Redwell Wildlife Diary

 

I've created this diary blog in order to let you see for yourselves the varied wildlife that we have around Redwell.  Where possible, I have stated the time of year of the image or video, however, I have many video's and images which I'll put up from time to time. We hope you enjoy them.

 

Diary

This update goes back to the 20th of July....

5th Aug

05:22 - Male Kingfisher flies in from CI  and two minutes later, flies over to bush next to FP2

05:31 Heron on Causeway Fishing Peg

4th Aug

17:20 - Kingfisher flies up from Lower perch.  - 17:49 - it dives and returns but with no catch - flies off towards CI at 17:50

3rd Aug

05:10 - Male Kingfisher arrives from Kens direction - 05:12 - flies off towards the lower perch.

2nd Aug 

05:49 - Male Kingfisher flies in from CI - 06:08 - He drops down to lower perch.

31st July

13:07 - Heron walks onto FP3, 13:14 - Heron walks onto fishing platform. He then preens himself and flies off the peg at 13:54

 

29th July

22:20 - Owl flies in from up the Ride to the North and lands on the upper branch on screen. It swoops across to the side perch on the box. Then on to the box edge. Turns around a coupe of times before jumping down onto the stump.

17:54 - Heron arrives on FP1 from FP2 down the path - 18:11 - Heron flies over towards the bridge. 

 

28th July

05:15 - Kingfisher flies in from CI - 05:21 Kingfisher dives but does not come back to the perch until 05:32 where it jumps up from the lower perch - 05:40 - Kingfisher flies off towards the fishing peg.

06:08 - Heron walks onto FP1 - 06:10 - walks off onto path onto FP3 at 06:16 - 06:26 - Heron flies off towards Kens.

08:33 - Fledgeling Wren on perch

26th July

11:17 - Fledgeling Wren on Kingfisher perch.

21:08 - Heron on FP1 - 21:30 it looks like he’s gone under the fishing peg platform.

21:59 - Heron back on FP1 - 22:01 flies off towards CI

25th July

05:19 - Kingfisher flies onto perch from CI - 05:22 flies off towards second fishing peg.

07:03 - Heron lands on FP1 - 07:11 heron flies off towards CI

08:27 - Male Kingfisher plans on perch from CI - Kingfisher dives to water and lifts and lands on the lower perch.

08:32 - Kingfisher flies up from lower perch - 08:54 - Kingfisher flies off towards the FP2

24th July

07:43 - Kingfisher flew in from CI - 07:44 jumps onto lower perch - 07:48 flies back up to camera perch - 07:49 - flies off towards CI

10:21 - Kingfisher flies in from CI - 10:23 - returns same way.

23rd July

20:13 - Kingfisher on perch arrived from CI. - stayed 5 mins and flew off back to CI

22nd July

04:51 - K flew in from CI - 01:02 - flew down to lower perch. 05:07 flew back up from lower perch. 05:25 - flew off towards CI.

18:12 - Male Kingfisher came in from Chicken Island - dives and catches a fish and back to the perch. 18:21 K  flies in and sits on top of the FP1 camera!

18:24 - K flies towards the bush next to FP2

 

21st July

 04:51 - Hare bursts out of the hedgerow and runs up the Ride. 

08:15 - Kingfisher came in from Kens Direction again but this time with a toddler in his beak….. He dove for a fish and looked like he was going to come back to the perch but on the way back he diverted to the bush next to fishing peg two.

08:34 - Heron flies onto FP2. - 08:40 - heron flies off towards the bridge.

09:09 - Heron walks down into the water from our path next to the Kingfisher camera….. how he got there from the bridge area, IDK!…. unless it was two different Herons. 

The Heron swims around the area for a few minutes - he flies off in the direction of the bridge at 09:16

18:36 - Brief showing of Kingfisher.

18:52 - Kingfisher flies up from lower branch. A long “sit” this evening! - 19:15 he flies off towards Kens.

21:18 - Heron walks onto FP1 - 21:21 - Heron flew over the bridge towards Kens.

20th July

09:56 - Kingfisher arrives on the perch…. Came in rom Kens direction. Hangs around  for four or five minutes then flies to the same bush as yesterday…. Between 1 and 3 FP. Spent the day one mower ands trimmer so not much wildlife around.

19th July

18:35 - Kingfisher lands on Perch and grooms itself for nearly ten minutes

18th July

00:24 - Single owl flies in and lands on the stump perch in front of the nest box. 

It sits looking for a few seconds before jumping up onto the perch that sticks out at the side of the box.

Then it flies up to the branch that is higher and to the right of the box, looks around for a few seconds before turning and jumping back down on to the stump perch.

It seems to notice something on the ground and flies away to investigate.

This behaviour, from flying in to leaving is not the normal behaviour from other visits…. It was like it was experiencing the tree and box for the first time.

Maybe this is a new visitor….. 

 

01:06 - Owl flies onto branch above camera down the Ride from the North.

01:07 - another owl arrives from the same direction and lands on the branch in front of the camera,

as it lands the first owl (Female?) flies across from the upper branch to the nest box. They both look around and turn around.

01:08 the (female) owl flies from the box to the side of the other owl. 

01:09 - The second owl flies off followed shortly after.

01:11 - Can just make out a couple of eyes blinking in the trees ion the background,

then the owl jumps across to the small stump perch in front of the nest box and the second owl jumps across to the main camera branch.

The one on the stumpy perch jumps up to the nest box.

01:12 - the second owl flies off up the ride to the North.

01:13 - the nest box owl jumps back down to the stumpy perch.

01:14 - the last owl flies off in the same direction as the first one.

 

This visit was typical of the behaviour of the owls which normally visit.

A nice showing tonight.

 

05:13 - Hare appears from the hedgerow near the camera, sits, then proceeds to trot straight up the Ride to the North

 

05:46 - Kingfisher arrives from the red bridge direction with a big (for him) fish in its mouth.

He bobs up and down a bit before flying off with the fish which fits nicely in the length of its beak.

Difficult to tell in the light, but it looked like a male. It flew off to the north and over the caravans!

06:35 - Juvenile Robin arrives on the Kingfisher perch, stuck around for a minute then flew away.

 

12:31 - Heron flies onto FP2 and suns itself

12:59 it walks off the FP2 and around to FP1 - It walks off again at 13:15.

It enters the water between the two pegs and after five minutes, it flies off towards Kens.

 

17:19 - Heron onto FP2

18:30 Heron walks round to FP1. 

18:38 - Heron walks off towards the static

 

17th July

05:15 - Male Kingfisher lands on perch from kens direction and flies off straight away

07:08 - Heron flies from below Kingfisher perch and lands on Fishing peg number1 (FP1).

 

07:10 - Heron flies off towards Chicken Island

10:01 - Two Herons fly towards the caravans. One flies up and over and the other lands on FP2

10:26 - Heron flies off as people come down to the water.

11:21 - Heron lands on FP1 from Chicken island and starts to groom itself

12:28 the heron flies off to Chicken island again.

18:05 - Heron arrives on FP2 and quickly flies to FP1. 

18:08 Flies off once more towards Chicken island.

 

 

16th July

05:35 - heron flies onto second fishing peg - possibly the day before!

05:06 - Male Kingfisher arrives on the perch from kens direction. A quick dive and returns with the tiniest fish you’ve ever seen!, then he’s off again!.

 

15th July

10:15 - Heron flies onto 2nd fishing peg..... 10:19 - Heron walks onto the first peg

10:21 - heron flies off

10:22 - heron lands next to kingfisher peg

 

10:39 - heron walks back onto fishing peg one... 10:41 - heron flies off

22:15 - heron on first fishing peg

14th July

02:49 - Owl came in from Kens direction and landed on the branch opposite the nest box.

Second owl flies up to perch in front of the nest box from East Ride.

 

13th July

11:16 - Heron walks onto the first fishing peg. Moorhen in the background

Hangs around til 11:23 then flies off towards the bridge.

15:37 - Heron back out on the same fishing peg - flew away to wards chicken island at 15:42

 

12th July

06:48 - Carp jumping after flies

 

11th July

Wren on Kingfisher perch.

Changed the cameras around again today - Hot work - only went in the water with one leg! - another set of trainers thrown away!….. I’ve swapped the kingfisher cam for a normal cctv cam and put the zoom cam onto the three fishing pegs..... Hopefully to see the heron’s antics and maybe trace where exactly the kingfisher perches when it’s over here.

10th July

06:45 - Two juvenile Robins compete for kingfisher perch

 

09:50 - Blue damselflies duel

12:49 - Heron flies in from Chicken island on to the first fishing peg!

8th July

14:23 - Heron on number one fishing peg

20:20 - Heron flies down all the fishing pegs to peg one over twenty minutes or so.

21:04 - Heron emerges from the willow behind the kingfisher image and takes off

6th July

21:51 - Hare races up the Ride to wards the Lodge
 

3rd July

06:05 - Kingfisher appeared from chicken island way and after a short minute, flew off towards Kens

07:01 - Kingfisher flew back from Kens direction and landed on main perch. After a couple of minutes he spots something in the distance and stands upright to look. After 6 minutes he flew off towards the second fishing peg.

 

The Tawny Owl seems to have stopped coming to the nest at the moment. You can still hear them every evening when sitting out on the decking though, lovely sound! :))