Friday 4th January 2008
On New Years Day the new hides at Blashford were so packed with people, we didn't get to see all the ducks etc., so we decided to go back for another look.
We were able to add few more birds to the year list.
54. blackcap - garden
55. green sandpiper
56. great black backed gull
57. herring gull
58. greylag
59. goosander
Showing posts with label Blashford Lakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blashford Lakes. Show all posts
Sunday, 6 January 2008
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
New Year Birding 2008.........
Tuesday 1st January 2008
New Year daffodils - seen in Fair Oak - Hampshire
I decided to go back to Blashford to-day, and after a few very enjoyable hours, I was able to add a Bittern, Black-necked Grebe, Great White Egret and Cattle Egret to my 2008 list......
Blashford fungi
Here is the list of all the birds I saw to-day, the first bird of my year was a goldfinch seen in my back garden.
1. goldfinch
2. blue tit
3. starling
4. magpie
5. rook
6. blackbird
7. mistle thrush
8. robin
9. stonechat
10. mute swan
11. cattle egret
12. bittern
13. coot
14. canada goose
15. grey heron
16. great tit
17. great spotted woodpecker
18. nuthatch
19. chaffinch
20. greenfinch
21. coal tit
22. song thrush
23. siskin
24. tufted duck
25. gadwall
26. wigeon
27. cormoront
28. great crested grebe
29. sparrowhawk
30. pochard
31. little grebe
32. black headed gull
33. ruddy duck
34. great white egret
35. kingfisher
36. peregrine
37. black necked grebe
38. mallard
39. shoveler
40. lapwing
41. feral pigeon
42. pied wagtail
43. wood pigeon
Happy New Year to you all........
New Year daffodils - seen in Fair Oak - Hampshire
I decided to go back to Blashford to-day, and after a few very enjoyable hours, I was able to add a Bittern, Black-necked Grebe, Great White Egret and Cattle Egret to my 2008 list......
Blashford fungi
Here is the list of all the birds I saw to-day, the first bird of my year was a goldfinch seen in my back garden.
1. goldfinch
2. blue tit
3. starling
4. magpie
5. rook
6. blackbird
7. mistle thrush
8. robin
9. stonechat
10. mute swan
11. cattle egret
12. bittern
13. coot
14. canada goose
15. grey heron
16. great tit
17. great spotted woodpecker
18. nuthatch
19. chaffinch
20. greenfinch
21. coal tit
22. song thrush
23. siskin
24. tufted duck
25. gadwall
26. wigeon
27. cormoront
28. great crested grebe
29. sparrowhawk
30. pochard
31. little grebe
32. black headed gull
33. ruddy duck
34. great white egret
35. kingfisher
36. peregrine
37. black necked grebe
38. mallard
39. shoveler
40. lapwing
41. feral pigeon
42. pied wagtail
43. wood pigeon
Happy New Year to you all........
Sunday, 2 December 2007
Great White Egret......
Saturday 1st December 2007
chaffinch
I had such a great time at Blashford Lakes this morning. We arrived just after 9am, the sun was shining and the wood beside the visitor centre was just as I like it...... full of birds, including:
nuthatch
siskins
mistle thrush
green woodpecker (2)
great spotted woody (2)
buzzards (3)
long tailed tits
chiffchaff
goldfinches plus all the other usual tits, finches, wrens, robins and blackbirds.
fungi
After checking out the three hides we headed across to the area recently opened to the public, with two new bird hides overlooking Ibsley Water. On the walk over I saw this Peacock butterfly - not bad considering it's the 1st December.
I have to say I was very impressed with the hides and with Ibsley Water. Blashford is better than ever now and another new hide is due to open sometime soon.
There was lots of activity on the water including....
black necked grebe
goosander
tufted duck
goldeneye
gadwall
shoveler
teal
wigeon
pochard
little grebe
great crested grebe
I also have a new bird for my year list after finally locating the Great White Egret on Mockbeggars Lake. That white blob really was a Great White Egret!!
149. Great White Egret
chaffinch
I had such a great time at Blashford Lakes this morning. We arrived just after 9am, the sun was shining and the wood beside the visitor centre was just as I like it...... full of birds, including:
nuthatch
siskins
mistle thrush
green woodpecker (2)
great spotted woody (2)
buzzards (3)
long tailed tits
chiffchaff
goldfinches plus all the other usual tits, finches, wrens, robins and blackbirds.
fungi
After checking out the three hides we headed across to the area recently opened to the public, with two new bird hides overlooking Ibsley Water. On the walk over I saw this Peacock butterfly - not bad considering it's the 1st December.
I have to say I was very impressed with the hides and with Ibsley Water. Blashford is better than ever now and another new hide is due to open sometime soon.
There was lots of activity on the water including....
black necked grebe
goosander
tufted duck
goldeneye
gadwall
shoveler
teal
wigeon
pochard
little grebe
great crested grebe
I also have a new bird for my year list after finally locating the Great White Egret on Mockbeggars Lake. That white blob really was a Great White Egret!!
149. Great White Egret
Sunday, 1 July 2007
Blashford Lakes
Saturday 30th June 2007
great crested grebe with chick
The weather wasn't great but in between the showers we took a trip to Blashford Lakes near Ringwood.
jay
We were only there for an hour or so but saw lots of nice birds including a family of six Jays, a Blackcap, a Grey Heron, a Kingfisher, Green and Great spotted Woodpeckers and a Great Crested Grebe with chick.
green woodpecker
great crested grebe with chick
The weather wasn't great but in between the showers we took a trip to Blashford Lakes near Ringwood.
jay
We were only there for an hour or so but saw lots of nice birds including a family of six Jays, a Blackcap, a Grey Heron, a Kingfisher, Green and Great spotted Woodpeckers and a Great Crested Grebe with chick.
green woodpecker
Sunday, 11 March 2007
Blashford Lakes
Sunday 11th March 2007
Goldfinch
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon and we decided to go to Blashford Lakes to see the birds and have a walk in the woods.
In the car park we saw a Mistle Thrush on top of a tree then another one flew over and sat on the fence and we were able to watch them for five minutes or so. Then we walked towards the centre and on one of the feeders was a Great Spotted Woodpecker, I've never seen one that close before, such a beautiful bird.
I always enjoy my trips to Blashford and today it was even more magical with drifts of wild daffodils and bird song everywhere. I love to stand in the woods with my eyes closed and just listen to the birds, so good for the soul.
wild daffodils at Blashford
We walked down to the woodland hide and saw Goldfinches, Chaffinches, Long-Tailed Tits, Green Finches, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Blackbirds, Robins a Wren, lots of Squirrels and the Pheasant was back on the feeders again. Then as we left the hide and were watching the birds in the trees I noticed a Sparrowhawk overhead and everything went very quiet......
one of the rarer species at Blashford!
87. sparrowhawk
Goldfinch
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon and we decided to go to Blashford Lakes to see the birds and have a walk in the woods.
In the car park we saw a Mistle Thrush on top of a tree then another one flew over and sat on the fence and we were able to watch them for five minutes or so. Then we walked towards the centre and on one of the feeders was a Great Spotted Woodpecker, I've never seen one that close before, such a beautiful bird.
I always enjoy my trips to Blashford and today it was even more magical with drifts of wild daffodils and bird song everywhere. I love to stand in the woods with my eyes closed and just listen to the birds, so good for the soul.
wild daffodils at Blashford
We walked down to the woodland hide and saw Goldfinches, Chaffinches, Long-Tailed Tits, Green Finches, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Blackbirds, Robins a Wren, lots of Squirrels and the Pheasant was back on the feeders again. Then as we left the hide and were watching the birds in the trees I noticed a Sparrowhawk overhead and everything went very quiet......
one of the rarer species at Blashford!
87. sparrowhawk
Wednesday, 24 January 2007
Cranes Moor
Tuesday 23rd January 2007
I was in the middle of a pile of ironing when my husband unexpectedly finished work early and suggested we go for a walk in the New Forest . Oh dear! decisions decisions......what should I do? stay in and finish the ironing.........I don't think so!!
It was a bright sunny day, but freezing cold and I mean freezing cold so I put on four t.shirts, a cardi, a fleece jacket and a coat over. Plus tights, socks and jeans, scarf, gloves and woolly hat! One day I will invest in some proper thermals!
We went to Cranes Moor and before we had left the carpark we had already seen, robins, bullfinches, a mistle thrush, magpies, green finches, crows and wood pigeons. It was the bullfinches that made my day though. Years ago we used to live on the Isle of Wight, where a pair of bullfinches would visit the damson tree in our back garden. I didn't know anything much about birds then, so I had to identify them from an old bird book. Since we moved to the mainland I hadn't seen a bullfinch in years but this month I have already seen 4 of them. It makes me realise how I have had my eyes closed for years!
We crossed the road from the carpark and walked across the moor but it was very quiet with one lone robin braving the freezing cold wind to sing us a song.
60. mistle thrush
61. jackdaw
Afterwards we called at Blashford Lakes and had a look in all three bird hides. I especially like the woodland hide and we stayed there for quite a while watching the little birds. Great tits, blue tits, long tailed tits, green finches, chaffinches, goldfinches, and a nuthatch - just magic!
I was in the middle of a pile of ironing when my husband unexpectedly finished work early and suggested we go for a walk in the New Forest . Oh dear! decisions decisions......what should I do? stay in and finish the ironing.........I don't think so!!
It was a bright sunny day, but freezing cold and I mean freezing cold so I put on four t.shirts, a cardi, a fleece jacket and a coat over. Plus tights, socks and jeans, scarf, gloves and woolly hat! One day I will invest in some proper thermals!
We went to Cranes Moor and before we had left the carpark we had already seen, robins, bullfinches, a mistle thrush, magpies, green finches, crows and wood pigeons. It was the bullfinches that made my day though. Years ago we used to live on the Isle of Wight, where a pair of bullfinches would visit the damson tree in our back garden. I didn't know anything much about birds then, so I had to identify them from an old bird book. Since we moved to the mainland I hadn't seen a bullfinch in years but this month I have already seen 4 of them. It makes me realise how I have had my eyes closed for years!
We crossed the road from the carpark and walked across the moor but it was very quiet with one lone robin braving the freezing cold wind to sing us a song.
60. mistle thrush
61. jackdaw
Afterwards we called at Blashford Lakes and had a look in all three bird hides. I especially like the woodland hide and we stayed there for quite a while watching the little birds. Great tits, blue tits, long tailed tits, green finches, chaffinches, goldfinches, and a nuthatch - just magic!
Friday, 19 January 2007
Eyeworth Pond and Blashford Lakes
Saturday 13th January 2007
pheasant on feeder at blashford
We were on our way to Blashford Lakes and decided to call at Eyeworth Pond on the way. There are Mandarin ducks on the pond most of the time, but we didn't see them today. We did see a pair of Goosanders so another tick.
28. goosander
I do love Blashford Lakes. There are three bird hides. Two overlooking the lakes and one in the wood. The wood is what I really come here for, as it is full to bursting with little birds. I can spend an hour or two just walking in the woods, listening to the birds. It really is a magical place. In the summer it is full of dragonflies and damselflies.
I had hoped to see the Great White Egret but we missed it today. We did see lots of little birds and for the list we had
29. long-tailed tit
30. goldfinch
31. greenfinch
32. pheasant
33. heron
34. kestrel (Ibsley Bridge)
35. greylag (Ibsley Water)
pheasant on feeder at blashford
We were on our way to Blashford Lakes and decided to call at Eyeworth Pond on the way. There are Mandarin ducks on the pond most of the time, but we didn't see them today. We did see a pair of Goosanders so another tick.
28. goosander
I do love Blashford Lakes. There are three bird hides. Two overlooking the lakes and one in the wood. The wood is what I really come here for, as it is full to bursting with little birds. I can spend an hour or two just walking in the woods, listening to the birds. It really is a magical place. In the summer it is full of dragonflies and damselflies.
I had hoped to see the Great White Egret but we missed it today. We did see lots of little birds and for the list we had
29. long-tailed tit
30. goldfinch
31. greenfinch
32. pheasant
33. heron
34. kestrel (Ibsley Bridge)
35. greylag (Ibsley Water)