Eileen e andou comum de Beccles, mas não havia muito ao redor, anteriormente nesse dia que eu tinha encontrado Starlings aninhamento, Torres e magpies foram reparando ninhos. Um Pica-pau-spotted grande foi ouvido drumming na Madeira e vários Tentilhão e Robins eram na canção completa. Agora estamos a sofrer geadas de Fevereiro, mas esperamos que a Primavera é apenas a esquina
Eileen and I walked Beccles Common but there was not much around, earlier that day I had found Starlings nesting, Rooks and Magpies were repairing nests. A Great spotted Woodpecker was heard drumming in the wood and several Chaffinches and Robins were in full song. We are now suffering February frosts but hopefully spring is just round the corner
Sunday 21 February 2010
Nature Notes in Portugese and English
Notas de natureza
Fevereiro
2010
Qual um início antigo funny ao ano. Houve alguns dias Nevados muito frios que, então, passou a diminuir antes que recebemos alguns mais muito frio. Pouco antes e durante estas passagens naturalistas pudemos visitar alguns abrir sites para observar o registro e se tão inclinada tick desativar alguns visitantes de Inverno muito incomum. Black queixado drivers, Shags e um Falcão peregrino em Lowestoft e três Buzzards legged áspero com até dez curtas orelha mochos sobre a floresta Waveney.
Para os botânicos tem sido uma luta real para localizar quaisquer plantas de floração e leitores podem ser surpreendidos, apenas não encontrou qualquer Daisies em flor. Pela médio de Fevereiro Snowdrops e Aconites de Inverno foram floração muito mais tarde, mas alguns Primroses foram floração precoce. Mesmo árvores como Hazel e Willow cabra se esforçavam para produzir flores.
Tem sido um funny Inverno antigo com nenhum verdadeiro rígido weather para semanas bastante poucos dias em que tenha sido frio e nevado. Um dia eu estava se preparando para viagem de gravação do próximo dia apenas para Despertai pesada neve ou chuva. Documentaram cuidadosamente todas as temperaturas e condições meteorológicas durante este 1 st período de Inverno, que poderia ser usado no futuro pelos cientistas para provar ou neguem o aquecimento global.
Esperemos que durante as primeiras semanas de Março ouviremos a canção do Chiffchaff e nigricapillus para nos dizer a Primavera é em seu caminho.
Nature NotesFebruary
What a funny old start to the year. There were some very cold snowy days which then became milder before we received some more very cold weather. Just before and during these spells we naturalists were able to visit some open sites to observe record and if so inclined tick off some very unusual winter visitors. Black throated Divers, Shags and a Peregrine Falcon at Lowestoft and three Rough legged Buzzards with up to ten Short eared Owls over at Waveney Forest.For the botanists it has been a real struggle to find any flowering plants and readers may be surprised I just could not find any Daisies in flower. By Mid February Snowdrops and Winter Aconites were flowering much later but some Primroses were flowering early. Even trees like Hazel and Goat Willow struggled to produce flowers.It has been a funny old winter with no real hard weather for weeks on end rather just a few days where it has been cold and snowy. One day I was preparing for the next day’s recording trip only to awake to heavy snow or rain. I have documented carefully all temperatures and weather conditions during this 1st winter period which could be used in the future by scientists to prove or disprove global warming.Hopefully during the first few weeks of March we will hear the song of the Chiffchaff and Blackcap to tell us spring is on its way.
Fevereiro
2010
Qual um início antigo funny ao ano. Houve alguns dias Nevados muito frios que, então, passou a diminuir antes que recebemos alguns mais muito frio. Pouco antes e durante estas passagens naturalistas pudemos visitar alguns abrir sites para observar o registro e se tão inclinada tick desativar alguns visitantes de Inverno muito incomum. Black queixado drivers, Shags e um Falcão peregrino em Lowestoft e três Buzzards legged áspero com até dez curtas orelha mochos sobre a floresta Waveney.
Para os botânicos tem sido uma luta real para localizar quaisquer plantas de floração e leitores podem ser surpreendidos, apenas não encontrou qualquer Daisies em flor. Pela médio de Fevereiro Snowdrops e Aconites de Inverno foram floração muito mais tarde, mas alguns Primroses foram floração precoce. Mesmo árvores como Hazel e Willow cabra se esforçavam para produzir flores.
Tem sido um funny Inverno antigo com nenhum verdadeiro rígido weather para semanas bastante poucos dias em que tenha sido frio e nevado. Um dia eu estava se preparando para viagem de gravação do próximo dia apenas para Despertai pesada neve ou chuva. Documentaram cuidadosamente todas as temperaturas e condições meteorológicas durante este 1 st período de Inverno, que poderia ser usado no futuro pelos cientistas para provar ou neguem o aquecimento global.
Esperemos que durante as primeiras semanas de Março ouviremos a canção do Chiffchaff e nigricapillus para nos dizer a Primavera é em seu caminho.
Nature NotesFebruary
What a funny old start to the year. There were some very cold snowy days which then became milder before we received some more very cold weather. Just before and during these spells we naturalists were able to visit some open sites to observe record and if so inclined tick off some very unusual winter visitors. Black throated Divers, Shags and a Peregrine Falcon at Lowestoft and three Rough legged Buzzards with up to ten Short eared Owls over at Waveney Forest.For the botanists it has been a real struggle to find any flowering plants and readers may be surprised I just could not find any Daisies in flower. By Mid February Snowdrops and Winter Aconites were flowering much later but some Primroses were flowering early. Even trees like Hazel and Goat Willow struggled to produce flowers.It has been a funny old winter with no real hard weather for weeks on end rather just a few days where it has been cold and snowy. One day I was preparing for the next day’s recording trip only to awake to heavy snow or rain. I have documented carefully all temperatures and weather conditions during this 1st winter period which could be used in the future by scientists to prove or disprove global warming.Hopefully during the first few weeks of March we will hear the song of the Chiffchaff and Blackcap to tell us spring is on its way.
Sunday 14 February 2010
Snowdrops Choir Boys and Waxwings
a great day in the Waveney Valley, we went to Barsham Drain where we saw 30 odd Yellowhammers and flock of c300 Black-tailed Godwits and c200 Teal on Geldeston Marshes we then saw and photographed some Winter Aconites aka Choir Boys due to the bracts that look like ruffs on choir boys. Next up was a twitch to Carlton Colville where we saw two Waxwings.
Wednesday 10 February 2010
New Customers on board
My Ecology consultancy business got a boost with the University of East Anglia joining the books. This is to assist them with butterfly surveys.
As it is snowing this welcome customer has warmed me up.
As it is snowing this welcome customer has warmed me up.
Saturday 6 February 2010
A Norfolk Twitch
Now I dont twitch very often but I had not been birding for a week or so instead I have been building my model railway due to cold wet weather. Eileen and I finally visited Whitlingham Broad near Norwich to see some uncommon and one rare bird.
We met Rob M a Lounge Lizard member who put us onto a Red necked Grebe and Great Northern Diver. We walked further toward the Island an met with Yarmouth Birder "Bomber" Harris, He soon put us onto the female Ring-necked Duck and american vagrant and a lifer for Eileen and I. My last lifer was the Corton Hoopoe! in April 2009.
Next up were two Red-head Smew and an immature Male Scaup. Finally we saw two female Gooseander. Phew what a morning. Eileen saw a Weasel here as it crossed an icy dyke and ran ahead of us for me to get good views too.
a Marsh Harrier flew north west towards Norwich as we left to go to Surlingham Marshes.
Here we found Galanthus nivalis and Ruscus aculeatus in flower. along with lamium album and Corylus avellana
We met Rob M a Lounge Lizard member who put us onto a Red necked Grebe and Great Northern Diver. We walked further toward the Island an met with Yarmouth Birder "Bomber" Harris, He soon put us onto the female Ring-necked Duck and american vagrant and a lifer for Eileen and I. My last lifer was the Corton Hoopoe! in April 2009.
Next up were two Red-head Smew and an immature Male Scaup. Finally we saw two female Gooseander. Phew what a morning. Eileen saw a Weasel here as it crossed an icy dyke and ran ahead of us for me to get good views too.
a Marsh Harrier flew north west towards Norwich as we left to go to Surlingham Marshes.
Here we found Galanthus nivalis and Ruscus aculeatus in flower. along with lamium album and Corylus avellana
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