22nd March 2009

7.25am -11am

(Gullwatch - Centre - Piliinge)

Highlights:

Chiffchaffs - Again plenty singing around Country Park

Shoulder Stripe (Moth) - at parent's house on edge of MVCP, apparently an unusual colour form

Bull Rush - Marston Corner

Song Thrush - Sewage Works

Shoulder Stripe Moth Chiffchaff - One of several singing around the Country Park
Canada Goose - by Cafe

(MVCP Year-list - still 72)

21st March 2009

6am - 6pm

(Gullwatch - Visitor's Centre- Pillinge-Stewartby Lake - Pillinge - Millbrook Station - Jubilee Cottages)

Highlights:

Cetti's Warbler - Seen (at last!) on Wetland 3

Wheatear - male, first seen between centre and Long Meadow, then on field in front of cafe

Lesser Redpoll - Found by Neil Wright at back of field in front of cafe

2 Bullfinch - Marston Corner, 1 Wetland 3 hide

Chiffchaffs - c.20 calling all around Country Park

Snipe- 1 on pool in front near cafe about 8am, 2 on flooded area behind Wetland 9

Redshank - 4 on flooded area behind Wetland 9

Daubenton's Bat - flying over water in front of Wetland 3 hide (3-4pm)

Skylark - Several song-flighting near Long Meadow

Buzzard & Sparrowhawk - Pillinge

Male Wheatear - Near Visitor's Centre
Lesser Redpoll - Back of field in front of Cafe
Daubenton's Bat - Wetland 3 hide

Bullfinch - Wetland 3 hide
Mallards - Near Visitor's Centre Woodpigeon - Wetland 3 Hide

Pheasant - Near Millbrook Station

Hawthorn blossom

Sunrise- Gullwatch

(MVCP Yearlist -72 (Wheatear added)

1st March 2009

10.10am - 3.20pm
Highlights:
3 Common Scoter - Found by Roy Nye on Stewartby Lake
Adult Mediterranean Gull - Long Meadow
34 Wigeon - Pillinge
Lesser Redpoll - Pillinge (1 seen well perched in a bush, 6-7 others seen in flight only)

Common Scoter -Stewartby Lake
Wigeon - Pillinge

MVCP Year-List 71 (Common Scoter added)