Sat Dec 31, 2005
Last entry of 2005
Last entry for 2005 is the Robin by Lollycocks field.
Terry
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Wed Dec 28, 2005
Its snowing...
A bit of snow came down overnight, I saw this Kestral in the top of a tree in Lollycocks field.
Cogglesford Cottage and Mill in the snow today.
Thrush eating berries near the leisure centre today.
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Terry
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Tue Dec 20, 2005
Not a lot...
Not a lot happening on the Slea at the moment, no swans but still the Red Crested Pockard and 1 coot, plenty of Moorhens, 3-4 dabchicks (I will have to try and do a proper count of them again) and lots of Ducks :)
Here is a picture of a Robin taken today by Lollycocks field...
Terry.
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Fri Dec 16, 2005
Mrs Blackie
Mrs Blackbird at Lollycocks field today.
No swans have been seen on this stretch of the Slea for 3-4 weeks, so it looks like the 2 intruders have found somewhere else to live. I did see 3 swans fly over the Slea a couple of days ago, it would be nice if these had been this years cygnets but I suppose the chances of that are very slim.
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Wed Dec 07, 2005
Siskin...
Although Siskins are resident in parts of the UK, they normally only visit Lincolnshire during the winter, I found this one up in the top of a tree near Cogglesford Mill.
Terry
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Mon Dec 05, 2005
Not much happening...
Not much happening on the Slea today, this is a shot I took on the pond in Lollycocks field today of a Black Headed Gull diving down to get some bread from the waters surface...
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Sat Dec 03, 2005
Its a male...
I have been reliably informed that the 'female Red Crested Pochard' is actually a MALE, I will try and get a good shot of it to post a.s.a.p.
It also appears that the 2 intruder swans have not been seen for about 10 days so I have to assume they have found somewhere else that they like better, I have always doubted whether they would stay as there does not seem to be anywhere between the Hub and Cogglesford for them to nest in peace.
Terry
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Fri Nov 18, 2005
Interesting...
Today I went downstream past the weir from Cogglesford Mill. You may (or may not) remember that in the summer 1 of the young dabchicks went over the weir and couldnt get back, I tried to rescue it without any luck, anyway today I saw a small dabchick just down from the weir so I am hoping (but will never be sure) that the dabchick that went over the weir survived :) :) :) I also saw 4 above the weir between Cogglesford and the Hub...
One of the dabchicks above the weir today...
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Wed Nov 16, 2005
They are still at it...
The Mallards are still at it... :)
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Tue Nov 15, 2005
Not much happening...
Not much happening on the Slea at the moment, the Swans are away again but will probably be back, the coot, dabchicks, moorhens and Red Crested Pochard are all still here also.
Diving Mallard today...
Terry
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Thu Nov 10, 2005
Not much happening
Not much happening on the Slea lately, the swans have been away for a few days but got back yesterday, the dabchicks (aka little grebes) are still quite happy wandering up and down as are the moorhens, coot and mallards, the Red Crested Pochard is also still at the Hub.
Dabchick yesterday...
Terry
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Sun Oct 23, 2005
Swans are still here...
The 2 intruder swans are at the Hub again, they have been away for a few days a couple of times now, I wonder if they go looking for a new territory (the male has marks on his neck that look like fighting to me) and come back to the Slea for a peaceful time until they find somewhere else. The Red Crested Pochard is still here and I saw 4 Dabchicks (I think there was 4 unless 2 moved down stream pretty quickly and I counted them twice). The moorhens are fighting, presumably over their territory for the spring.
Terry
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Tue Oct 18, 2005
No swans today but...
There were no swans this morning but the Red Crested Pochard is still there but the Mandarin hasnt been seen for a few days. The other day I counted 4 Dabchicks and none were the parent, so at least 4 chicks have survived, I know one went over the weir at Cogglesford and couldnt get back, I tried to rescue it but coulnt catch it, but hopefully it went down stream and also survived ? The problem with little ducks/cygnets/dabchicks going over the weir is that they try and get back the same way but cant, they then keep getting in/under the water falling over the weir and they will eventually drown unless they are smart enough to give up and go downstream.
Terry
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Tue Oct 11, 2005
Strange...
This is strange, the last couple of days we have had a Red Crested Pochard (this has now been positively identified) and now a...
... Mandarin Duck. this could be just a coincidence but I wonder if someone (like a breeder) has deposited them on the Slea as they are no longer wanted. If this is so I don't personally mind that much because at least they are not wringing their necks, as some pigeon breeders do if a pigeon doesn't measure up to their needs.
The 2 intruder swans are still at the Hub also.
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Mon Oct 10, 2005
There are back....
The 2 intruder swans are back on the Slea this morning. It is difficult to recognise individual swans but both of these have a small mark on the top left side of their heads so I am certain this is them.
CONJECTURE: I wonder if these two swans have been looking elsewhere for a territory and been in a fight which they lost as the male swan has marks on his neck which were not there before he went. These marks look to me like marks I have seen before after two swans fought and one swan had the other swans neck in its beak. I obviously cant be certain of this but I think it is probable.
Terry
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