Monday 21th July

Tuesday 22nd July

Hi all today at Wall Farm Tuesday 22nd July a juvenile Redstart and a Lesser Whitethroat at SJ680180 down the field in front of Wall Farm. On the marsh a Greenshank.

All for now Martin

Wednesday 23th July

Thursday 24th July - Mick Parton
Early morning visit to the HIDE at WALL FARM.Cloudy at first,sun later with strong westerly wind.Water levels are up with very little exposed mud so I was not too optimistic on the WADER front,however find below the observations from my visit.
KINGFISHER(1) 7am.hovering over the pool to the front left of the hide.GREEN SANDPIPER(2). LAPWING(4). B.H.GULL(2) TEAL(1) GREY HERON(2). CANADA GOOSE(3)JUV.

ALSO PRESENT:-WOODPIGEON,STOCK DOVE, CARRION CROW, REED BUNTING, GOLDFINCH, WREN, LINNET, MALLARD, BLACKBIRD, STARLING, SWALLOW, HOUSE MARTIN, MOORHEN.
The most abundant bird on the marsh this morning was the STOCK DOVE.Heard and not seen cock - PHEASANT, YELLOWHAMMER, SONG THRUSH.

There was a loud splash in the main pool this morning, I believe it to have been a medium sized PIKE taking one of the small fish which had been about the surface of the pool all morning.
Do we know what species of fish are in the pools on the marsh???.
There were good numbers and varied species of butterflies damselflies and Dragonflies on the marsh today.

Friday 25th July

Saturday 26th July

Sunday 20th July 2003

GREENSHANK FIGHTING

Martin Grant

Hi Jon I visited Wall Farm today Sunday 20th July, in the wild flower meadow at SJ673180 were 35 Mistle Thrush, 2 pairs of Red-legged Partridge and a Redstart in the south-west corner. On the marsh were 43 Black-headed Gulls,
3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Green Sandpiper and the juvenile little Grebe.

Also recorded Lapwing, Skylark, Linnet, Whitethroat, Yellowhammer, Song Thrush.

All for now Martin