sized chicks and one smaller. Ringed on 15th picture
24-7 juv Chiffchaffs appearing on the farm, ready to leave.
26-7 Snipe in Decca field. Baby Hares and Pheasants in Soar Mill field.
4-8 Wheatear in Decca, first autumn migrant.
8-8 Partridge has had 4 young, juv Peregrines practising their flying skills with parents over cliffs.
14-8 3 Whimbrel flew over, 2 calling Ringed plover, Willow warbler and Blackcap in valley ready to leave.
20-8 Young Barn owl found dead ring no GH68884, 2 Sedge warbler in Turnip field.
22-8 imm warbler in Southdown valley, looked like a very yellow Grasshopper warbler?
23-8 Yellow wagtails at Southdown.
14-9 Quail in Ranks and a f Redstart around buildings.
25-9 Firecrest, dozen Chiffchaff and a f Redstart in the garden.
1-10 4 House Martin around farm house, Meadow pipits moving through.
2-10 A few Swallows still about.
3-10 White, Pied and a Yellow wagtail moving through. 16 Canada geese flew over.
4-10 Snow bunting with Linnets (first seen at East Soar).
9-10 Black redstart in farm yard. 4 Swallows
10-10 Firecrest down farm track, c60 House martin leaving over the sea.
15-10 One Lapwing in Perratons
19-10 2 Wheatear and a Merlin in Decca, Golden Plover flew over.
20-10 Yellow-browed warbler, Firecrest and several Ring ouzels in Soar valley.
29-10 f Reed bunting and Golden plover
31-10 c120 Stock dove, 1 Ring ouzel in valley.
1-11 80+ Wood pigeon, 30 Fieldfare, Reed buntings on the farm. Clouded yellows and Dragonflies still about.
2-11 c4,000 Wood pigeon off to the continent in just 1 hour.
3-11 c10,000 Wood pigeon, Wood lark in Waypark (Bob Burrage)
4-11 juv Woodchat shrike in Ranks (Steve Cox)
9-11 30+ Meadow pipit on Decca, still Red admirals and a Clouded yellow around. 6 Long-tailed tits in Soar valley
10-11 juv Woodchat shrike still here thanks to Steve Young for this picture
11-11 Shrike was caught and ringed, still here 22nd (latest British record)
18-11 Good numbers of Reed bunting around field edges