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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.
BS




Sunday, September 27, 2026

Sunshine and showers, Ogden

 

                                        9 Teal present



                                    Single Tufted
                                    Low count of gulls


                                    5 Heron together, high and >SW


                                        Gt Spotted Woodpecker.

A cold morning at Ogden with early full cloud and showers improving to breaks of sunshine on a light SE>3 at 10 degrees.
   A count of 9 Teal this morning as well as 1 female Goosander, 1 Little Grebe and a female Tufted as well as the usual Cormorants and Mallards. A low count of gulls with around 100 mixed, split between the east and west bank.
   Pied and Grey Wagtails were on the shoreline whilst a Gt Spotted Woodpecker landed briefly on the promenade telegraph pole.
   The highlight of the morning was a group of 5 Heron, very high over the water, soaring and slowly heading >SW.
   A bright dry sunny day forecast for tomorrow with some cloud after midday on a light SW at 8 degrees early morn.
BS