April 2022

April 2022

20^th

Garden – Red Kite flew W at 1456hrs, House Martin 2 1455hrs.

Water Meadows – Egyptian Goose 2, Red-legged Partridge 2.

Days full list here.

Kings Mead – Bullfinch m, Blackbird 14, Red-legged Partridge 2.

18^th

The Moor – Sand Martin 8 circling above traffic lights in village at 1830hrs. 

17^th

Water Meadows – House Martin, Sand Martin 3 (1 E at 1026 and 2 W with House Martin at 1150hrs), Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Red-legged Partridge 2. 

Butterfly - Green-veined White, Small White 2.

Days full list here.

Kings Mead – Swallow N at 0830hrs, Blackcap 2, Dunnock 9, Blackbird 17, Red-legged Partridge 2.

16^th

Water Meadows – Red Kite circled Meadows at 1028hrs flew WSW over Puddletown was seen circling the village at 1105hrs, Blackcap 6, Chiffchaff 6, Siskin, Red-legged Partridge. Butterfly- Small White 2, Orange Tip and Peacock along lane. Days full list here.

Red Kite

Blackcap male

Chiffchaff

14^th

Water Meadows – Green Sandpiper on meadows, Blackcap. Butterfly- Orange Tip along lane.

Days full list here.

Kings Mead – Blackcap, Red-legged Partridge. Butterfly- Peacock 4, Small Tortoiseshell 2, Brimstone 2.

Small Tortoiseshell

Peacock

12^th

Water Meadows – House Martin at 1117hrs, Swallow 2 NE at 1240hrs, Sand Martin 8 east, Green Sandpiper on meadows.

Days full list here twelfth.

8^th

Water Meadows - Green Sandpiper, Snipe 2, Black-headed Gull 182 Flight N-NW in groups, Herring Gull 64 Flight N, Red-legged Partridge 2, Sparrowhawk, Cetti’s Warbler 2.

Days full list here eighth

Kings Mead – Red-legged Partridge 2, Green Woodpecker, Linnet 15, Mallard Flight W.

Red-legged Partridge

6^th

Water Meadows – Kestrel, Raven 2, Mediterranean Gull 7 with Black-headed Gull 197 Herring Gull 258 and Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 together on meadows at 1330. Surrounding fields were being harrowed attracting gulls into the area.

Days full list here sixth.

5^th

Water Meadows – Wigeon 2, Black-headed Gull 60 hawking insects, Lesser Black-backed Gull on meadows.

Days full list here fifth.