Monday 8 December 2008

7 DECEMBER 2008

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER

Another heavy frost being slow to clear and penetrating all day in some areas. Clear, dry and cold.

A41 Berryfields
(with Tim Watts, Tony Donnelly and others) A total of 5 SHORT-EARED OWLS hunted the fields between 1445 and 1515 hours, with a Common Kestrel successfully catching a Field Vole, a single hunting BARN OWL, 5+ COMMON STONECHATS, a Common Buzzard and a single CHINESE WATER DEER.

Calvert Sailing Lake
Warren Claydon identified two different CASPIAN GULLS amongst the huge roost - one of the regular adults (the bird with the dark staining on the head) and a 2nd-winter. There were also at least 17 YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS roosting.

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