Wildlife records 2025

No frost, overnight rain, mainly overcast, breezy, max 15C, wind W BF 2-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) big oak, shed area, pines. Greenfinch song pines or laurel hedge. Yellowhammer (male) WRR.

Amber list: LBBG (3) southwards. Song thrush song spinney. WP main pond trees. Stock dove (2) ash3 tree. House martin round shed and HH. Wren song shed area.

Robin song shed shrubs area. Jackdaw (4) big oak. BT still feeding at A1065 nest. BT adult foraging patio. Collared dove song HH. Muntjac (male) near patio border. Goldfinch (2) laurel hedge opposite HH. Blackbird song pines. Blackbird males a) pines; b) laurel hedge and box area (simreg).

No frost, overnight rain, blustery, max 18C, wind W BF 2-5.

Red list: Greenfinch out of laurel hedge. Greenfinch (2) big oak area. Swift (2) over WBH / WRR grazing. Cuckoo song Church Lane / WRR junction area or Carr Stream. Mistle thrush transit to spinney.

Amber list: WP (2) foraging on shed concrete. HM (4+) foraging over A1065 cypresses in lee of spinney. Rook (4+, prob) over Church Lane heading west. LBBG (2YO / 3YO) northwards. BHG (adult) south. Song thrush song spinney cypresses. Bullfinch (male, female) patio border. Kestrel meadow area. WP (3) Top Blackthorn. Whitethroat song MNW (maples). Mallard (male) along Carr Stream.

Reed warbler song a) main pond, near weeping willow; b) 10m east of MSW hawthorn; c) MNW pond.

Robin song shed shrubs area. Jackdaw (4) big oak. Blackbird pines and main pond trees. Blackbird (male) shed roof and ash3 tree. Collared dove (3) round shed etc. BT feeding at A1065 nest. Swallow over shed area. Red kite over Church Lane nesting area. GT song pines. Red kite with small prey (perhaps juv BT) over big oak area, feeding on wing. Goldfinch big oak. Magpie meadow area. Pied wagtail transit Silver Service / grazing areas. Chiffchaff song, robin song MNW (maples). Green woodpecker across shed area. Blackcap song main pond trees. Muntjac (male) near patio border.

Egret sp over Carr Stream, went off northwards. [Grey heron with cattle west of WRR.] Feral pigeons (or racing pigeons) (7+) heading SE. Grey heron along Carr Stream.

No frost, overnight rain, blustery, max 20C, wind W BF 2-5.

Red list: Linnet (2) WRR. Swift (2+) over A1065 ashwoods, spinney etc.

Amber list: Whitethroat song MSE. WP outof pines. Dunnock song MSE blackthorn. Kestrel (male) hovering over plot in various places, [also west of WRR]. Stock dove (2) shed roof. Grey heron north over Horseshoe Plantation.

Reed warbler song a) 10 m east of MSW hawthorn; b) MNW pond (near track); c) Top Blackthorn (east end).

Jackdaw (2) big oak. Blackbird song shed roof. BT feeding at A1065 nest. BT with pale green caterpillar MSE, went towards MNE. Carrion crow (2) next to MNE. Red kite over Church Lane nest area. Buzzard over Horseshoe Plantation. Egyptian goose round plot and WRR area then off eastwards.

Many slim long-legged flies on small-leaved lime MSE. Four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata (2, aggro) active on new narrow pond near hawthorn (MSW, MNW), with azure damselfly (4+), large red damselfly. Azure damselfly (3+ pairs), large red damselfly (1+ pair) in main pond south end.

Mole foraging in mud on edge of MNW pond, just above water surface (digging feet and pink nose visible).

No frost, light rain around sunrise, max 22C, wind W or SW BF 1-3.

Red list: Cuckoo song ash3 tree 0550 BST. Greenfinch (2+) laurel hedge area. Linnet (2) MNE (hawthorn) and Top Blackthorn. Yellowhammer (male) perched WRR cables. Swift over plot. Mistle thrush song Church Lane.

Amber list: Song thrush song spinney cypresses and shed area. WP across plot. WP (2) courtship ash3 tree. Reed bunting (male) Carr Stream MNW. Dunnock (3+) laurel hedge. Wren song MSE. Sparrowhawk (female) along WBH and over meadow.

Reed warbler song a) 8 m east of MSW hawthorn; b) 15 m north; c) MNW pond.

Jackdaw (2) at oak box. Blackbird pines. Chaffinch (2) across plot to Silver Service. Goldfinch ash3 tree. BT brood (6+ juvs) fledged from shed nest 0800 to 0900 BST. BT feeding at A1065 nest. GT (2) shed. Chiffchaff wary just north of main pond. Chiffchaff song Top Blackthorn. Chiffchaff MSE blackthorn. GT MSE poplar area. Red kite over plot and Church Lane. Swallow north of Carr Stream. Collared dove shed roof. Pied wagtail transit to / from Silver Service. Green woodpecker (male) on big oak and track near yew hedge. Goldcrest yews.

Muntjac (2) WBH track. Bombus pascuorum (2+), Empis tessellata (many) main pond.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 17C, wind NW BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch (male) big oak. Mistle thrush spinney. [Skylark song south of A1065 ashwoods.]

Amber list: Stock dove (2) display over main pond area. WP Top Blackthorn. Wren song yews. Song thrush song shed roof. HM (5+) over plot, Silver Service and A1065 ashwoods. Whitethroat (male) Top Blackthorn.

Four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata active in main pond south end. The fly Empis tessellata (Empididae “dancing flies”) on dogrose near meadow midline path. Peacock etc.

Blackbird song pines. Blackbird (male) ash3 tree. BT feeding at shed nest. BT feeding at A1065 nest. Robin song yews. Jackdaw (2) foraging WBH track. Jackdaw into shed north end. Collared dove across plot. Magpie (2) across plot. Goldfinch Silver Service plot. Chiffchaff ash3 tree. Chiffchaff foraging among pines. Chiffchaff Top Blackthorn. Buzzard (prob) meadow. Chaffinch over main pond area. Robin patio.

[Fakenham -- LBBG adult Holt Road, herring gull Bridge Street. Hempton -- starling (10+).]

No frost, showers after sunrise, sunny intervals later, max 14C, wind N BF 1-3(4).

Red list: Mistle thrush transit between spinney and WRR / MNW grazing. Common gull (2) northwards. Greenfinch (4, including 2 males) on big oak and over Silver Service -- possible courtship feeding. Linnet (2) up out of bramble MNE. Swift (2) over plot.

Amber list: Song thrush song shed area. WP (7+) in various places (ash2 tree, ash3 tree, Top Blackthorn, shed roof). Stock dove (2) shed roof. Dunnock (3) courtship, dunnock (imm) laurel hedge. Grey heron along Carr Stream. Dunnock MSE blackthorn. HM (3+) over plot.

Reed warbler song a) MSW / MNW (near hawthorn); b) MNW just south of pond; c) Top Blackthorn; d) main pond.

Jackdaw (big oak, ash3 tree, ash2 tree). Blackbird ash3 tree. BT feeding at shed nest. BT feeding at A1065 nest. Swallow over shed area. Goldfinch laurel hedge blackthorn. Robin song HH. Jay approaching nest area in spinney. BT MSE.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 14C, wind N BF 1-3(4).

Red list: Mistle thrush (imm) on ash3 tree. Mistle thrush transit between spinney and area NE of plot. Greenfinch songflight over main pond area.

Amber list: WP big oak. Song thrush (2) pines area. Song thrush song shed roof. Some evidence of HM nestboxes being partially occupied. Kestrel over plot. Wren song shed area. Rook southwards. Moorhen call main pond. Oystercatcher eastwards.

BT feeding at shed nest. BT feeding at A1065 nest. Jackdaw feeding at willow box. Jackdaw (4) weeping willow. Swallow over plot. Red kite (2) mobbing buzzard over Church Lane. Pied wagtail transit flights to / from Silver Service. Reed warbler song main pond near weeping willow. Collared dove (3) round plot and Silver Service.

Peacock (butterfly) shed concrete. Orangetip. Noon fly laurels.

No frost, sunny intervals, warmer, max 17C, wind N BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch (2 males) big oak and Silver Service plot. Mistle thrush (2) transit between spinney and area NE of plot. Cuckoo song MSW or MNW. Swift (3+) over meadow etc.

Amber list: WP (2) Top Blackthorn. Kestrel over plot. Dunnock song laurel hedge. House martin (5+) over plot and Silver Service. House martin (15+) over A1065 ashwoods in evening. Song thrush (2) pines area. Song thrush song shed area. Reed bunting (female) dropping into reeds MSW 10m from midline path.

Reed warbler song main pond (middle). Reed warbler song MNW.

BT feeding at shed nest. BT feeding at A1065 nest. Jackdaw shed area. Swallow (3) over main pond and Silver Service. Swallow entering shed south end repeatedly. Blackcap song a) spinney; b) WBH, simreg. Red kite over spinney and plot. Buzzard circling over plot. GT song WBH or big oak. Goldfinch (2) big oak. Jay across plot towards Silver Service. Pied wagtail transit flights to / from Silver Service.

Hornet investigating shed south end.

No frost, mainly sunny, warmer, max 17C, wind E or NE BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch round shed and laurel hedge. Mistle thrush transit between spinney nest and area NE of plot. Swift (2) over South Raynham near WRR / A1065 junction. Starling (2+) along WRR. Linnet song on WRR nestbox tree. Greenfinch (2) WRR. Yellowhammer (male) perched WRR.

Amber list: WP WBH. Reed bunting song MNW or Top Blackthorn area. Kestrel (male) over plot. Dunnock (2) MSE. House martin (5+) over South Raynham village. Song thrush song main pond trees.

BT feeding at shed nest. BT feeding at A1065 nest. Jackdaw shed roof. Swallow (2) over plot. Blackcap song WBH and main pond trees. Chiffchaff song Top Blackthorn. Goldfinch pines. Goldcrest spinney cypresses and big oak. Blackbird MNW. Egyptian goose (2) Church Lane area.

No frost, some sunny intervals, max 15C, wind N or NW BF 1.3.

[At Foxley Wood with Norfolk Conservation Corps for track maintenance (clearing fallen brash) -- chiffchaff song, willow warbler song, garden warbler song (3+ singers), blackcap song, blackbird, buzzard, BT, GT song, stock dove song, WP, GSW. Early purple orchids in block D. Cardinal beetles, Bombus pratorum, B. pascuorum, speckled wood, GVW.]

[Whissonsett churchyard area -- swift (4+), WP (20), greenfinch, starlings with juvs (5+). Between Whissonsett and PTC -- skylark song (4+), whitethroat song, chaffinch song, lapwing, brown hare. Brisley -- starling (5+). Billingford -- many Ephemera danica mayflies over B1145 road.]

No frost, mainly overcast, some sunny intervals, cloud off North Sea, cool, max 14C, wind N or NW BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch (2 males) round shed and laurel hedge, some aggro. Mistle thrush on grazing near Carr Stream. Mistle thrush carrying food to spinney nest from NE of plot. Mistle thrush song main pond area in evening. Mistle thrush mobbed buzzard near MSW and at Top Blackthorn. Swift (2) over Church Lane. Cuckoo song over main pond and WBH (in flight).

Amber list: WP WRR. WP big oak. Reed bunting song Top Blackthorn (west edge). Kestrel (male) attacking prey next to laurel hedge but missing. Wren song, dunnock song main pond laurels. Stock dove (2) main pond area. House martin (7+) over plot.

BT feeding at shed nest. BT feeding at A1065 nest. GT big oak. Jackdaw on shed concrete. Swallow over plot. Blackcap song a) spinney cypress area; b) main pond trees (simreg). Chiffchaff song main pond trees. Goldfinch shed area.

Broad-bodied chaser (male) Libellula depressa main pond. Hornet shed south end.

No frost, mainly overcast, some sunny intervals, cloud off North Sea, cool, max 14C, wind N BF 1-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (4) in shed area. Greenfinch songflight main pond area. Cuckoo song NE of plot 0800 BST approx.

Amber list: WP, stock dove (2), song thrush song Top Blackthorn. Kestrel (male) hovering over spinney.

Barn owl (prob) along WRR (brief, distant).

Carrion crow Top Blackthorn. BT feeding at shed nest. BT feeding at A1065 nest. Jackdaw (2) Church Lane. Jackdaw on shed roof. Collared dove (2+) round plot. Swallow (3) over plot and spinney. Pied wagtail shed roof. Red kite Church Lane. Robin song next to shed.

No frost, some sunny intervals, cloud off North Sea later, max 15C, wind NE BF 1-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (male, female) with nest mat into laurel hedge by shed. Greenfinch (male, male, female) chasing in shed area. Cuckoo song meadow 0700 BST approx. Cuckoo song meadow 1900 BST approx, mobbed by jackdaws. Mistle thrush carrying food to nest in spinney.

Amber list: WP main pond area. Oystercatcher over plot.Wren song shed.

Reed warbler song main pond (near weeping willow). Reed warbler song MSW 10m west of midline “track”.

Jay (2) collecting nest mat from patio border for nest in spinney.

Blackbird ash3 tree. Blackbird (female) shed concrete. BT feeding at shed nest. Jackdaw (2) Church Lane. Jackdaw on shed roof. Collared dove (2+) round plot. Swallow (3) over plot and spinney. Pied wagtail shed roof. Red kite Church Lane.

No frost, sunny at first, cloud off North Sea later, max 15C, wind NE BF 1-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (male, male, female) round laurel hedge by shed. Cuckoo (2) song NE of plot at first, then 2 along hybrid poplars and west of plot. Cuckoo song meadow, mobbed on ash3 tree by jackdaws. Mistle thrush song Church Lane. Swift (2) over meadow.

Amber list: Dunnock song hornbeam or box area. Dunnock laurel hedge. Dunnock prob juv laurel hedge blackthorn. WP main pond area. Reed bunting TB and into reeds MNW. Oystercatcher over. House martin (2) over hybrid poplars. Moorhen call main pond. Moorhen in MNW pond. Song thrush song shed area. Wren song shed.

Reed warbler song main pond (near weeping willow). Reed warbler (2) aggro main pond in between spits. Reed warbler song MSW 10m west of midline “track”.

Blackbird male shed concrete. BT feeding at shed nest. GT feeding at pines nest. Goldfinch (3) shed roof. Jackdaw (2) at shed north end nest. Jackdaw (2) big oak. Jackdaw (2) ash3 tree. Collared dove (2+) round plot. Swallow (2) round shed and main pond. Swallow (3) over spinney. Red kite, buzzard over meadow and Church Lane. Blackbird shed roof and shed concrete. Blackbird (3 males, some aggro) shed roof at sunset. Robin song laurel hedge blackthorn. Coal tit pines. Goldcrest from yews area into Silver Service plot.

No frost, sunny, max 21C, wind E BF 0-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (male) laurel hedge blackthorn. Greenfinch song big oak. Greenfinch (male, male, female) by shed. SPOTTED FLYCATCHER on big oak, then off across Silver Service 0830 BST. Cuckoo song ash3 tree, mobbed by jackdaws. Mistle thrush carrying food towards spinney from north.

Amber list: Dunnock laurel hedge. WP patio / A1065. Reed bunting into reeds MSW near hawthorn. Oystercatcher over plot heading NW. Stock dove display main pond area. [Stock dove (8+) over Wensum.] Song thrush into yews.

Jay (2) collecting nest mat from patio border for nest in spinney.

Reed warbler song a) main pond (near weeping willow); b) MSW 10m SE of hawthorn. Reed warbler main pond SW corner.

Blackbird (2 males, aggro) patio area. Blackbird song Silver Service plot. BT feeding at shed nest. GT feeding at pines nest. GT feeding at goat willow box NW edge of main pond. Goldfinch (3) shed roof. Jackdaw (2) at shed north end nest. Magpie across main pond. Collared dove (2+) round plot. Swallow (2) round shed and main pond. Red kite, buzzard over Church Lane.

Large red damselfly (5+) on / near main pond.

[Swift (8+), HM (2+) over Fakenham town. Chub (25+) Wensum at end of Bridge Street. Willow warbler (6+ singers) Hempton Common.]

No frost, sunny, max 26C, wind E or SE BF 1-4.

Red list: Mistle thrush taking food to nest in spinney from direction of Horseshoe Plantation. Mistle thrush song ash3 tree. Linnet (2) WRR.

Amber list: WP (2) shed roof. Song thrush song WBH. Wren shed. Dunnock song shed roof. Bullfinch calls near shed. Reed bunting (male) foraging in maples MNW. Reed bunting song meadow. Kestrel (male, female) over meadow. House martin (2) over plot.

Jay (2) collecting nest mat from patio border for nest in spinney, mobbed by blackbird.

Jackdaw (2) big oak. GT feeding at pines box. BT feeding at a) shed nest, b) A1065 cypress nest. Blackbird ash3 tree. Pied wagtail shed roof. Goldfinch (2) shed area. Swallow (2+) main pond area. Buzzard call scratty hedge.

Reed warbler song MSW pond; b) hawthorn MSW; c) WBH. Blackcap song Top Blackthorn. BT (2) MNE. Blackbird song Top Blackthorn.

No frost, mainly sunny, max 23C, wind E BF 2-4.

[At Upgate Common with Norfolk Conservation Corps for birch control -- swallow (5+), red kite at Upgate village. Willow warbler song, garden warble song, blackcap song, buzzard (2+), sparrowhawk (male), jay, WP, mistle thrush taking food to nest near Deadman’s Hill, cuckoo song, GSW, green woodpecker, mallard. Violet ground beetle (Carabus violaceus, prob), green tiger beetles (5+), Pisaura mirabilis, wolf spiders, hornet, brimstone (10+, male and females), peacock, blue sp, leech (in boggy pool). Abundant webs of a funnel-web spider, perhaps Textrix denticulata Deadman’s Hill.]

Red list: Greenfinch (male, female) pines. Mistle thrush on shed concrete.

Amber list: Kestrel over HH.

[Brown hare (3+), skylark song, yellowhammer, linnet (2+) near PTC. Lesser whitethroat song hedge midway between Whissonsett and Horningtoft. Swift (6+), house martin (2+), sparrowhawk (male), WP (10+) near Whissonsett Church. Whitethroat song Whissonsett (road leading to Stanfield).]

[Harper’s Green -- TD song, moorhen pair with 5+ downy young, linnet (2+).]

No frost, sunny, max 21C, wind E BF 1-4.

Red list: Mistle thrush carrying food to spinney nest from grazing Horseshoe Plantation. Cuckoo (silent) across plot into A1065 ashwoods 0735 BST. Greenfinch song spinney or box.

Amber list: WP (2) shed roof. Song thrush shed concrete. Song thrush song big oak. Stock dove shed roof. Kestrel A1065 ashwoods 0600 BST. Grey heron along Carr Stream. Sparrowhawk (female?) through plot towards A1065, mobbed by mistle thrush etc. Wren song shed south end. Bullfinch calls near shed.

Jackdaw (2) shed roof. Jackdaw at ash3 box. GT feeding at pines box. BT feeding at a) shed nest, b) A1065 cypress nest. Blackbird ash3 tree. Pied wagtail shed roof. Goldfinch transit between laurel hedge (nest) and main pond area. Swallow (2) prospecting shed south end, 2 more around. Robin juv shed concrete (semi-independent, but still being fed by adult). Red kite mobbing buzzard over Church Lane.

Damselflies (large red and azure) main pond.

No frost, mainly sunny, max 18C, wind E BF 1-3.

Red list: Cuckoo song spinney and main pond area 1320 BST. Later, cuckoo song NE of plot (towards Wensum). Mistle thrush carrying food to spinney nest from grazing near MSE. Mistle thrush foraging on area near patio.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) shed roof. Stock dove patio and nearby. Song thrush main pond area. WP (3) shed roof. Kestrel (male) on WRR pole and circling over meadow. Reed bunting (male) a) Top Blackthorn (south edge), b) MSW. Reed bunting (female) in reeds MSW near midline. Grey heron over Church Lane. Mallard (male, female) main pond.

Jackdaw (2) shed roof. Blackbird on area near patio. BT feeding at a) shed nest, b) A1065 cypress nest. Robin shed area. Goldfinch (3+) round shed. Blackcap (male, female) round ash3, ash4 trees. Reed warbler song main pond south end. Acro calls MSW and top of main pond area. GT patio. Pied wagtail Silver Service plot. Chiffchaff song ash3, ash4 trees and hybrid poplars. Swallow (3) round shed, 2 prospecting in south end.

[Buzzard with other raptor over Wensum.]

No frost, overcast at first, quite cool, max 13C, wind NE BF 1-3.

Red list: Swift (2) Church Lane (first of year on/near plot). Greenfinch juv patio border. Mistle thrush carrying food to spinney nest from grazing near MSE.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) big oak. Stock dove on patio. Song thrush shed area. Wren shed. Oystercatcher call near plot. Kestrel (male) hovering over MSW and perched in Church Lane hybrid poplars. Sedge warbler subsong main pond north end. Moorhen call main pond. Reed bunting song Top Blackthorn (west end). Grey heron forgaging on grazing near MSE with cattle.

Jackdaw shed concrete. Blackbird (male-male) aggro shed concrete (both EUR 5s). Blackbird female taking nest mat to nest in yew hedge near box. BT feeding at a) shed nest, b) A1065 cypress nest. Robin shed. Goldfinch collecting spider web (probably Zygiella) nest mat from HH kitchen window. Blackcap song spinney. GT patio. Pied wagtail across plot to Silver Service. Chiffchaff foraging spinney next to yew hedge near WBH. Buzzard perched scratty hedge. Swallow over Carr Stream and grazing.

No frost, mainly overcast, quite cool, blustery, max 13C, wind NE BF 1-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (male) drinking at ornament by shed. Mistle thrush carrying food to spinney nest.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) shed area. WP (2) WRR. Song thrush on track by yew hedge. Wren shed. Bullfinch (male) patio Griselinia.

Jackdaw shed concrete. Blackbird (female) taking nest mat to nest in yew hedge near box. Blackbird (male) patio. near A1065 cypress nest. BT feeding at shed nest. Robin shed. Goldfinch (4) shed area. Swallow near spinney. Goldcrest pines.

[Dereham -- starling (2+) at Aldiss Park.]

[Whissonsett -- swift (1) over village. Greenfinch near church.]

[Whissonsett / PTC road -- oystercatcher, lapwing on weedy (fallow?) arable. Yellowhammer (male, female), linnet, whitethroat song near PTC.]

[Stanfield village -- house martin (2+).]

No frost, cloudy, quite cool, brief showers, max 12C, wind NE BF 1-4.

Red list: Mistle thrush alarm spinney and ash2 tree. Greenfinch song spinney cypresses.

Amber list: Wren song pines/shed. Song thrush by shed.

Barn owl flushed out of shed in afternoon, went off towards main pond trees.

Blackbird song MSW and ash3 tree. Chiffchaff song MSW / ash2 tree. Blackcap song WBH, pair in Salix trees by main pond. Collared dove across plot from Silver Service. Chaffinch song ash4 tree. Robin song shed area.

No frost, cloudy start, sunny intervals later, quite cool, blustery, max 13C, wind NE BF 2-5.

Red list:

Amber list: Stock dove shed concrete. Stock dove (4) round ash3 tree, some display. Stock dove Top Blackthorn. Kestrel (male) perched Church Lane. [Oystercatcher (3) over grazing west of WRR.] Moorhen call main pond. Whitethroat song MNE (approx). Wren song main pond.

Jackdaw shed roof (into shed north end). Carrion crow round plot. Blackcap song spinney. Blackbird (male, female) near A1065 cypress nest. Blackbird (2 juvs, full tails, apparently independent) on shed concrete. BT feeding at shed nest. Robin patio. Chiffchaff song ash2 tree. Chaffinch song ash4 tree or hybrid poplars.

No frost, mainly cloudy, light showers, some sunny intervals, cool, max 10C, wind NE BF 1-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (female) between pines and shed. Mistle thrush on shed concrete.

Amber list: Reed bunting (female) insect-hawking between pines and shed. Whitethroat song MNE. Oystercatcher call near plot. WP (2) courtship round shed area.

Jackdaw (4+) round shed and big oak. Blackcap song spinney. GT feeding at pines nestbox. Blackbird (male, female) shed concrete. Red kite over plot. Red kite circling over Church Lane nest area. Robin patio.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 15C, wind N or NE BF 1-2.

Red list: Mistle thrush foraging on WBH/WRR grazing. Mistle thrush across plot towards Horseshoe Plantation.

Amber list: Stock dove display main pond area. Sedge warbler song MNW (on small hornbeam). Bullfinch calls near HH.

Reed warbler song a) main pond, south end; b) just north of main pond in low reeds; c) MNW/MSW near hawthorn.

Barn owl flushed out of shed north end, went towards hybrid poplars.

Blackbird female with 2 juvs shed concrete. Blackbird (female) collecting more nest mat for A1065 cypress stump nest. Jackdaw (4+) round shed and big oak. Blackcap song spinney. GT feeding at pines nestbox. Robin patio. Robin A1065 cypress. Red kite over WBH/WRR grazing (after Friday’s rush mowing). Chaffinch song main pond area.

No frost, sunny intervals, dry, max 16C.

Red list: Mistle thrush foraging on WBH/WRR grazing, going to nest somewhere in spinney.

Amber list: Sedge warbler song a) MSW near midline; b) MSW near hawthorn, prob simreg. Reed bunting (male) on dead ash in MSW/WRR grazing. Reed bunting up from reeds MSW near hawthorn. Whitethroat song Top Blackthorn.

Reed warbler song MNW.

Blackbird female collecting nest mat from patio for nest in A1065 cypress stump. Green woodpecker call round plot. Swallow (3) across main pond area.

No frost, sunny intervals, dry, warm, max 26C.

Red list: Mistle thrush foraging on WBH/WRR grazing, transit to nest somewhere in spinney. Yellowhammer (male) on tree WRR (no song heard). Greenfinch into yews.

Amber list: Lesser whitethroat song WRR and on WBH. House martin (8) over plot, then eastwards. House martin over WBH/WRR grazing. Dunnock spinney and box. Oystercatcher SW over plot.

Reed warbler song main pond near weeping willow.

Chiffchaff song Top Blackthorn. Chiffchaff song WBH. Blackbird song ash2, ash3 tree. Blackbird (female) collecting nest mat from patio for nest in A1065 cypress stump. Green woodpecker round plot. GSW drumming Horseshoe Plantation. GT feeding at pines box.

Stoat in patio border 1950 BST.

No frost, sunny intervals, dry, warm, max 23C.

Red list: Greenfinch song plot and Silver Service plot.

Amber list: Mallard (4) along Carr Stream. Lesser whitethroat song WRR (south end of hedge). Stock dove ash4 tree, big oak. Bullfinch spinney. WP (2 + 1) courtship shed. Oystercatcher over plot. Dunnock song spinney and hornbeam.

Blackbird (male, female) round HH. Blackbird song pines. Blackcap song and alarms pines. Robin, goldfinch shed shrubs. Coal tit big oak. Blackcap song spinney. Jackdaw shed. Jackdaw into oak box. Red kite Church Lane.

No frost, sunny intervals, dry, warm, max 22C.

Red list: Greenfinch yews (prob nest). Linnet (3) across plot. Cuckoo song (distant, NE of plot).

Amber list: Bullfinch spinney. Sparrowhawk (female) over meadow, mobbed by pied wagtail (2). Grey heron NW over Horseshoe Plantation. Song thrush patio. Sedge warbler song MNW (near hawthorn). Whitethroat song MNE.

Barn owl over patio 2105 BST.

Jay round plot. Robin shed shrubs. Blackbird (male, female) patio and A1065 cypress stumps. Jackdaw (2) shed roof. Chiffchaff MSW foraging in reeds and hybrid poplars. GT Top Blackthorn. Reed warbler song main pond. Reed warbler (2) south edge of main pond. Blackcap song pines. Blackcap (male, female) near WBH / spinney boundary. Swallow (2) over WBH / WRR grazing.

No frost, max 21C.

Red list: Greenfinch song yews.

Amber list: Sedge warbler song MNW (on hornbeam). Dunnock song MSW. Whiethroat Top Blackthorn. Stock dove off nest in shed north end.

Stoat on patio 1900 BST.

Reed warbler song main pond. Chiffchaff song MSW. Blackbird (male, femael, male) patio and shed concrete. Collared dove (2) spinney cypresses. Red kite carrying prey north to Church Lane.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 16C.

[At Foxley Wood with Norfolk Conservation Corps for track maintenance (clearing fallen brash) -- chiffchaff song, willow warbler song, garden warbler song, blackcap song, blackbird song. Buzzard, LTT. Swallow over carpark. Early purple orchids in black D. Oxalis, wood anemone in block B.]

[Marsh harrier (all-dark, yellow cap) near PTC. Skylark song (3+) PTC. Whitethroat song east of Brisley. Starling (5+) Brisley. Starling (4), collared dove Whissonsett.]

No frost, max 12C.

Red list: Mistle thrush song CL.

Amber list: House martin over plot and Silver Service. Kestrel (female) WRR. Kestrel (male) hybrid poplars. Whitethroat song MNE / Top Blacthorn. Sedge warbler song 3 places in MSW, perhaps 2 singers. Mallard along Carr Stream. Oystercatcher northwards.

Green woodpecker call Church Lane. Chiffchaff song MNW. Chiffchaff song MNW. Blackcap song spinney near yew hedge. Red kite WRR and plot. Reed warbler song main pond.

No frost, max 14C.

Red list: Greenfinch (male) Church Lane to A1065 / WRR junction. Greenfinch St Martin’s church. Mistle thrush A1065 / WRR to CL. Mistle thrush song CL / WRR junction. Common gull Church Lane arable.

Amber list: Dunnock (2) shed concrete. Dunnock song, whitethroat song MSE. Dunnock (2) laurel hedge. Song thrush song shed and spinney. Stock dove St Martin’s church. Stock dove display main pond. Rook westwards. Whitethroat song MNW. Kestrel (female) west of WRR.

Chiffchaff song MNW. Blackbird (2 males) shed concrete. Blackbird (female) patio. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. Robin song CL poplars. Jay ash3 tree. Buzzrd scratty hedge. Carrion crow St Martin’s church. BT to A1065 box. Jackdaw shed. Blackcap (male, female) weeping willow. GSW ash3 tree. Red kite WRR / meadow. Reed warbler song main pond.

No frost, max 14C.

Red list: Greenfinch patio. Greenfinch WRR. Greenfinch (2) St Martin’s church. Starling (2) Church Lane / WRR junction.

Amber list: Reed bunting (male) WRR. LBBG (3+) southwards. Stock dove dislpay shed area. Whitethroat song MSW.

Chiffchaff (2) patio. Collared dove scratty hedge. Jackdaw (3+) St Martin’s church. Chiffchaff song WRR. Blackbird male WRR. Blackbird male Church Lane. Robin, chiffchaff patio. Pied wagtail St Martin’s church.Blackbird (male) shed roof.

Barn owl shed area 1000 BST.

Roe deer (male) east of St Martin’s church.

No frost, max 16C.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) pines. Greenfinch song flight. Linnet song MNW. Mistle thrush song veteran ash in scratty hedge. Starling (2) Church Lane / WRR junction.

Amber list: Oystercatcher display southwards from Church Lane. Whitethroat song Top Blackthorn. Song thrush into Silver Service. Bullfinch (male) yew hedge. Reed bunting (pair) Top Blackthorn and MSW. Wren song, dunnock song MSW. Wren song shed.

Collared dove scratty hedge and Church Lane. Robin, chiffchaff patio. Pied wagtail (2) shed concrete. GT (2) ash2 tree area. Blackbird (2) MNW. Chiffchaff song MNW. Blackcap song main pond and WBH / spinney. Reed warbler song main pond. Red kite round Church Lane nest area.

No frost, cloudy start, quite cool, max 13C, wind E or SE BF 0-1.

Red list: Greenfinch (2 males) patio area. Linnet song WBH sea buckthorn area. Starling (2) WRR / Church Lane junction. Mistle thrush song veteran ash in scratty hedge. Mistle thrush across towards Wensum from Church Lane. Mistle thrush on grazing between WBH and WRR.

Amber list: Stock dove song St Martin’s Church. Song thrush spinney. Oystercatcher over plot northwards and southwards (alone), apparent display flight. Whitethroat song MSW (and MSE area). Mallard (male) up from Carr Stream near Top Blackthorn. LBBG (5 + 5 + 2) SE over plot area (long-calling). BHG foraging over Church Lane arable. Kestrel (female) WRR pole.

Jackdaw (4+), carrion crow (2) on arable north of St Martin’s Church. Chiffchaff alarm MNW. GT song spinney. GT Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (male) Carr Stream near Top Blackthorn. Pied wagtail scratty hedge area. Buzzard scratty hedge. Green woodpecker call near plot. Blackcap song spinney. Egyptian goose (4) near east end of Church Lane.

No frost, sunny intervals after cloudy start, quite cool, max 13C, wind E BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch calls yews. Greenfinch songflight over shed area. Greenfinch in village by A1065. Linnet (2) WRR hedge. Linnet up out of WBH. Starling a) near A1065 / WRR junction, b) 1 or 2 along WRR. Mistle thrush song poplars near WRR / Church Lane junction.

Amber list: WP (2) courtship A1065 cypress stumps. Stock dove song shed. Song thrush patio. Oystercatcher over plot northwards (alone). Reed bunting (male) on rose by Top Blackthorn. Sedge warbler song near / in Top Blackthorn. Whitethroat song MSE (first of year). Moorhen Carr Stream. LBBG (5) SE over plot (long-calling). BHG foraging over Church Lane arable.

RING OUZEL (3) on ground by scratty hedge, then in ivy todd, then on big ash in scratty hedge TF881242. Eventually left towards the north-east. Dusky coloration, darkish bellies, grey-brown upperparts. Flight fieldf*re-like. Call not unlike fledging blackbird.

Jackdaw (5+) on grazing between WBH and WRR. Jackdaw prob feeding at oak box now. Jackdaw Church Lane. Robin shed shrubs. Chiffchaff song Top Blackthorn. Collared dove song / display Top Blackthorn. Pied wagtail (2) Church Lane towards meadow. GT song shed area. Blackbird (2+) scratty hedge. Little egret near WRR / Church Lane junction. Buzzard (2) over Church Lane. Green woodpecker call Horseshoe Plantation / meadow region. GSW drumming A1065 ashwoods.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 13C, wind E BF 1-2.

Red list: Mistle thrush song Church Lane. Mistle thrush ash3 tree towards Horseshoe Plantation. Greenfinch (2) main pond trees with nest mat.

Amber list: Song thrush a) shed concrete, b) patio, c) shed roof. Oystercatcher (2) kleep-calling over plot northwards, then southwards (transit between arable to south of A1065 and near Church Lane). Reed bunting Top Blackthorn. Sedge warbler song Top Blackthorn (vicinity). Kestrel (male) Top Blackthorn to WRR pole.

Reed warbler song main pond.

Jackdaw (2+) shed concrete. Robin patio. Buzzard, red kite Church Lane. Blackcap song hybrid poplars / main pond. Blackbird (male) patio. Egyptian goose (2) west along Carr Stream. BT Top Blackthorn.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 16C, wind E or SE BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (3) patio. Greenfinch (male, female) collecting nest mat shed concrete.

Amber list: Song thrush patio and A1065 cypress area. Moorhen call main pond. Sedge warbler main pond. Dunnock shed concrete. House martin (4+) over plot and Silver Service plot. Wren song pines.

Reed warbler song main pond.

Red kite Church Lane. GT song shed area. Blackcap song pines. Jackdaw out of oak box. Blackbird male-male aggro shed concrete. Blackbird patio. BT HH windows.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 15C, wind E or SE BF 1-2.

Red list: Linnet WBH. Mistle thrush song Church Lane / WRR junction. Mistle thrush on WBH / WRR grazing. Greenfinch (female) shed shrubs.

Amber list: Reed bunting (male) rose by Top Blackthorn track. Dunnock song MSE. Dunnock (3) courtship laurel hedge. Moorhen call main pond. Oystercatcher call over plot. Oystercatcher (2) north over plot.

Chiffchaff song / alarm MNW. Red kite Church Lane. GT song shed area. BT (2) MNE.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 14C.

Red list: Greenfinch (male, female) with nest mat main pond laurels. Common gull (3+) SE over plot.

Amber list: LBBG, BHG SE over plot. Sedge warbler song main pond. Oystercatcher (2) north over plot. Kestrel scratty hedge. Sparrowhawk NW over plot. Song thrush patio.

Chiffchaff pair MNW. Red kite over spruce area Church Lane. BT (2) patio. BT (2) Top Blackthorn. Blackbird patio.

Roe deer prints MNW track (or poss CWD).

No frost, rain early on, sunny intervals later, max 11C, wind N or NE BF 1-2.

Red list: Mistle thrush (2) hybrid poplars to spinney. Mistle thrush song Church Lane / WRR junction area. Greenfinch songflight over main pond / WBH. Linnet in WBH sea buckthorn.

Amber list: House martin (4) over WBH / main pond / spinney area. House martin (2) over Wensum. Mallard (male) Carr Stream. WP (11) beech. WP (3) shed. Oystercatcher (2) north over plot. Song thrush patio. Song thrush ash2 tree. Bullfinch (male, female) patio. Moorhen call main pond.

Chiffchaff song, alarm MNE. Blackbird (male, male, female) shed concrete. Blackbird alarm WBH. Blackcap song main pond laurels. Jackdaw (6+) near shed. Jackdaw (2) out of owl box. Jackdaw (2) ash3 box. Jackdaw shed concrete. BT (2) HH. GT hybrid poplars. Egyptian goose (2) south. Nuthatch Church Lane.

Max 14C.

Red list: Mistle thrush song Church Lane / WRR junction area.

Amber list: Kestrel (female) scratty hedge and meadow. Dunnock patio. Song thrush patio / A1065 cypress area. Bullfinch Top Blackthorn. Bullfinch spinney blackthorn.

Chiffchaff (2) alarm MNE. GT (2), BT (2) MSE. Blackcap song spinney. Blackbird (male, female), robin patio / A1065 cypress area. Jackdaw (2) ash3 tree. GT song shed.

Large red damselfly, holly blue, orangetip.

Sunny intervals, max 15C.

Red list: Mistle thrush song Church Lane / WRR junction area.

Amber list: Stock dove off nest in north end of shed.

Green woodpecker on grazing north of Carr Stream.

Sunny intervals, max 15C.

Amber list: Dunnock, song thrush (patio) round plot.

Unidentified harrier across plot from east, over main pond area, then circled up west and across WRR. ‘Ring-tail’ type, flight very light (floaty), rather small, slow wing-beats, wings quite pointed in level flight, pale overall, pale greyish brown upperparts, (smalll) white rump. Perhaps pallid or Montagu’s. (No records of latter in recent days in Norfolk, wintering pallid also not recorded at Warham for a while).

GT song patio.

Light frost, mainly sunny, some fair-weather cloud, max 20C, wind SE BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) patio. Greenfinch male-male aggro patio area.

Amber list: WP display scratty hedge / Horseshoe Plantation. Dunnock patio. Song thrush (1 or 2) patio. Oystercatcher (2) kleep-calling over or on Church Lane arable. Wren song shed. Stock dove hybrid poplars. Moorhen Carr Stream. Moorhen WBH track. Moorhen call main pond. Sparrowhawk (male) circling over Church Lane, meadow etc.

Jackdaw (2+) big oak. Jackdaw (2) out of owl box. Robin Top Blackthorn. Robin song yews. Chiffchaff song MSE. GT Top Blackthorn. GT song WBH track.

Light frost, mainly sunny, some fair-weather cloud, max 13C, wind E or NE BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) patio. Common gull (5+) over Church Lane arable. Linnet song Top Blackthorn.

Amber list: WP (4) round plot. Dunnock patio. Stock dove display main pond area. Oystercatcher (2) kleep-calling in transit from NE towards arable south of A1065. Wren song pines. Mallard (2) along Carr Stream.

Jackdaw (4+) aggro shed concrete. BT (3+) pines / shed. Robin song MSE blackthorn. Robin song yews. Chiffchaff song Top Blackthorn. GT (2) A05 and A13 poplars.

Poplars C02 (yellow, female catkins) and A05, A13 (male, red catkins) in flower. B21 (male, P. nigra) now almost over.

Comma, peacock round plot. Bombus lucorum queen by shed.

Light frost, mainly sunny, max 12C, wind E BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) patio. Common gull (10+) over Church Lane arable.

Amber list: WP (4) round plot. WP (2) A1065 cypress. Dunnock patio. Stock dove ash2 tree. Oystercatcher (2) kleep-calling in transit from SW towards Church Lane. Reed bunting (male) Top Blackthorn. Wren laurel hedge blackthorn. Song thrush shed shrubs and spinney. Mallard along Carr Stream [to west of WRR.]

Water rail call MNW 0920 BST.

Jackdaw (2) ash3 tree. Goldfinch (2) laurel hedge etc. BT pines / shed. Goldcrest (2) pines, then towards spinney. Grey heron over Church Lane. [Magpie west of WRR.]

No frost, sunny, max 13C, wind E BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch (2 males) aggro patio. Greenfinch songflight over main pond. Greenfinch song hybrid poplars. Common gull (5+) over Church Lane arable.

Amber list: WP shed area. Dunnock patio. Stock dove (2) across meadow. Oystercatcher (2) kleep-calling in transit from SW towards Church Lane. Moorhen call Top Blackthorn. Wren song shed area.

Blackcap song spinney (first record of year, quite late).

Green woodpecker across meadow towards WBH and grazing.

Jackdaw (2) shed concrete. Goldfinch (4+) laurel hedge etc. BT pines / shed. BT (2+) MSE goat willow. Blackbird (2, MR 5, Mr 5) male-male aggro shed concrete area. Chiffchaff song Top Blackthorn. Chiffchaff song main pond trees. Pied wagtail shed area. Red kite (2), buzzard (2) over meadow and Church Lane area.

No frost, mainly sunny, max 14C, wind NE BF 1-3(4).

Red list: Greenfinch song yews / box area. [Herring gull (10+) Holt Road Fakenham.]

Amber list: [Rook (15+) nests Hempton.]

[Willow warbler song birch scrub Hempton near Fakenham Garden Centre. Egyptian goose (2) A1065 midway between Toftrees and East Raynham.]

Pied wagtail (2) shed area and Silver Service plot.

No frost, mainly sunny, max 19C.

Red list: Greenfinch A1065 cypress stumps. Greenfinch (male, female) laurel hedge blackthorn.

Amber list: Oystercatcher (4+) kleep-calling over WRR, MNW, grazing etc. WP big oak. Kestrel Church Lane.

Chiffchaff song Top Blackthorn. BT, chaffinch (female) A1065 cypresses. Jackdaw (6) big oak and shed. Jackdaw with nest mat into shed.

No frost, mainly sunny, max 16C.

Red list: Greenfinch (female) collecting nest mat patio. Greenfinch song ash3 tree.

Amber list: WP (2) courtship A1065 cypress. Dunnock (3+) courtship laurel hedge area. Song thrush song Top Blackthorn at dusk. Moorhen Carr Stream. Snipe up from MSW ditch 1900 BST.

Water rail call Carr Stream 1900 BST.

Goldfinch (2) shed roof. GT song pines. Red kite Church Lane. Chiffchaff song a) ash3 tree, b) Top Blackthorn (simreg). Chiffchaff song WBH rowan. Buzzard spinney, WBH, meadow, scratty hedge etc. Carrion crow (2) round plot. Robin song pines. Pied wagtail shed concrete.

Grey heron Carr Stream 1000, 1047 BST (trailcam).

No frost, mainly sunny, max 14C.

Red list: Greenfinch (female) collecting nest mat patio, with male nearby. Greenfinch nestsite in yew hedge. Greenfinch (2 pairs) near HH. Greenfinch song ash3 tree. Linnet (3) Carr Stream area. Linnet song meadow. Fieldfare (10) scratty hedge. Mistle thrush near Horseshoe Plantation (east of meadow).

Amber list: WP (2) courtship A1065 cypress. Song thrush patio / beech area. Oystercatcher (6+) kleep-calling over WRR, MNW, grazing etc. Dunnock (3+) shed area. Dunnock in laurel hedge. Stock dove shed area. Rook eastwards. Reed bunting (male, female) near Carr Stream culvert bridge. Mallard (2 males) Carr Strea, 1809 BST.

Chaffinch St Martin’s. [Chaffinch north of Church Lane.] Red kite over meadow. Carrion crow (2) round plot. Chiffchaff on weeping willow. Goldfinch (2) into laurel hedge. GT big oak. Egyptian goose (4) over Church Lane. Grey heron along Carr Stream. Buzzard (2) over Horseshoe Plantation. BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Jackdaw (30+) hybrid poplars at dusk.

Unidentified fish near Carr Stream culvert bridge, dark, larger than trout seen 29/03.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 13C, wind E or SE BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch drinking from ornament near shed. Greenfinch (male) into yew hedge. Greenfinch (male) (male, female) in shed shrubs, perhaps collecting nest mat. Common gull (1, 2 etc) SW over plot.

Amber list: WP WRR. WP hornbeam square. Dunnock patio. Stock dove ash3 tree. Song thrush perched WRR pole. Song thrush pines to WBH. Moorhen call main pond. Wren song under ash3 or ash4. Oystercatcher (2) kleep-calling over WBH / WRR area.

Blackbird (2) scratty hedge. Blackbird (2, Mr 5, Mr 7) male-male aggro near yews. Blackbird (male) weeping willow. Jackdaw (2) big oak and nearby. Jackdaw (6) ownership contest willow box. Goldfinch HH. Goldfinch (2) pines. Goldfinch (2) prospecting / nestbuilding laurel hedge 2 metres north of HH. BT patio. Robin song shed shrubs. Robin (2) shed shrubs. Chiffchaff song transit between Top Blackthorn and hybrid poplars. Nuthatch trill song, also ‘whee, whee, ...’ call round plot. Chaffinch (male, female) shed area and Silver Service plot. Red kite Church Lane.

No (or very light) frost, sunny, max 13C, wind N BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch song HH area. Greenfinch big oak.

Amber list: WP main pond trees. WP ash2 tree. Oystercatcher (2) over plot. Wren song yews. Stock dove shed roof. Kestrel pair copulating Top Blackthorn 1600 BST approx. Mallard (3) round main pond. Moorhen call main pond.

Jackdaw with nest mat inside shed north end. Jackdaw (10) main pond trees, willow and big oak near sunset. BT (3+) shed entrance. Carrion crow east across plot. Grey heron eastwards over plot. [Grey heron south over Horseshoe Plantation.] Goldfinch foraging in pines (apparently on cones). GT song main pond trees. Robin song laurel hedge. Chiffchaff song main pond trees. Blackbird on ivy hedge. Blackbird hybrid poplars. BT patio. Red kite over WRR. Greylag goose (4) south over plot.

Brimstone (male) shed area. Caddisfly Agrypnia on HH kitchen wall.

No frost, sunny with thin cloud, max 15C, wind NW BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch song HH area.

Amber list: Snipe (2) up from sedge patch just west of MSW, dropped down again 100 metres away. WP (10+) on grazing between WRR and WBH. Oystercatcher (2) over grazing between WRR and WBH. Dunnock song yews. Rook circling over plot with red kite.

Jackdaw (4+) in ownership contest beech box. BT (2) aggro on patio. Chiffchaff song spinney. Carrion crow (3) round plot. Red kite over meadow etc. GSW hybrid poplars.

Peacock(2), red admiral main pond. Buff-tailed bumblebee in various places round plot.

No frost, mainly sunny, max 14C, wind W or SW BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch song HH area. Greenfinch (2 males) brief aggro near spinney and big oak. Fieldfare (9) in Horseshoe Plantation, on scratty hedge then leaving to SE. Linnet near St Martin’s Church. Greenfinch song St Martin’s Church.

Amber list: WP near patio. Song thrush patio. Oystercatcher call WRR area. Stock dove patio. Stock dove display spinney cypresses. Dunnock song yews.

Jackdaw (2) big oak box. Jackdaw (2) willow box. Jackdaw (2) ash3 box. BT display by A1065 cypress box. GT song shed area. Blackbird (male) patio. Robin patio. Chiffchaff song spinney. Pied wagtail, goldcrest big oak. Carrion crow (3) eastwards. Red kite over meadow etc. Coal tit pines.

Brown trout (20 cm approx) in Carr Stream immediately downstream of culvert under footpath TF881241.

No frost, light drizzle at first, sunny intervals later, max 13C, wind SW BF 0-2.

Red list: Marsh tit on rowan by WBH. Greenfinch (3) pines and spinney. Greenfinch song and songflight shed area. Common gull (20+) over plot.

Amber list: Rook E over plot. Redwing (7) into A1065 ashwoods. WP meadow. Dunnock patio. Rook E over plot. Kestrel circling WRR. Oystercatcher (4) kleep-calling over grazing between WRR and WBH.

Jackdaw (3) on shed concrete. BT (2), GT (2), blackbird (male), robin on patio. Blackbird song spinney. Red kite (2) over plot. Chiffchaff song main pond trees. Greylag goose (3) north over plot.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 14C, wind SW BF 0-2.

Red list: Greenfinch song and songflight shed area. Common gull (100+) SW over plot.

Amber list: Rook (2) south over plot. Redwing (7) into A1065 ashwoods. WP meadow. Dunnock song yews. Oystercatcher (2) kleep-calling over meadow and Church Lane ararble.

Jackdaw (5+) on ground by A1065 cypress stumps. Red kite over plot. Chiffchaff song main pond trees.

Very light frost, mainly sunny, max 15C, wind SW BF 0-2.

Red list: Common gull (10+) on Church Lane arable. Greenfinch (male) HH. Greenfinch songflight over shed area. Greenfinch song hybrid poplars. Mistle thrush perched Horseshoe Plantation.

Amber list: WP meadow. Song thrush near yew hedge. [WP west of WRR.] Dunnock song laurel hedge blackthorn. Dunnock (2) courtship Top Blackthorn. Dunnock song by Carr Stream. Dunnock Top Blackthorn to MSE. Stock dove (2) big oak. Rook (2) south over plot. Wren song (2) MNW.

Jackdaw (14) on big oak after arrival from roost. Jackdaw in/out at willow box. BT on / near big oak. Robin patio. GT song near HH. GT shed. Blackbird (male) by shed. Red kite over Church Lane and scratty hedge. Chiffchaff song a) spinney, b) Top Blackthorn. Carrion crow near Church Lane. GSW, nuthatch A1065 ashwoods.

Good patch of common frog spawn main pond (NW corner).

No frost, mainly overcast, max 13C, wind NE BF 0-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (3+) round shed area and pines, some songflight. Fieldfare (5+) Church Lane arable.

Amber list: Dunnock song Top Blackthorn. Song thrush (2) by shed and patio. WP, stock dove (2) shed roof. Reed bunting on dead tree next to MNW. Wren shed area. Redwing (10+) Church Lane arable. Rook south over plot. Sparrowhawk (prob, female) over plot towards Horseshoe Plantation. Oystercatcher (2) kleep-calling over meadow and grazing to west.

Chiffchaff song round plot.

Jackdaw (4+) under and on big oak. BT (4+), GT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn area. Red kite over Church Lane spruce. Buzzard (2) over meadow. Blackbird (2 males, Mr 7 and Mr 5) aggro by shed concrete. Chaffinch across meadow. Goldfinch big oak. Green woodpecker call Church Lane. Magpie scratty hedge. Jay spinney.

Cormorant (3) with shag (prob, noticeably smaller) east high over plot.

Buff-tailed bumblebees in various places round plot.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 11C, wind NE BF 1-2.

Red list: Common gull (30) with BHG (15) over Church Lane. Greenfinch (male, female) yews / patio, and big oak. Greenfinch songflight. Marsh tit ‘chu-chu..’ song/call big oak.

Amber list: Song thrush patio. Stock dove inside shed. Moorhen call main pond.

Chiffchaff song spinney, WBH, main pond trees.

Red kite (2) over Church Lane and plot. Buzzard (2) over plot. Carrion crow (3) across plot. Grey heron west, then east, along Carr Stream.

No frost, mainly sunny, max 12C, wind NE BF 1-2.

Red list: Common gull (20) with BHG (10) over Church Lane. Greenfinch song near shed. Linnet across plot towards WRR.

Amber list: Reed bunting Top Blackthorn.

Visit of Norfolk Conservation Corps for raking of reed-cuttings. Many thanks to the volunteers for their hard work!

Chiffchaff song spinney and round plot.

GT song spinney. Red kite (2) over Church Lane and meadow. Buzzard (2) over meadow. Chaffinch across meadow.

Small tortoiseshell meadow. Common frog calls from main pond.

Oystercatcher (2) kleep-calling over WRR and west side of meadow.

No frost, mainly sunny, max 17C, wind SE BF 1-2.

Red list: Common gull (15) Church Lane arable. Greenfinch (2 or 3) spinney cypresses. Mistle thrush (2) aggro on ground near Horseshoe Plantation. Linnet (2) west across plot towards WRR.

Amber list: BHG (60) south over plot. LBBG (imm) westwards. Stock dove (2) shed roof. Stock dove (2) scratty hedge. Kestrel circling over meadow. Snipe (2) up from sedge next to MSW. Oystercatcher (4, 2 pairs) kleep-calling round grazing west of plot. Redwing (5+) subsong chatter Horseshoe Plantation. Moorhen (2) main pond. Moorhen MNW pond. Dunnock laurel hedge blackthorn.

Chiffchaff song spinney and hybrid poplars.

GT song pines. Blackbird (male) shed concrete. Jackdaw (4+) big oak. Pied wagtail shed roof. BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Red kite (3), buzzard over Church Lane and meadow. Chaffinch across meadow. Goldfinch (2) shed area.

No frost, mainly sunny, max 14C, wind SE BF 1-2.

Red list: Common gull (5) with BHG (5) on Church Lane arable. Greenfinch songflight main pond area. LBBG (adult) east over plot.

Amber list: WP (2) main pond trees. Wren shed area. Oystercatcher (2) kleep-calling Church Lane. Kestrel perched WRR pole.

Chiffchaff song round plot.

Blackbird (male) patio. Blackbird (male) shed roof. Pied wagtail shed and shed concrete.

No (or very light) frost, sunny, max 18C, wind SE BF 1-2.

Red list: Common gull (20) with BHG (15) over Church Lane. Starling (18) east across plot. Greenfinch (male, female) yews / patio, and big oak. Greenfinch songflight. Marsh tit ‘chi-chi..’ song/call big oak. Linnet song hybrid poplars or weeping willow area.

Amber list: Dunnock (2) shed area. Dunnock song yews. Song thrush by shed. BHG over plot. WP, stock dove shed area. WP MSW. Moorhen call main pond. [Oystercatcher (2) kleep-calling west of WRR.]

Chiffchaff song spinney, WBH, main pond.

Jackdaw (4+) big oak. BT (2+) patio area. GT song near main pond. Red kite over Church Lane. Buzzard (3) over meadow. Blackbird (2 males) shed concrete. Blackbird song spinney. Chaffinch across meadow. Chaffinch (female) big oak.

Brimstone (male) shed concrete area.

[Roe deer (female) Mill Covert arable.]

Sharp frost, mainly sunny, max 16C, wind S BF 1-2.

Red list: Common gull (50), starling (5), fieldfare (5) on arable next to Church Lane. Starling (15) on hybrid poplars and MSW. Greenfinch (male, female) yews / patio, and big oak. Marsh tit ‘chi-chi..’ song/call MNW alders. Linnet (5) WRR. Linnet (3) song Top Blackthorn.

Amber list: Dunnock shed area. Song thrush song Top Blackthorn. BHG over plot. Reed bunting (female) Top Blackthorn. Reed bunting (2) MNW. Moorhen call main pond. WP (2) WRR. WP (2) shed roof courtship. Redwing (3+) Church Lane arable. Bullfinch call Top Blackthorn. Moorhen call main pond.

Treecreeper on A1065 cypress stump.

Chiffchaff song spinney.

Jackdaw (4+) big oak. BT (2+) laurel hedge blackthorn. GT song MSW / WBH. Coal tit (2) pines. Red kite over Church Lane. Buzzard (4) over Church Lane and Horseshoe Plantation.

Mining bees, comma near main pond.

Sharp frost, mainly sunny, max 9C, wind E BF 1-4.

Red list: Common gull (250), starling (120) on arable next to Church Lane (disc-harrowed today). Starlings on scratty hedge. Greenfinch songflight round plot. [Mistle thrush song Wensum woods.]

Amber list: Dunnock shed area. Song thrush song spinney. Song thrush song Top Blackthorn at dusk. Kestrel (female) WRR pole. BHG (20+) with common gulls. Reed bunting Top Blackthorn.

Barn owl along WBH track, also perched on pole by crabs 1830 BST.

Jackdaw (6+) shed concrete. Robin song pines. BT (2+) laurel hedge blackthorn. GT (2) MSE. Red kite (2) over meadow and WRR. Buzzard (4) over Church Lane and meadow. Greylag goose over plot.

[Linnet Hempton Common. Mallard (male) on pond East Raynham.]

No frost, overcast at first, sunny intervals later, max 9C, wind E BF 1-4.

Red list: Starling (5) west across plot. Common gull (250) with BHG (50) over Church Lane. Greenfinch (male) ash3 tree.

Amber list: Dunnock patio. Song thrush patio. Song thrush song spinney at dusk. Redwing (20+) SW across plot. Kestrel into hybrid poplars (twice). Sparrowhawk (2, prob both males) circling over Church Lane area, also prob female present. Dunnock laurel hedge blackthorn.

STOAT under big oak, mobbed by jackdaws.

Jackdaw (4+) main pond trees etc. Robin (2) shed concrete. BT (3+), GT laurel hedge blackthorn. Red kite over meadow and WRR. Buzzard across meadow.

No (over very light) frost, mainly overcast, max 9C.

Red list: Greenfinch song round plot. Fieldfare (25+) on arable next to Church Lane (just tilled). Herring gull (4, 1 adult + 3 imm) over plot.

Amber list: Dunnock (2) shed area.

Jackdaw (4+) main pond trees etc. GT patio area. Red kite over plot. Egyptian goose calls WRR or nearby. Grey heron along Carr Stream.

The Ides of March: a day for all tyrants to beware. Sharp frost, sunny intervals, max 9C.

Red list: Greenfinch song round plot. Fieldfare (25+) on arable next to Church Lane.

Amber list: Dunnock (2) shed area.

Jackdaw (4+) main pond trees etc. GT patio area. Red kite over plot.

Red list: Starling (9) near St Martin’s church, went west towards WRR. Fieldfare (10) east over plot. Linnet, greenfinch (2, some song) scratty hedge. Greenfinch song big oak.

Buzzard (2) scratty hedge.

No frost, sunny intervals and showers, max 7C, wind N BF 1-3.

Red list: Starling (20) east over plot. Starling (16) east over plot 1737 GMT. Linnet song ash near MNW. Greenfinch (male) near St Martin’s church. Herring gull adult round meadow near Carr Stream. Woodcock over grazing next to MNW. [Fieldfare (18) west of WRR.]

Amber list: Dunnock song a) MSE,b) east edge of meadow, c) Top Blackthorn, all simreg. Stock dove (5 total) round plot. BHG eastwards. Song thrush song a) Top Blackthorn, b) hybrid poplars. Redwing (5+) scratty hedge. Snipe (2+) round grazing next to MSW, MNW, possibly some brief drumming. Reed bunting (female) Top Blackthorn.

Jackdaw (4+) main pond trees etc. Robin shed concrete. Blackbird Carr Stream. Buzzard scratty hedge. Collared dove Silver Service plot. Red kite (2) Church Lane also heading SE over A1065. Grey heron west along Carr Stream at dusk.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 8C, wind N BF 2-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) into laurel hedge. Starling (30) east near plot. Starling (40) east near plot.

Amber list: [WP 50+) west of WRR, disturbed by accipiter.] Dunnock (2) patio. Kestrel circling over meadow. Stock dove (2) and jackdaw stuck inside shed, released.

Accipiter over plot from SE disturbed columbids, corvids, starlings etc, went NW, wingspan 25+ percent wider than jackdaw.

Chiffchaff call patio.

Jackdaw (40+) round plot, disturbed by accipiter. Jackdaw (6) ash3 tree. GT patio. GT song near shed. BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird (2 males as before) shed and shed concrete. Buzzard, red kite round plot. Red kite over shed. Collared dove Silver Service plot. [Magpie (2) west of WRR.] Cormorant (2) west over plot.

No frost, sunny intervals and showers, max 8C, wind N BF 2-4.

Red list: Greenfinch song yews, big oak etc. Greenfinch (2) out of laurel hedge. Linnet song (brief) MSW. Common gull (5, 10, 20, etc) over near plot. Starling (7) west over plot.

Amber list: WP (2) shed roof. WP (2) round meadow. Stock dove (3+) shed roof etc. Mallard (male) round main pond. [WP display near Mill Covert.] Song thrush, dunnock patio.

Jackdaw (4+) round big oak. Jackdaw (2) at beech box. Robin laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird shed. Buzzard (2) display over Church Lane. Treecreeper (1 or 2) on A1065 cypress stumps. Goldfinch (4) round main pond area. Green woodpecker call Church Lane. Red kite (3) over Church Lane, prob aggro between 2, display flights etc.

No frost, mainly overcast, max 13C, wind NE BF 0-2.

Red list: Greenfinch song spinney. Common gull (2, 5, etc) over plot. Fieldfare (15+) with redwing (45+) on arable next to Church Lane. Mistle thrush song St Martin’s churchyard.

Amber list: WP song shed roof. Kestrel mobbing buzzard near WRR. Moorhen main pond. Mallard (male) down on to Carr Stream in Horseshoe Plantation. Reed bunting song Top Blackthorn area. BHG (5, 10 etc) over plot. Stock dove (2) round shed.

Jackdaw (12+) round big oak, fierce fighting between 3 or 4 individuals. Jackdaw (2) at beech box. BT (4), robin laurel hedge blackthorn. Robin song HH area. Blackbird laurel hedge. Red kite over plot calling. Oystercatcher NW over Horseshoe Plantation. Robin song MNE. LTT main pond.

No frost, mainly sunny, max 17C, wind SE BF 0-2.

[At Alderford Common with Norfolk Conservation Corps for grassland management (scrub control to encourage grassland species) -- chiffchaff song (1 or 2), bullfinch, robin, buzzard (2+), jay, WP, LTT (3+), song thrush, grey heron. A few water boatmen, whirlygig beetles in pond by yew. Brimstone (male), small tortoiseshell, bumblebees (prob buff-tailed). No amphibians active yet.]

Red list: Greenfinch song (2) plot and Silver Service.

[Brown hare (2) skylark (3+) near PTC. Roe deer (1 male, 4 females) SW of NBW.]

No frost, mainly sunny, max 17C, wind SE BF 0-2.

Red list: Common gull (2, 5, 10 etc) south over plot. [Common gull, BHG (500+) on recently fertilized arable near Mill Covert.] Greenfinch (2) round laurel hedge. Greenfinch (male) big oak. Woodcock into spinney at dusk from west, gave sneeze call (‘twissick’).

Amber list: Stock dove (4) shed roof. WP shed roof and nearby. Song thrush patio. Song thrush song Top Blackthorn. Kestrel (male, female) perched Top Blackthorn. BHG (2, 5, 25 etc) southwards. Sparrowhawk (prob female) SE over Horseshoe Plantation. Dunnock shed concrete. Dunnock (2) on patio. Snipe (2) up from sedge area near MSW. Song thrush song a) Top Blackthorn, b) MSE hybrid poplars, c) spinney east end. Moorhen call main pond. Wren shed.

Water rail ‘kik-kik’ call MNW pond.

Jackdaw (2) at willow, oak nest boxes. GT patio. Blackbird male-male aggro shed concrete (same males as 07/03). Jay into yews or box. Coal tit big oak. Goldfinch pines. [Buzzard west of WRR.] Carrion crow (4) round hybrid poplars etc. Robin shed concrete. Buzzard round meadow. Red kite over Church Lane. LTT pines.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 15C, wind S BF 1-3.

Red list: Common gull (2, 5, 10 etc) south over plot. Common gull (100+), BHG (25+) insect-hawking over plot and nearby. Greenfinch (male) pines. Mistle thrush song A1065 ashwoods (or nearby), SW of plot.

Amber list: Stock dove (4) shed roof. WP shed roof, attempting to court stock dove. BHG (2, 5 etc) south over plot. Song thrush spinney and yew hedge area. Moorhen call main pond. Kestrel over meadow. Mallard (3) chasing over plot. Bullfinch into spinney.

Jackdaw (2) refurbishing at beech nest box. Jackdaw (4+) on ground near big oak. GT WBH. BT (2+) by shed. Blackbird male-male aggro shed concrete (1 male a EUR5, other perhaps older with good black flight-feathers). Collared dove (2) round plot and Silver Service. Carrion crow round plot, on hybrid poplars etc. Goldfinch (2) pines and shed area. Buzzard over plot. Red kite over plot and WRR. LBBG eastwards. Chaffinch (male) over meadow.

Sharp frost, sunny, max 15C, wind S BF 1-3.

Red list: Common gull (2, 5 etc) south over plot. Greenfinch (male, female) on big oak and nearby. Greenfinch song yews/box area. Greenfinch song WRR/Church Lane junction. Marsh tit (2) big oak, also calls (‘tsiff-tsiff..’). Mistle thrush across plot towards A1065 ashwoods.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) shed roof. WP shed roof etc. Dunnock shed concrete. Kestrel (female) WRR pole. BHG (2, 5 etc) south over plot. Reed bunting (male, female) on Salix trees by main pond. Song thrush song Top Blackthorn. Sparrowhawk (male) display over A1065 ashwoods. Moorhen call/alarm main pond.

Jackdaw (4+) on big oak. Jackdaw into oak box, willow box, beech box. BT (2+) by shed. Robin song shed. Blackbird (male) shed concrete. Red kite carrying nest mat SE over meadow, towards NBW. Red kite (2) perched on Norway spruce Church Lane, strong evidence of nest-building. Buzzard (2) perched scratty hedge. Robin song main pond trees (east side). Goldcrest pines and HH. Coal tit pines. Coal tit song spinney. Collared dove (2) round plot and Silver Service. Pied wagtail Silver Service plot. Chaffinch (male) over meadow. Magpie nest in tall deciduous tree Church Lane. GSW hybrid poplars. Jackdaw (30+) southwards at dusk.

First brimstone (male) round shed and patio. A few mining bees along MSW track (on alder and willow catkins).

[Roe deer (1 female with 2 juvs) by track leading to Mill Covert TF872243.]

Sharp frost, hazy sunshine, max 13C, wind SW BF 1-3.

Red list: Common gull (2, 5 etc) south over plot. Common gull (60+) south over plot with BHG (30+). Herring gull (adult) foraging on grazing near Carr Stream as in previous years. Greenfinch song spinney cypresses. Lapwing SW over plot. Linnet song MNE (approx location).

Amber list: Stock dove (3) courtship shed roof. Stock dove (2) propspecting in front end of shed. WP shed roof etc. Dunnock (2+) courtship laurel hedge. Kestrel (male) circling Church Lane. Sparrowhawk (male) NW over meadow, WRR, etc some display. BHG (1,2 etc) south over plot.

Jackdaw (4+) on big oak. Jackdaw into oak box, willow box, beech box. Jackdaw (15+) foraging on arable by Church Lane. GT, BT (2+) by shed. Coal tit on pines. Robin song pines. Blackbird (male) shed concrete. Red kite carrying nest mat SE over meadow, towards NBW. Redwing (10+) into Top Blackthorn near sunset.

Unidentified falcon SE over A1065.

OTTER recorded on trailcam on Carr Stream, well after sunset.

Sharp frost, sunny, max 12C, wind SW BF 0-2.

Red list: Linnet (2) song along scratty hedge towards MNW. Marsh tit across from Church Lane to MNE.

Amber list: Stock dove (3) courtship shed roof. Stock dove (2) propspecting in front end of shed. Song thrush song spinney. Song thrush MNE. Dunnock (3+) courtship laurel hedge. Bullfinch calls MSE blackthorn. Bullfinch calls spinney blackthorn. Kestrel (female) on WRR ash with owl box. Kestrel (male) round St Martin’s church(yard).

Barn owl over grazing near WBH and perched for many minutes on posts near WBH track 1727 to 1800 GMT.

Jackdaw (4+) on big oak. Jackdaw into oak box, willow box. GT, BT by shed. Coal tit (2) on pines. Robin song HH. Red kite over meadow. Buzzard over Church Lane.[Red kite (5+) over Wensum.] Blackbird shed area. Goldfinch (2) across meadow. BT (7+) east side of meadow.

Sharp frost, sunny, ice on ponds, max 11C, wind W BF 0-2.

Red list: Linnet song (aerial, brief) MNE. [Common gull (5, 10, etc) over arable west of WRR.] Common gull over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove round plot. Song thrush song a) spinney, b) Church Lane. Dunnock song yews. Dunnock (2) patio area and laurel hedge. Kestrel display over meadow. [Sparrowhawk (female) over Mill Covert.] BHG (12) westwards. Bullfinch (2) MNW and Top Blackthorn.

Barn owl foraging near WRR and west of WRR 1010 BST.

Jackdaw (8+) on ground near big oak. Jackdaw into oak box, willow box. Buzzard across meadow. Robin shed concrete. Muntjac MNW. Red kite down on to grazing near WBH to collect prey, taken to WRR pole. Red kite (3) circling over plot. Carrion crow (2) round plot.

Sharp frost, sunny intervals, max 9C, wind W BF 0-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) male-male clash Church Lane. Common gull (60+) north over plot area near sunset. Woodcock across plot towards WRR at dusk.

Amber list: Stock dove round plot. Song thrush song a) spinney, b) hybrid poplars. Dunnock shed concrete. Snipe (prob) round grazing near WBH. Reed bunting (male) song MSE rose and MNW (approx hornbeam). Kestrel (female) perched WRR cables. Bullfinch into spinney at dusk.

Jackdaw (8+) on ground near big oak. Jackdaw into oak box, willow box. Buzzard perched Top Blackthorn at dusk. Robin shed concrete. Muntjac MNW. Red kite carrying nest mat over plot towards SE. GT song.

Pied wagtail (8) across meadow to SW at sunset, not apparently into MSW reeds.

’Planetary parade’ -- Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury all easily viisble again. Crescent of Venus visible with x30 scope.

No frost, sunny intervals, max 8C, wind NE BF 0-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (male, female) on big oak. Greenfinch song on beech. Common gull (5, 10, etc) drifting SW over plot. Starling (65) east over plot at sunset.

Amber list: Stock dove (3) shed roof. Reed bunting song Top Blackthorn (east end). Song thrush song spinney. Dunnock song a) Top Blackthorn, b) MSE. Snipe up from grazing right next to WBH at dusk. Reed bunting (2) round grazing near WRR at dusk. Mallard (2) round meadow and nearby after sunset.

Barn owl foraging near to shed and WBH track, down on to ground, then later along edge of spinney nearby, 1730 GMT.

Jackdaw (31) main pond trees. GT pines. BT (2) meadow east edge. GT song MNE. Chaffinch (male) St Martin’s church. Red kite (2) over meadow and area. Buzzard (2) Horseshoe Plantation. Jay meadow. Magpie Top Blackthorn. Goldfinch (5) across plot. Blackbird song spinney before dawn. Robin shed concrete. Egyptian goose (2) south over plot near sunset. Carrion crow round plot. Muntjac MNW. Rabbit near scratty hedge.

Pied wagtail (10 + 3) across meadow to SE at sunset, not apparently into MSW reeds.

’Planetary parade’ -- Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury all easily viisble. Crescent of Venus clearly visible with x30 scope.

Light frost, sunny intervals at first, overcast later, max 8C, wind SW BF 0-3.

Red list: Starling (7) heading SW after sunrise. Common gull (5, 10, etc) drifting SW over plot. Greenfinch songflight over Silver Service plot.

Amber list: Stock dove (3) shed roof. WP round shed.

Jackdaw (4+) big oak. GT (2) patio. BT (4) laurel hedge blackthorn. Chaffinch song round plot. Collared dove (3) WRR. Little egret along Carr Stream.

No frost, overcast at first, sunny intervals later, max 10C, wind W BF 0-2.

Red list: Starling (25) heading SW after sunrise. [Starling (30) on trees near Wenusm with thrushes.] Common gull (5, 10, etc) drifting SW over plot, with some BHG. Mistle thrush song spinney. Greenfinch song main pond trees or WBH. Greenfinch (male) Church Lane. Poss hawf*nch with thrushes near scratty hedge (distant).

Amber list: Song thrush song a) WBH, b) A1065 ashwoods near Horseshoe Cottage. Dunnock song laurel hedge. Stock dove (3) shed area. WP (3+) round shed. Redwing (75+) round St Martin’s Church. Kestrel (female) perched WRR pole. Later kestrel (male, female) perched WRR pole, male also in hybrid poplars. Reed bunting across meadow. Wren song shed area.

BARN OWL (2) round plot and nearby grazing in sunlight, 1730 BST and later.

Jackdaw (4+) big oak. GT (2) main pond trees. Blackbird (2) hornbeam square etc. Blackbird song shed area at sunrise. Red kite over Church Lane, also perched Norway spruce. Unidentified goose (poss pinkfoot) over plot. Carrion crow round plot. Chaffinch (male) big oak. Collared dove Silver Service plot. GSW (2) Horseshoe Plantation. Magpie in high nest Church Lane. Buzzard (3) circling over plot.

No frost, overcast, max 12C, wind SW BF 1-3.

Red list: Starling (700, 70, 25) heading SW after sunrise. Common gull (1200+) westwards over plot around midday, with some BHG. Lapwing (14) westwards.

Amber list: Song thrush song spinney. Dunnock shed area. Stock dove main pond trees.

Jackdaw (4) big oak. GT (2), BT patio. Coal tit shed elder. Blackbird (4) hornbeam square etc. Red kite (3) over Church Lane. Little egret along Carr Stream.

No frost, overcast, max 11C, wind S or SW BF 2-5.

[At Swanton Novers with Norfolk Conservation Corps for faggot construction -- redwing (5), buzzard (2), red kite (2), brown hare, blackbird (4).]

Red list: [Starling (2000) southwards at East Raynham, 1745 BST. Starling (300), with fieldfare (5) on arable between Colkirk and Great Ryburgh 1725 BST, then southwards. Starling (40) Colkirk. Cetti’s warbler song Wensum near Great Ryburgh. Greenfinch song, house sparrow (10) Great Ryburgh. Linnet, yellowhammer (2, 5, etc), hen harrier (male) arable between Colkirk and Great Ryburgh. Mistle thrush song Stibbard.]

Amber list: Song thrush song spinney.

Red kite (2) Church Lane.

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No frost, overcast, max 12C, wind W or SW BF 1-2.

Red list: Marsh tit MNE and MSE. Starling (150 + 50) heading SW 0815 BST. Common gull (60) east near plot. Linnet call near Carr Stream. Lapwing (80) east over plot 1530 BST. Starling (60) NE over plot 1735 BST. Greenfinch song ash3 tree and WBH (left towards Top Blackthorn). Mistle thrush (prob) into hybrid poplars.

Amber list: Song thrush song a) spinney, b) scratty hedge. Song thrush in ditch under hybrid poplars. Moorhen call main pond. Dunnock song laurel hedge. Dunnock (4) courtship between shed and laurel hedge. Kestrel (male) perched WRR above owl box (jackdaws present). Stock dove shed roof.

Jackdaw (30) arriving from roost. Collared dove St Martin’s Church. Collared dove (2) round main pond area. BT Top Blackthorn, hybrid poplars etc. Robin song MNW. GT song Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (female) MNE. Blackbird song at dusk, near HH. GSW drumming Horseshoe Plantation. Redwing (4) scratty hedge. Carrion crow round plot. Jay MNE. Egyptian goose along Carr Stream. LTT (2) plot and Silver Service plot (perhaps building). Redwing (75) SW over plot 1100 BST approx. Redwing (30) circling round meadow at dusk. Redwing perched hybrid poplars. Greylag goose (2) SW over plot.

No frost, some sunny intervals, max 15C, wind SW BF 1-3.

Red list: Common gull (5, 10, etc) S over plot. Starling (15) SW over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove (4) shed roof, (attempted) copulation, courtship etc. Song thrush song spinney. Kestrel (male) big oak, hybrid poplars, WRR. Moorhen on Carr Stream, recorded on trailcam.

Robin shed shrubs. Pied wagtail Silver Service plot. GT song beech and box area. Jackdaw (8+) big oak etc. BT (3) laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird patio. Red kite round spruce by Church Lane.

No frost, mainly overcast, max 13C, wind SW BF 1-5.

Red list: Mistle thrush song WRR area.[Common gull (5+) Toftrees etc. Starling (10), rooks Fakenham.]

Amber list: Song thrush song spinney. Mallard (male, female) on Carr Stream (recorded on trailcam).

Blackbird song spinney.

No frost, mainly overcast, max 13C, wind SW BF 1-5.

Amber list: Stock dove (6) main pond trees etc. Dunnock song laurel hedge blackthorn.

Jay main pond trees. Jackdaw (21) main pond trees and hybrid poplars. BT (3) laurel hedge blackthorn. Robin shed shrubs. Red kite Church Lane and spinney. Buzzard Church Lane. Grey heron across WRR.

Light frost, sunny intervals, max 5C, wind SE BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch song yews or box in morning. Common gull (2+) over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove (3) shed roof. WP WRR. WP spinney cypresses. [WP (5) west of WRR.] Song thrush song 0630 BST spinney. Dunnock song laurel hedge. Dunnock (4) courtship laurel hedge. Bullfinch (male) eating buds on laurel hedge blackthorn. Wren in shed. BHG (2) southwards.

Jackdaw (19) main pond trees. Collared dove (3) round plot. BT (3) laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird (female) on shed concrete. GSW hybrid poplars. Robin on tractor in shed. Robin song a) MNE, b) near MNE (simreg), c) MSE. GT song Top Blackthorn. Red kite perching spruce by Church Lane. Goldfinch big oak. Goldfinch, jackdaw (3+) Horseshoe Plantation. [Buzzard (3) over Mill Covert.] Little egret along Carr Stream.

Sharp frost, sunny, max 4C, wind SE BF 0-2.

Red list: Marsh tit with tit flock round shed.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) shed roof. WP WRR. Song thrush song 0630 BST spinney.

GREAT WHITE EGRET (black feet, heavy flight) west over plot 0845 BST.

Jackdaw (8) shed roof. Robin shed concrete. Collared dove song near HH. Red kite (2) round spruce near Church Lane. Buzzard (2) display over same area. Cormorant heading E over plot.

No frost, some sunny intervals, dry, max 2C.

[At Holt Lowes with Norfolk Conservation Corps for birch control -- robin, carrion crow (3+), red kite (2 + 1), buzzard (3), sparrowhawk (male), kestrel (male). Gulls (prob herring and LBBG) starting to return to nesting places on industrial buildings in Hempstead Road.]

[Greenfinch song, mistle thrush song Stibbard.]

[Roe deer (7) near Little Ryburgh.]

[Between Great Ryburgh and Colkirk -- linnet (50+) in mixed finch flock (140), greenfinch also present, at dusk. Starling (400) heading north at dusk. Buzzard (2+) perch-hunting along same road.]

[Barney -- starling (40) collecting near sunset.]

[Buzzard perch-hunting next to A1065 near Wensum woods.]

No frost, overcast, max 4C, wind SE BF 0-2.

Red list: Common gull (5+) over / near plot.

Amber list: Stock dove, WP shed roof. Stock dove big oak. Song thrush song 0640 BST spinney. Dunnock (2) laurel hedge.

Jackdaw (40) hybrid poplars. Blackbird (female) chasing blackbird (male) off shed concrete. Robin (2) shed concrete. BT, GT inside shed. Goldfinch big oak. Buzzard over plot. Collared dove (3) round plot. [Magpie (2) west of WRR.]

Red kite (2) display and prob courtship behaviour Church Lane, carrying nest mat, with buzzard (2) in same area.

No frost, overcast, max 4C, wind NE BF 0-1.

Red list: Marsh tit on big oak with tit flock. Greenfinch song//calls main pond trees or Silver Service plot. Common gull (15) eastwards. Fieldfare (8), starling (7) and redwing into hybrid poplars.

Amber list: Stock dove (4) across meadow. Song thrush song 0640 BST spinney. Dunnock yews etc.

Jackdaw (2+) shed concrete. Blackbird main pond track. BT (4+), LTT (2), GT (male), chaffinch (female) big oak and shed area. Robin song shed and pines. Green woodpecker (male) on ash3 tree. GSW hybrid poplars. Buzzard (3), red kite over Church Lane and nearby.

No frost, overcast, max 4C, wind NE BF 0-1.

Red list: Common gull heading SW. Greenfinch (male) big oak.

Amber list: WP (55), stock dove (10+) on arable by Church Lane. WP on big oak. Song thrush song 0650 GMT spinney. Dunnock by shed and laurel hedge.

Jackdaw (8) big oak and main pond trees. Blackbird male-male aggro laurel hedge track. Mute swan south over plot. BT (3), GT, robin laurel hedge blackthorn. Chaffinch (male, female) pines. Green woodpecker call Church Lane.

[Roe deer (4) grazing on track near Mill Covert.]

Pied wagta*l (0) at roost.

No frost, overcast, some drizzle, max 5C, wind NE BF 0-2.

Red list: Starling (100+) SW over plot 0725 GMT. Starling (500+) east at dusk. Fieldfare with redwings (6) Church Lane.

Amber list: WP (5+) near plot. Stock dove (2+) main pond trees. Song thrush song 0650 GMT spinney. Dunnock pines. Moorhen call main pond. Mallard east over meadow.

Jackdaw (14) big oak and main pond trees. BT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird laurel hedge track. Grey heron east along Carr Stream. Red kite over meadow and Church Lane. Redwing (4+) hybrid poplars at dusk.

Pied wagtail (2) circling round MSW to roost 1734 BST. Note marked reduction in roost size since 08/02.

Overcast. Max 4C.

Red list: Mistle thrush across plot towards Horseshoe Plantation. Woodcock up from MSE track near brash hedge.

Amber list: Song thrush song a) spinney, b) WBH (simreg). Kestrel on WRR pole. Sparrowhawk (male) across meadow towards Horseshoe Plantation.

GSW (2) rond plot. Little egret west near Church Lane. BT (3+), GT Top Blackthorn. Robin song a) Top Blackthorn, b) MNE, c) MSE (all simreg). Red kite over plot. Redwing (15) Horseshoe Plantation.

Overcast. Max 4C.

Amber list: Song thrush song near HH. Kestrel (female) big oak.

Red kite round plot area. Buzzard perched ash3 tree.

No frost, overcast, mist or fog, max 2C.

[At Alderford Common with Norfolk Conservation Corps for blackthorn control -- robin (4+), BHG (5+) overhead, buzzard. Rooks and jackdaws (1000+) heading southwards at dusk.]

[Alderford (Bernard Matthews) -- herring gulls (4+) on rooftops.]

[PTC -- skylark (2+), yellowhammer (male), linnet (60+). Carrion crow (2+), buzzard near Norman’s Burrow Wood.]

Max 5C.

Red list: Mistle thrush hybrid poplars at dusk.

Amber list: Song thrush song 0650 GMT spinney. Dunnock yews and laurel hedge.

BT (10+), GT (2+), LTT MSW. Blackbird shed concrete. Robin song shed.

[Egyptian goose (3) A1065 between Toftrees and East Raynham, on roadside oak tree. WP (200+) near Hempton.]

Pied wagtail (94) in hybrid poplars 1751 BST. First arrival 1715 BST on ash3 tree. Gradual build-up of numbers: 1 (1715); 4 (1724); 5 (1730); 6 (1730); 7 (1731); 11 (1733); 21 (1736); 29 (1738); 32 (1740); 42 (1744); 73 (1749); 94 (1751).

Max 4C.

Amber list: Song thrush song spinney. Kestrel (female) WRR captured prey near hedge, took ti westwards. [WP (200+) north of Church Lane.]

Goldfinch (10+) Silver Service plot. Blackbird shed area.

[Red kite west of WRR.]

Sharp frost at first, sunny intervals, max 8C, wind SW BF 0-2

Amber list: WP (2) WBH. Song thrush song 0700 GMT spinney. Dunnock song by HH. Moorhen call main pond. Sparrowhawk (male) into hybrid poplars.

Jackdaw (21) big oak and main pond trees. BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Robin song shed area. GT (female) patio. Grey heron along Carr Stream to west of WRR. Buzzard over A1065. [Red kite perched west of WRR.]

Sharp frost at first, sunny intervals, max 10C, wind SW BF 1-4.

Red list: Marsh tit on big oak. Common gull (10+) SW over plot. Greenfinch (male) on hybrid poplars.

Amber list: WP round plot. Song thrush song 0655 GMT spinney. Dunnock main pond trees. Dunnock song main pond laurels. Stock dove (4+) courtship, display etc round plot. Reed bunting (2) up from reeds MSW.

Cormorant (3) eastwards over plot.

Jackdaw (8+) main pond trees. BT main pond trees. Robin patio. Blackbird main pond laurels. Goldfinch (2) hornbeam square burdock. GSW big oak. Greylag goose (6 + 8) south over plot. [Red kite over Wensum.] Grey heron along Carr Stream to west of WRR. Buzzard (adult) perched ash3, ash2 trees.

Sharp frost at first, max 8C, wind SW BF 1-2.

Red list: Common gull (10+) SW over plot. Greenfinch towards spinney or South Raynham village.

Amber list: WP (10+) across plot. Song thrush song 0703 GMT spinney. Song thrush laurel hedge. Stock dove (3) on shed roof, courtship etc. Bullfinch (male, female) on laurel hedge blackthorn. Kestrel (female) on WRR pole.

Jackdaw (20+) main pond trees. BT (2), GT, robin laurel hedge blackthorn. Buzzard perched ash3 tree. Buzzard scratty hedge east end). Robin (2) possible site-selection east side of shed. Blackbird shed area. Carrion crow hybrid poplars. Goldcrest in spinney cypresses. Little egret west along Carr Stream.

Sharp frost at first, max 6C.

Red list: Mistle thrush song Church Lane area.

Amber list: Bullfinch (male, male, female) on laurel hedge blackthorn, with GT, BT (2). [WP (10+) west of WRR.] Stock dove (2) shed area. Kestrel (female) on WRR pole. Dunnock laurel hedge. Moorhen call main pond.

Jackdaw (4+) big oak. Buzzard meadow and round plot.

No frost, max 4C.

Red list: Mistle thrush in hybrid poplars. Common gull (2) southwards. Woodcock across plot from east at dusk. [Fieldfare (7) east of Church Lane.]

Amber list: Song thrush (or redw*ng) carcass on MNE track (sparrowh*wk kill). Song thrush song a) MNE, b) spinney, c) Horseshoe Plantation, d) hybrid poplars. Stock dove (5+) shed roof and nearby. WP big oak. Dunnock song WBH.

Red kite Curch Lane and plot. Jackdaw (4+) big oak. Buzzard meadow and round plot. Buzzard Horseshoe Plantation and ash3 tree. Mute swan (5) NE near plot. GT, LTT (2), BT (5), blackbird hybrid poplars. Robin song hybrid poplars. Robin song shed. Jay across meadow. Goldfinch (7+) ash3 tree. Chaffinch across meadow.

No frost, drizzle, max 6C.

Red list: Starling (7) eastwards over plot.

Amber list: Song thrush song spinney.

Robin song, blackbird alarm near HH. Jackdaw (95+) on main pond trees at arrival from roost.

Sharp frost, max 6C.

Red list: Common gull (10+) SW across plot. Fieldfare (9) hybrid poplars.

Amber list: WP (6) hybrid poplars. Wren shed. Dunnock laurel hedge blackthorn.

Robin laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird laurel hedg track. BT MNW. Great tit song shed. Jackdaw (10+) main pond trees. GT spinney. Goldfinch big oak. Red kite Church Lane. Buzzard round plot. Egyptian goose northwards. [Grey heron near Wensum.] Carrion crow (3) hybrid poplars.

Max 8C.

Red list: Common gull (30 + 20 + 20) northwards.

Amber list: Stock dove (5) big oak. Bullfinch (male), female) spinney blackthorn.

Jackdaw near HH. GT, BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Green woodpecker across pond area into spinney. LTT (5+), GT (2) in tit flock. Goldfinch (2) main pond trees. Robin (2) aggro in shed shrubs. Blackbird (6 male versus 5 male) aggro laurel hedge track. Little egret, grey heron along Carr Stream. Carrion crow hybrid poplars.

Max 9C.

Red list: Common gull westwards. Mistle thrush hybrid poplars at dusk.

Amber list: Dunnock song WBH and MSW. Kestrel (male) Church Lane.

Water rail (2) kik-calling in Top Blackthorn.

Jackdaw (20+) spinney. Red kite over meadow. Little egret across meadow. Grey heron east along Carr Stream. Coal tit, BT Top Blackthorn. Blackbird MNE. Blackbird (2) scratty hedge. Robin song shed shrubs. GT hybrid poplars.

Max 8C.

Red list: Common gull (5+) SW over plot. Woodcock up from MSE/MNE. Mistle thrush into spinney.

Amber list: Kestrel (male) perched big oak. Bullfinch (female) near HH.

Little egret near WRR on grazing. [Red kite over Wensum.] Blackbird (2) aggro hornbeam square. Blackbird (female) shed concrete. GT (3), BT, robin song laurel hedge blackthorn.

Overcast, dry until dusk, max 2C.

[At Swanton Novers with Norfolk Conservation Corps for pine and birch control -- goshawk (2 males), raven, coal tit, WP, buzzard (2+), GSW. Roe deer near village.]

Very light frost in shady places, sunny intervals, calmer, max 6C, wind S or SW BF 1-3.

Red list: Marsh tit on burdock near patio. Common gull (5+) SW over plot. [Common gull (10+) foraging on arable near Mill Covert.]

Amber list: WP (10+) near plot. Song thrush A1065 cypresses. Dunnock (2) patio border. Dunnock song laurel hedge. Stock dove (4+) courtship, display etc round plot. Kestrel WRR area.

Marsh harrier (all-dark) circling over Wensum.

Jackdaw (15+) shed area. BT (3) laurel hedge blackthorn. GT (2) shed shrubs. Robin shed shrubs. Goldfinch big oak. Blackbird (2) yews and shed concrete. Collared dove (2) near box. GSW spinney and Silver Service plot. Buzzard scratty hedge. Little egret along Carr Stream. Egyptian goose (2) south over plot.

Roost -- no pied wagta*l.

No frost, overcast, blustery, rain early on, max 10C, wind SW BF 3-7 (Storm Eowyn).

Red list: Common gull (24) SW in 10 minutes.

Amber list: WP (15+) round plot. Bullfinch shed area.

Jackdaw (8+) big oak and main pond trees. BT (3) laurel hedge blackthorn. GT (2) shed shrubs. Robin song shed area. Goldfinch big oak. Redwing (15) SW over plot. Blackbird (4) aggro on shed concrete. Jay (3) under hybrid poplars MSE. [Buzzard (2) over Wensum.] Red kite across meadow. [Then red kite hassled by carrion crow west of WRR.] Egyptian goose (2) south over plot.

Roost -- no pied wagta*l.

No frost, overcast, max 6C, wind SW BF 2-4.

Red list: Common gull (5+) over plot. Greenfinch (2) Church Lane.

Amber list: Kestrel round plot and perched Silver Service plot. Stock dove (4+) round shed area, courtship, display etc. Song thrush song 0800 BST spinney. WP WBH.

Shag (probable, distant, silhouetted) along Carr Stream and Wensum.

Jackdaw (5+) shed area. BT (3) laurel hedge blackthorn. GT (3) on hornbeam square burdock. Robin, blackbird shed concrete (eating scrap rice). Goldfinch (2) shed area. Collared dove display shed area. GSW (2) chasing flights round plot.

No frost, overcast, max 3C, wind SW BF 0-2.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) round shed area display etc. Song thrush song 0817 BST spinney (also on big oak burdock).

Jackdaw (10+) shed area. BT (3), GT laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird (4) WBH and yew hedge track. Little egret east along Carr Stream (and west of WRR).

No frost, overcast, mist or fog, max 5C.

Red list: Mistle thrush leaving spinney heading NE. Herring gull (ad) WRR grazing.

Amber list: Stock dove (3+) round shed area, courtship, display etc. Stock dove (2) with nest mat shed roof. Song thrush song spinney. Dunnock song patio and yews. Wren shed area. WP WBH ivy.

Jackdaw (21+) ash2, ash3 trees. BT (3) shed shrubs. BT yews and big oak. Jay big oak and spinney. GT (2) big oak and burdock. Coal tit big oak (on moss-covered branches). Coal tit song, GT (2), BT ash2, ash3 trees. GSW round plot. GSW Church Lane. Collared dove display. Buzzard Carr Stream ash.

Pied wagtail (30+) at roost, mainly into MSW.

No frost, overcast, mist or fog, max 4C.

Red list: Marsh tit WBH.

Amber list: Song thrush by MSW / WBH track.

BT (5+) WBH track. Redwing carcass on track MNW (sparrowh*wk kill). Blackbird male-male aggro on WBH track. Jay spinney. Nuthatch (2) big oak. Fieldfare (2) southwards.

Water rail on trailcam MNW 0824 BST.

Pied wagtail (30 approx, max detailed count 19) at roost, some into MSW. Beginning to collect around 1710 BST, all in by 1730 BST.

No frost, overcast, mist or fog, max 2C.

[At Broadland Country Park with Norfolk Conservation Corps for pine and birch control -- chaffinch (150+, in steady stream approx southwards through mire area, in tree-tops), linnet (4), meadow pipit (12) into roost, carrion crow, woodpigeon, buzzard, marsh harrier (dark), jay.]

[Brisley/Potthorpe -- rook (3) nests. Jackdaw (15+) by church.]

[WP (50+), carrion crow (2) near Pear Tree Corner. Black cattle already out nearby.]

No frost, overcast, mist or fog, max 4C.

Red list: Mistle thrush alarm Horseshoe Plantation. Greenfinch (2) Church Lane.

Amber list: Snipe up from rushy area by footpath just north of Carr Stream. Stock dove (4+) round plot.

Water rail on trailcam MNW 1744 BST.

Chaffinch (female) scratty hedge. Jay, jackdaw (4) Horseshoe Plantation. Redwing (100) NE over plot. Redwing (3) in hybrid poplars.

Pied wagtail (max 4) at roost, all in by 1719 BST.

Max 4C.

Amber list: Dunnock song laurel hedge.

Water rail on trailcam MNW 0822 BST.

Egyptian goose (2) south over plot. Little egret west along Carr Stream to grazing between WRR and MNW. GT, BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Church Lane / St Martins -- BT (5), LTT (3). Goldfinch (20) Church Lane hybrid poplars. Jay MNW. BT (10 MNE. [Redwing (40) Wensum woods.]

No frost, fog/mist, max 8C.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) shed area. Dunnock song laurel hedge / pines.

Robin song A1065 ivy hedge. Blackbird (male) shed concrete. Goldcrest in yews at dusk. GT shed shrubs. Jackdaw (23) ash2/ash3 on return from roost.

No frost, max 8C.

Red list: Marsh tit MSE.

Amber list: Dunnock song yews.

Buzzard (2) round plot. Jackdaw into big oak box. BT (5+) pines. GT, GT song simreg (pines and WRR). Collared dove (3) display. Blackbird, goldfinch shed area. Little egret round main pond, then WRR / MNW grazing.

MSE -- nuthatch, BT, GT (2+), chaffinch (2).

Church Lane / St Martins -- redwing (20), finches (15+, including goldfinch, greenfinch, possible HF (2 or 3)).

Light frost, sunny intervals, max 5C.

Red list: Greenfinch (2), HAWFINCH (2, perhaps 3), apparently feeding in garden next to church, then on tall trees. Mistle thrush (2+) Horseshoe Plantation.

Amber list: Stock dove (3) courtship shed roof. WP (2). Kestrel (male) on big oak, calling. Reed bunting (prob) meadow and main pond area.

Robin laurel hedge. Blackbird (female) shed concrete. Egyptian goose (2) northwards. Jackdaw (18+) main pond trees. Robin song pines. Buzzard (2) round meadow and plot. Collared dove (2) display. Goldfinch (3), siskin (2+) Horseshoe Plantation. Little egret meadow and Carr Stream.

MSE -- nuthatch, BT, GT (2+), chaffinch (2).

Church Lane / St Martins -- redwing (20), finches (15+, including goldfinch, greenfinch, possible HF (2 or 3)).

Hoar frost, sunny intervals, max 2C.

Red list: HAWFINCH perched hybrid poplars (1357 to 1402 GMT), left southwards. Common gull westwards. Fieldfare (4) eastwards. Fieldfare (4) eastwards.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) ash3 tree. WP round plot. Wren shed. Snipe NE over plot. Song thrush patio. Mallard (2) E over plot.

GT, BT (5+) round plot. Collared dove display. Robin patio. Buzzard WRR towards meadow.

Hoar frost, sunny intervals, max 1C.

Red list: Common gull, fieldfare (2) SW over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove (5+) shed and big oak. Rook eastwards. WP (5+) into spinney. Wren, bullfinch (male) near HH. Kestrel (female) on WRR pole.

GT, BT (5+) round plot. Pied wagtail (5) leaving main pond 0757 GMT. Jackdaw (8+) big oak. BT (4+), GT near HH. Robin shed shrubs. Red kite, buzzard over plot.

Max 2C.

Red list: Fieldfare SW over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove (5) shed and big oak. Kestrel (male) on A1065 cypress with prey, hassled by jackdaw.

GT, BT (2+) round plot. Jackdaw (4+) big oak. Robin, chaffinch (female) A1065 cypress stumps. Collared dove (2) dispaly round plot. Goldfinch (2) big oak and on big oak burdock. Redwing Silver Service plot. Red kite A1065 ashwoods. Carrion crow (2) on grazzing near WBH.

Pied wagtail (10) main pond roost (arrived 1705 BST, all in 1717 BST).

Frost, sunny, dry, window W or NW BF 1-3, max 2C.

Red list: Hawfinch (prob) off ash3 tree northwards. Marsh tit shed and MSE. Starling (20+) NE. Fieldfare SW over plot. Fieldfare (7) SW over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove (3+) big oak and hybrid poplars. WP (10+) into spinney. Bullfinch (female) yews area. Bullfinch (male) on ragwoot. Wren MSW and shed.

Pink-footed goose (6) eastwards over plot (0815 GMT).

GT, BT (2+) round plot. Jackdaw (4+) big oak. Robin, chaffinch (female) A1065 cypress stumps. Collared dove (2) dispaly round plot. Goldfinch (2) big oak and on big oak burdock. Redwing Silver Service plot. Red kite A1065 ashwoods. Carrion crow (2) on grazzing near WBH.

Pied wagtail (10) main pond roost (arrived 1705 BST, all in 1717 BST).

Frost, max 0C.

Red list: [Common gull (10+) west of WRR.]

Amber list: Stock dove (2) big oak etc. WP round plot. Kestrel (female) perched big oak. Rook eastwards.

BT pines. Blackbird shed concrete. Carrion crow hybrid poplars. Jackdaw (20) big oak, some allopreening, possible copulation. Collared dove (2) courtship on ash3 tree. Grey heron east along Carr Stream. Little egret round main pond. Redwing (11) WRR.

Rain, overcast, no frost, max 4C.

Amber list: Stock dove big oak.

BT (3), robin on laurel hedge blackthorn. Jackdaw round plot. Jay main pond. Red kite (2), 1 on WRR pole. [Buzzard (2) west of WRR.]

No frost, overcast, blustery, murk, drizzle, rain or sleet until early afternoon. Temperature 6C, falling. Wind W BF 2-6.

Red list: Common gull (5+) westwards.

Amber list: Stock dove into big oak.

Jackdaw (10+) main pond trees. BT (5), GT, robin laurel hedge blackthorn. Little egret east along Carr Stream. Red kite perched WRR pole. Red kite (2) over meadow. [Buzzard (2) over fields west of WRR.]

No frost, overcast, murk, drizzle or rain for much of the day.

Red list: Marsh tit on shed shrubs.

Amber list: WP round plot.

Jackdaw (10+) main pond trees. GT (3), BT (6+) laurel hedge blackthorn (with marsh tit). Carrion crow round plot. Buzzard perched ash2 tree. Red kite perched hybrid poplars on Church Lane. Little egret west along Carr Stream.

Sharp frost, sunny intervals, 3C, wind SW BF 0-2.

Red list: Common gull (10+) over plot etc. Mistle thrush (2) inot spinney at dusk. Mistle thrush song MSE or Silver Service near sunset.

Amber list: Stock dove (4) shed. Wren alarm main pond. Dunnock A1065 cypresses.

Jackdaw (26) ash2, ash3 trees. Jay across plot. Red kite over plot and WRR. [Little egret on boggy ground by A1065 in Norman’s Burrow Wood.]

At dusk, main pond -- pied wagtail (3) into reeds.

Sharp frost, sunny intervals.

Red list: Common gull (10+) over plot etc.

Amber list: Stock dove (3+) ash3 tree. WP (12+, 5+) into spinney etc. Dunnock laurel hedge. Sparrowhawk (possible female) into ash3 tree at dusk, disturbing wagtails, then perched Top Blackthorn. Bullfinch round shed at dusk. Rook (1 + 1) over plot.

Jackdaw (18) in big oak ash3 etc. Buzzard Church Lane arable (on ground) and scratty hedge. Redwing (3) round plot. Fieldfare (20+) westwards (perhaps late arrivals). Little egret (2) east along Carr Stream. Red kite over plot and WRR. GT shed shrubs. Robin (2) aggro patio.

At dusk, main pond -- pied wagtail (10+) into reeds (after 1655 BST).

Light frost.

Red list: Common gull (5+) westwards. Herring gull (adult) heading SW. Marsh tit patio burdock and shed shrubs.

Amber list: Stock dove (4) round plot. Snipe west over plot, towards west side of WRR.

Jackdaw (6+) ash3 tree. Jackdaw (2) eating Red Sentinel crab apples near WBH. Collared dove (2), carrion crow, buzzard, BT (2) round plot. Little egret onto grazing between WBH and WRR. Blackbird laurel hedge blackthorn. Red kite over and near plot.

At dusk, main pond -- pied wagtail (4+) into reeds (after 1655 BST). Water rail sharming-type call main pond. Buzzard perched Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (2) shed concrete.

No frost, sunny intervals, clear, 9C, wind W BF 1-4.

Red list: Marsh tit by patio with LTT (3) and BT (2). Common gull (10+) southwards.

Amber list: Stock dove (2 + 2) shed area. WP on ivy by patio. Kestrel (female) on WRR pole.

Jackdaw (20+) arriving from roost. Little egret westwards along Carr Stream. Blackbird shed concrete. Goldfinch big oak. Grey squirrel shed area.

Siskin (35+) westwards across plot at dusk.