Showing posts with label On The List. Show all posts
Showing posts with label On The List. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Mud

944.  That's our TEAL score up until yesterday.  It would appear that the Nuns have a huge advantage in that they have more than just sand for soil, thus our plant diversity is low in comparison.  Oh, and they also have a huge lake too - that helps a little bit as well.

Was this ever a fair fight?  We'll see at the end of the year...

Tuesday, 8 February 2011

3TD

Ye ha - the BTO has just chalked up its first 3-tick day since 9th January!

Hot on the heels of this morning's Bewick's Swans (which, incidently, were also seen by birders looking for Hawfinches on the nearby Barnham Cross Common, according to a pager message) came the first Curlew of the year, plus a real bonus in the form of a 2nd-winter Great Black-backed Gull on one of the lakes (both OTL courtesy of Chris Gregory).

Lodgers, read and weep: 91