SATURDAY 21st MARCH 2015

Liplje

Heronry Census - the heronry is located close to the main road 22, known by me as Heron Wood.

21 Grey Heron

12 birds sitting on nests with 6 mates near by. 3 on partially built nests and possibly 1 unoccupied.

THURSDAY 19th MARCH 2015

6°C, wind N/NW 19mph, partly cloudy with sunny intervals.
First Stonechat of the year.Migrating flock of wagtails feeding on new ploughed field.

Wood Pigeon

Green Woodpecker

4 Jay

HoodedCrow

2 Woodlark 1 singing

Marsh tit

9 Great tit

2 Blue tit

4 Robin singing

Stonechat

Blackbird singing

3 Song Thrush singing

2 Starling over N

Dunnock

11 White Wagtail

4 Yellowhammer 1 singing

Cirl Bunting singing

10 Chaffinch 1 singing

Goldfinch

6+ Tree Sparrow

WEDNESDAY 18th MARCH 2015

10°C, wind light variable, cloudy with sunny intervals

Harrier in same field as previous male Hen Harrier in January, one to watch ? Showed strong streaking on underside with creamy/yellowish background. Inner half of underwing noticeably darker. Upper wing not uniform with various grey brown areas. . Some orangey tones noticed on upper tail feathers. Flushed Pheasants a few times and possibly the Heron and Egret off the near by river.

Lapwings hanging about so worth a later visit to see if they are breeding.

Latković, Kolubara

Hen Harrier female / juv
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
5 Pheasant
Grey Heron
Great White Egret
2 Northern Lapwing
2 Magpie
2 Hooded Crow

SUNDAY 15th MARCH 2015

11°C, wind E S/E 13km/h, partly cloudy, mostly sunny,pressure 1029hPa and rising

Liplje - within a few hundred meters of home

Middle Spotted Woodpecker male
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Jay
Wood Lark singing
10 Great tit
2 Blue tit
2 Marsh tit
2 Nuthatch
Wren
2 Robin singing
7 Blackbird 1 singing
3 Song Thrush singing
Dunnock
2 yellowhammer
Cirl Bunting
14 Chaffinch 1 singing
4 Tree Sparrow

17:55 -

6 Fieldfare over N

SATURDAY 14th MARCH 2015

3-6°C, wind light from SW, cloudy, pressure 1027hPa and rising

Fieldfares and starlings feeding on arable land with Greenfiches and Tree Sparrows near by.

Blackbirds still feeding on last of the ivy berries. Seems to be an important winter food which by the cutting down of just s few of the ivy covered trees could have a  significant effect on their winter survival numbers. The hawthorn does not seem to carry fruit into the winter as it does in Blighty nor are there any ornamentals for them to feed on such as pyracantha, holly, sorbus sp. ect.
Probably my best flock of Greenfiches so far.
Pheasants in seperate male and female groups.

Liplje
10 Pheasant 3 male & 7 female
60 Starling
25 Fieldfare
7 Blackbird 
26 Greenfinch
Cirl bunting male
4 Chaffinch
30 Tree Sparrow
3 Goldfinch

22:10

5+  Common Crane 

Flew over calling  in two flocks of 3+ and 2  close to house, heading North.
Fantastic evocative call all the more magical for echoing around our hilltop on a misty night ! 
I attempted to mimic their call and  possibly with some success especially with the first flock which appeared to get closer and linger a little. 

SATURDAY 7th MARCH 2015

Overcast, sleet, rain, cold

Liplje

15 Fieldfare over SE
2 Mistle Thrush
24 Great tit
25 Tree Sparrow

FRIDAY 6th MARCH 2015

0-3°C, wind N light, overcsst dull snowing and light covering, pressure 1027 hPa and falling

Liplje Sumadija Serbia
Return of the snow this morning and the finches with it.


Sparrowhawk
2 Grest potted Woodpecker
2 Middle Spotted Woodpecker
2 Nuthatch
2 marsh tit
20 Great tit
2 Blue tit
Robin
8 Yellowhammer
7 Chaffinch 3 female
2 Tree Sparrow
2 Cirl Bunting
Goldfinch
Jay

WEDNESDAY 4th MARCH 2015

0-12°C, wind S/SE 8-12 mph, mostly clear sunny, pressure 1025 hPa and falling

Liplje

New one for the Walnut list, Collard Dove this morning.
Appeares we have a pair each of Great and Middle Spotted Woody's visiting regularly to feed on pig fat put out for them.

MONDAY 2nd MARCH 2015

5-14°C, wind light from SW, light cloud clearing, sunny, pressure 1014 hPa and falling

Identified the "song" of the Middle Spot today though believe I may of heard it last week and passed it off as one of the many Jay calls and of course it may have been mimicked by this clever corvid.
 Again heard the Short-toed Treecreeper song and call but unable to identify which of the two Treecreepers it may have been. 
7 Fieldfare over North yesterday.
Pleased to see pair of Tree Sparrows investigating my nest box along with 2 Great tits at the same box at Raspberry plantation.

Liplje at home 6:30 am

Middle Spotted Woodpecker male singing
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker female & male drumming
Green Woodpecker singing
3 Fieldfare over N
2 Song Thrush singing
Blackbird singing
2 Great tit singing
2 Cirl Bunting male & female
Yellowhammer singing

07:45 - 09:30
Circuit 1

Green Woodpecker singing
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Sparrowhawk
4 Skylark over N
26 Fieldfare over E
Mistle Thrush
White Wagtail flyover
4 Great tit 1 singing
2 Blue tit
2 Long tailed tit agitated
Wood pigeon display flight
3 Jay
Jackdaw
2 Feral pigeon
2 Collard Dove
Robin singing
Wren
Cirl Bunting male singing
Yellowhammer
Hawfinch female
3 Brambling
Chaffinch male singing
6 Tree Sparrow
7 House Sparrow