2008 SD = Southdown farm. NMR = Not my record
Jan c80 Chaffinch using spilt seed from dryer.
8-2 3 snipe, 1 woodcock in Perratons Park. Barn owl hunting by our office.
8-2 Barn owl hunting every night.
24-2 Chiffchaff in willows with 2 long-tailed tits. 1 Golden plover on Decca field.
18-3 White wagtail and f Wheatear in Soar Mill field.
9-4 2 swallows
15-4 Swallows, Wheatear, 3 Sand Martin and Willow Warbler.
16-4 First record of a spring male Ring Ouzel, possible Grasshopper Warbler.
21-4 Whitethroat singing. House Martins arrived
25-4 Whimbrel calling over farm
28-4 3 Sedge Warblers singing in reeds.
7-5 Short-toed Lark in Ranks field
8-5 4 Dotterel in Ranks field
10-5 Turtle Dove in Soar Mill
11-5 Redstart in willows in Soar Cove
12-7 Curlew heard calling
Aug House Martin colony failed first time in over 18 years
16-8 Ringed Plover calling, Gannets moving off shore.
20-8 2 Wheatear in Heath field
23-8 c 15 Wheatear in Heath field.
26-8 Swallows leaving farm. Barn owl near Hamstone cottage.
30-8 3 Whinchat in Decca field
31-8 Wheatears on the farm in large numbers all ready to migrate.
8-9 Yellow Wagtail in farm yard
21-9 Wryneck found in Perratons Park
23-9 Hobby flew over Heath field.
29-9 Quail in Soar Mill field.
4-10 10 Goldcrests in garden, Ringed Plover in Ranks, Wheatear in Decca.
16-10 Yellow-browed warbler found at East Soar willows. NMR
16-10 1 Swallow and a Redstart.
17-10 c20 House Martins with a few Swallows stopping to feed.
26-10 fBrambling with c80 Chaffinch
28-10 Redwing & Fieldfare on farm. Merlin in Decca
1-11 Lapwing in Path field
22-11 Swallow seen flying from the Warren at East Soar, 2 others at South Milton one was caught, ringed and weighed being at full body weight.
27-11 Merlin in Perratons, c120 Chaffinch with up to 2 Brambling.