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Hollins 2016 WILDLIFE DIARY AND NEWS FOR DECEMBER 26 - JANUARY 1 (WEEK 52 OF 2016) Sun 1st January My New Year's Day finds include flowering Cow Parsley, White Comfrey, Goat Willow and the first Camellia flowers, plus a Heron on a nest and my first Common Gull at Langstone. Stepping out into my garden before having my breakfast to scatter bread for the birds the first thing I heard after Robin song was the drumming of the Great Spotted Woodpecker a little way up the Billy Trail but the only flower to be seen in the garden was the bright yellow Winter Jasmine. After breakfast I set out on a four hour local walk which gave me a list of 42 flowering plant species but only 28 birds. My first flowering plant worth a mention was Pellitory of the Wall in Beechworth Road but Bellair Road gave me better tick with my first Camellia in flower. Back on the Emsworth Road I headed for the grounds of White Ladies to tick the flowers on a young Strawberry Tree before walking back to Lymbourne Road for the Hazel tree whose catkins have started to open. Just before reaching Lymbourne Road the pavement of Emsworth Road has an interesting 'double kerb' resulting in a narrow strip of pavement nearest to the road being lower than the broad pavement used by pedestrians and this allows small plants to grow on the lower strip without fear of being trampled by human feet - today I noticed that this lower strip has a good population of Common Whitlowgrass plants and should soon give me the first flowers of that species. From Lymbourne Road I headed for Wade Court Road which I crossed to walk a short distance along the footpath to Warblington and just beyond the path's junction with Shawfield Road I was rewarded with a single flower of Herb Robert which has survived to this late date. Back on Wade Court Road the next notable plants were the Winter Heliotrope outside Wade Court - today I smelt their strong fragrance for the first time and was lucky to find a single flower on the clump of Butcher's Broom. Passing Langstone Mill Pond I noticed a bulky Heron's nest in a tree on the far side and my binoculars showed me a single Heron was standing erect on the nest - although I have no proof that his presence showed an interest in starting to breed I guessed that the bulkiness of the nest might be the result of his having been adding sticks to the existing structure and so marks the start of his breeding season - we will see! On the pond just four Swan cygnets were present - one more cygnet was with the two adults in the outflow stream and three more cygnets could not be seen anywhere - it would seem the last year's family is breaking up and I guess the adults will soon be driving the cygnets away and asserting their right to the pond as their breeding territory. Also seen in the Langbrook outflow near the Mill was my first Common Gull of the winter. From Langstone High Street I crossed the main road and walked south to the Sailing Club area to walk north up the cycleway beside which I found two 'first flowerings' - first was a single plant of Cow Parsley, the second was a single plant of White Comfrey. I then had a look at the water round the mouth of the Langbrook Stream where I added several bird species including a group of Shoveler feeding unexpectedly in the sea and several Turnstones flying in ahead of the rising tide. From Mill Lane I took the inland path across the South Moors, diverting into the 'orchid field' in the hope of finding Marsh Marigolds in the pond at its north end, and probably putting up some Snipe from the wetland. To my surprise the pond was dry and all I saw were a couple of very small Marsh Marigold plants with no hint of flowers. Continuing along the footpath the Southmoor Lane I had better luck with the Goat Willow tree which overhangs the exit gate from the nature reserve - my binoculars showed me that at least one of the silvery closed flower buds had opened to show its rich display of golden anthers. Walking up Southmoor Lane I was surprised to find several flowers on a plant of Common Mallow and on the walk back along the north of the Langstone Technology Plant I found the single plant of Meadow Buttercup still had two flowers. Finally the roundabout at the south end of Park Road South into Havant had a surprise sight of multiple flowers on a single ancient plant of Heath Groundsel and there was another surprise as I turned off Park Road South towards Homewell - here were several fresh plants of Sun Spurge with the fresh yellow 'flower bowls' on their topmost leaves - I cannot recall ever having seen this plant growing within Havant town before. Sat 31st December (Link to previous day’s entry) Influx of Cattle Egrets continues, more bird species starting to sing, Small Tortoiseshell on the wing and Lesser Celandines will soon be in flower. Single Cattle Egrets had been reported in Dorset and Kent on Dec 3 with one at Chilling in Hampshire on Dec 4 and on Dec 7 a total of 12 were reported in the UK. The first local bird was seen at Warblington on Dec 11 when the UK total had risen to 31. On Dec 12 there were two at Warblington and on Dec 14 Hampshire had a new bird in the Marchwood area beside Southampton Water (that single has remained in that area up to the month end). By Dec 17 the UK total was up to 51 and on Dec 19 a flock of 13 were present at Newquay in Cornwall and on Dec 20 3 were seen at Warblington, increasing to 4 on Dec 26 and to 5 on Dec 30. At Newquay the flock was up to 18 on Dec 27 and the UK total was reported as 49 on Dec 30 (note that the UK Totals reported on the RBA site are the sum of individual reports from birders who probably cease to report birds in their area when the number there has been static for several days). I heard my first Song Thrush song at dusk on Nov 30 and have heard one or more here in Havant on most days since then - when the sun is shining in the morning they sing then but since Dec 27 I have heard one singing locally after sunset as they have done in many past winters - hence Thomas Hardy's famous poem 'The Darkling Thrush' which you can read at Thomas Hardy's Darkling Thrush. Other birds which I have heard singing in late December include Blue Tit (from Dec 28), Coal Tit, and Great Tit plus those heard throughout the month (Robin, Goldfinch, Starling, Dunnock, Collared Dove, Wood Pigeon). A Great Spotted Woodpecker has been drumming within earshot of my garden on several days from Dec 22 to 31. Song reported by others includes Mistle Thrush, Goldcrest, Skylark, Woodlark and no doubt others such as the Serin which has been at Newhaven and was noted as singing on Dec 24. Any birder who uses the Rare Bird Alert service to guide their twitching (or who uses the website at http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/dailysummary.asp to keep in touch with current rarities) will know there are always many unusual birds scattered across the British Isles and occasionally some of these get a mention on the radio or television causing non-birders to get excited. Two examples of this occurred during December - the first caused a friend living in Nottingham to phone me to tell me that a rare Dusky Thrush had been seen in Derbyshire with the result that I included details of this story in my blog entry for Dec 19. More recently I was asked for details of the Blue Rock Thrush in Gloucestershire which had somehow got into the national news and caused the Daily Mail to describe the impact of this bird and its many twitchers in a column which can be seen online at Blue Rock Thrush twitch. Turning to other recent aspects of wildlife four butterfly species have been seen in December. Red Admirals have been seen on ten days during the month (one was flying in an ambient temperature of -5 Centigrade!), Brimstones were reported in both Sussex and Hampshire and Peacocks were seen on four days (all in Sussex) but the most surprising report was of a Small Tortoiseshell at Burgess Hill in Sussex on Dec 29. Just in December was the last report for the year of a Common Darter dragonfly seen in Cornwall on Dec 1. Tomorrow I will be out looking for the first flowering plants of 2017 and while I do not intend to make a lengthy outing I should see two species which I noted today during a trip to the local shops. One was Grey Field Speedwell, the other a freshly flowering plant of Guernsey Fleabane. Hazel catkins will be easy to find but my special interest is in finding the first Lesser Celandine flower among the rapidly growing leaves to be seen at two sites where these plants were in flower by mid- December last winter...... Wildlife diary and news for December 19 - 25 (Week 51 of 2016) (Skip to previous week) Sat 24th December (Link to previous day’s entry) First Hazel catkins starting to open, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming close to my garden, and the Dalmatian Pelican leaves Cornwall.
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