Rapid changes seen this month on the Riverside but the weather remained equable and today the 31st October 2015 was warm and sunny after continuous rain on Thursday continuing into Friday.
Bright Bramble leaves on the river bank together with dry grasses
and nettle stalks will provide shelter and protection for many
species of wildlife over the coming winter.
Highlights for this month included:
on 1st Oct: 3 young buzzards calling and flying close together over the river
Great spotted woodpecker on low branches over the river
Large numbers of starlings
Green woodpecker
Speckled Wood butterflies
Noisy nuthatches
on 2nd Oct: Numerous house martins catching insects over the river course
and meadow pipits on and over the fields.
on 4th Oct: Numerous pied wagtails on and over fields and buildings
Kestrel hovering over river margin
Several nuthatches calling and numerous wrens.
on 7th Oct. Coal tits foraging
See full report for 9th Oct. - yellowhammers
on 16th Oct: Large family of long-tailed tits in oaks and nuthatches again calling loudly.
on 18th Oct - see Report - first redwings seen - also yellowhammers seen again in the field.
on 23rd Oct: kingfisher flying low over the river from a branch.
On 26th Oct: First sightings of fieldfares flying across over trees along the river
Goldcrests seen in deciduous trees (Oaks and Maples),
family of long-tailed tits amongst the sloes on Blackthorn thicket,
nuthatches calling again.
On 27th Oct: Chiffchaff calling (contact calls)
long-tailed tits and goldcrests.
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