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Annual Report 2005 The BIRDS of EREFORDS H IRE H 2005 HEREFORDS H IRE ORNIT H OLOGICAL CLUB 1 HEREFORDSHIRE ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB Founded 1950 Registered Charity No 1068608 www.herefordshirebirds.org Officers and Committee 2007 President I B Evans Vice-President K A Mason Chairman N A Smith Vice-Chairman J R Pullen Hon Secretary T M Weale Hon Treasurer and Membership Secretary R G D Morgan Recorder and Conservation Liaison Officer S P Coney Annual Report Editor W J Marler Education Officer B C Willder HOC News Editor P Gardner Meetings Secretary J R Pullen assisted by K A Mason Strategy Officer P Williams Committee P H Downes Miss N J Perry Miss F Riddell ( co-opted ) G J Wren ( co-opted ) BTO Representative – S P Coney 2 RSPB Representative – I B Evans THE BIRDS OF HEREFORDSHIRE 2005 The 55th Annual Report of Herefordshire Ornithological Club ( Founded 1950 ) ISBN 978-0-9554157-1-5 Volume 6 Number 5 Edited by WJM Published 2008 ( revised 30 May 2010 ) Price £10.00 ( U.K. Post Free ) Published by Herefordshire Ornithological Club 2008 © 2008 - 2010 Herefordshire Ornithological Club ISBN 978-0-9554157-1-5 All rights strictly reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, photocopied, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Committee of Herefordshire Ornithological Club Herefordshire Ornithological Club is a Registered Charity No 1068608 www.herefordshirebirds.org Front Cover Illustration : A Kingfisher in a ditch near Paytoe Hall, Leintwardine, Herefordshire © 2008 WJM ( HOC ) Back Cover Illustrations : Stonewall Hill, Herefordshire looking towards The Black Mountains © 2008 WJM ( HOC ) Cock Yellowhammer at Criftin Ford Bridge, Leintwardine, Herefordshire © 2008 WJM ( HOC ) Inside Front Cover Illustration : Stonewall Hill, Herefordshire looking towards The Black Mountains © 2008 WJM ( HOC ) Frontispiece Illustration : A Mistle Thrush on Sloe Berries at Walford, Leintwardine, Herefordshire © 2008 WJM ( HOC ) Printed by : Orphan’s Press Ltd, Arrow Close, Enterprise Park, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LD CONTENTS 2005 i.f.c. HOC OFFICERS & COMMITTEE 2007 27 HOC CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2005 4 HOC OFFICERS & COMMITTEE 2005 28 MORE HEREFORDSHIRE RARITIES IN COLOUR 5 ANECDOTE & ODDITY 2005 - “HOVERING” 29 2005 PRAECIDIUM 6 WEATHER REPORT 2005 - by John Pullen 30 EDITORIAL 2005 8 HOC FIELD MEETINGS 2005 33 RINGING REPORT 2005 by David Coker 9 HOC EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT 2005 41 HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY RARITIES 9 HOC INDOOR MEETINGS 2005 42 HNT NESTBOX SCHEME 2005 10 INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 2005 44 WINTER MIGRANTS 2005 - LAST & FIRST DATES 11 ACCUMULATED FUNDS 2005 & AUDITOR’S REPORT 45 SUMMER MIGRANTS 2005 - FIRST & LAST DATES 12 HOC ATLAS STEERING COMMITTEE REPORT 2005 46 HOC RARITIES COMMITTEE - Accepted Rarities 2005 12 HOC STRATEGY SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT 2005 48 HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY BIRD LIST 2005 13 HOC GARDEN BIRDWATCH 2005 49 INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMATIC LIST 2005 14 BEE-EATERS NEST IN HEREFORDSHIRE by Paul Downes 50 SYSTEMATIC LIST 2005 18 HEREFORDSHIRE RECORDS OF BEE-EATERS ( 1875 - 2005 ) 228 EXOTICA & ESCAPEES 2005 19 THE BEE-EATERS & THEIR NEST SITE IN COLOUR 231 CONTRIBUTORS TO HOC SYSTEMATIC LIST 2005 20 HEREFORDSHIRE RARITIES IN COLOUR 233 INDEX OF SPECIES 2005 22 WAXWINGS IN COLOUR 240 HOC GAZETTEER OF SIXTY SITES 24 A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR i.b.c. MAP OF SITES IN HEREFORDSHIRE Illustrations reproduced within the Text ( without adjacent captions ) : Page 4 : Male Pied Flycatcher at Lyepole Bridge, Herefordshire © 2008 George Ewart ( HOC ) Page 17 : Bee-Eater in flight ( Eastern Europe ) © 2008 ( sine nomine ) Page 24 : Bee-Eater in flight ( Eastern Europe ) © 2008 ( sine nomine ) Page 27 : Male Yellowhammer at Criftin Ford Bridge, Herefordshire © 2008 WJM ( HOC ) Page 30 : Robin at Sutton St Nicholas, Herefordshire © 2008 WJM ( HOC ) Page 41 : Great Grey Shrike at Bradnor Hill, Herefordshire © 2008 George Ewart ( HOC ) Page 105 : Little Ringed Plover at Kenchester Pools, Herefordshire © 2008 George Ewart ( HOC ) Page 158 : Waxwings at Ledbury, Herefordshire © 2008 George Ewart ( HOC ) Page 160 : Waxwing at Ledbury, Herefordshire © 2008 George Ewart ( HOC ) Page 177 : Fieldfare at Walford, Herefordshire © 2008 WJM ( HOC ) HEREFORDSHIRE ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB Founded 1950 Registered Charity No 1068608 www.herefordshirebirds.org Officers and Committee 2005 President I B Evans Vice-President K A Mason Chairman G R Parker Vice-Chairman & Strategy Officer N A Smith Hon Secretary T M Weale Hon Treasurer and Membership Secretary R G D Morgan Recorder S P Coney Annual Report Editor I B Evans Education Officer Miss N J Perry Meetings Secretary J R Pullen assisted by K A Mason ‘HOC News’ Editor P Gardner Conservation Liaison Officer T Wright Committee W J Marler Mrs S Taylor B C Willder P Williams 6 BTO Representative – S P Coney RSPB Representative – I B Evans his Report has been published with most generous financial assistance from T SMITH & CO, SOLI C ITOR S , OF KINGTON , HE R E FORD S HIR E E and to the Principal of that Firm this Club extends its heart-felt thanks AN ec DOT E A ND ODDITY 2005 “HOVERING” “Just above the ‘boggy inlet’ at Nacklestone Farm, Criftin Ford Bridge on 3 January 2005 I watched from only a few feet away a Male SPARROWHAWK turning repeatedly into the wind and hovering. Although the little hawk made quite a respectable job of his “hover”, he was not able to match the perfect stability of a Kestrel - and his head in contrast was never quite motionless - instead it wobbled and “bobbed” ever-so- slightly up and down. I formed the distinct impression that the Sparrowhawk was hunting a Vole. I have in the past seen a Sparrowhawk take small mammals, but I have never before seen one hover”. “At the HOC Club Outing to Leintwardine on 14 September 2005, a Falcon with Swift-like wings was seen swooping from the direction of Paytoe Meadows and was promptly identified as a HOBBY by the Leader ( myself ) and another very expert Member. The bird had no strong markings and so we concluded that it was an immature. Directly over the River Teme it caught a Dragonfly, which it held in its talons and ate, and then to our surprise it proceeded to hover on two separate occasions - very expertly just like a Kestrel. Again, I had never seen this behaviour before, but in Anthony Chapman’s excellent monograph : The Hobby ( Arlequin Press, 1999 ) hovering is fully described as one of this species’ varied hunting techniques”. WJM 5 Weather Report 2005 by John Pullen JANUARY MARCH MAY This was much dryer than most - and also The first two weeks of March provided This was a dry month - with twenty the warmest January since 1990. The the coldest continuous spell of the Winter. dry days, and of the 31 mm of rainfall rainfall was 47% of the long term average Snow fell on the 2nd and 4th and frosts recorded ( 60% of the long term average ), - amounting to 27 mm. There were 18 were recorded on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 13.5 mm fell on the 22nd. Most days were dry days - the warmest at 13°C being on 11th, 12th & 13th. From the 16th the hot and sunny - with 10 hours of sunshine the 10th - while over six hours of sunshine temperature rose - reaching 17°C on the recorded on the 6th and 12th. The were recorded on the 12th, 13th, 23rd and 25th. The Waxwings remained during hottest day was the 28th - when 27°C was 24th. Frosts were recorded on 16th, 17th, the cold spell - with 100+ at Ross-on- recorded. The sunny weather encouraged 22nd and 23rd - with small amounts of Wye on 2nd - and 13 at Leintwardine birds to breed. Six Cuckoos were heard snow on 17th and 22nd. The coldest night on 6th disappearing with the warmer calling on Garway Hill on the 17th so it at -3°C was on the 22nd. Large flocks of weather which encouraged early migrants was surprising to find Linnets still in flocks Waxwings were seen in the County : 80 - e.g. Sand Martins at Kentchurch on of 44 and 25 on Garway Hill on the 21st. at Hereford on the 6th, 100+ at Ross-on- 23rd, Meadow Pipits displaying on the Wye on 12th - also flocks of Lapwings : Herefordshire Beacon on 16th, and 120 at Brockhall Gravel Pit on 1st, 400 Chiffchaff singing at Garway on 21st. at Dilwyn on 14th, and 600 at Broad Oak on 22nd. Other scarce Winter visitors JUNE were a Great Grey Shrike from 3rd - 21st at Wigmore Rolls; and a Black Redstart APRIL There were sixteen dry days - and of a from 1st - 19th on Hereford Cathedral. total rainfall of 48 mm most fell in two days - 17 mm on the 8th and 19 mm This month began with a dry warm spell on the 24th. The hottest spell was from - reaching 18°C on the 3rd, then from the the 17th to the end of the Month - the FEBRUARY 14th the weather became cold and damp hottest day being the 20th - when 31°C with a frost on the 17th. The rainfall was recorded. Birds of note were two at 50 mm was around the long term Grasshopper Warblers singing on the The beginning of the month was mild and average, although 84 mm was recorded at 13th in the Gamber Meadows and Corn mainly dry. Frosts were recorded on many Bishopstone. The late colder spell delayed Buntings at Canon Frome on 10th and 11th nights from 15th onwards until the end of migration, with fewer Swallows and House the month - when the temperature on most Martins around. The Cuckoo was heard on days did not rise above 3°C.
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