🦆 Cotwall End Valley nature diary: October 2024
October 1
Single mistle thrush in high flight across the valley, from west to east.
October 6
Returning home late evening, a fox crossed Longfellow Road and on to the green.
October 7
Visited one of the local badger setts. Lots of freshly dug soil and my dog went wild at the smells, running around with his nose on the ground.
October 8
Heard ring-necked parakeets in flight over woodland on the western ridge towards Baggeridge.
October 9
First redwings of the autumn, a flock of c.10 in north to south flight.
October 11
Two separate groups of ravens in flight – three and four.
Small tortoiseshell in flight, a good sighting after last night’s hard frost.
Single raven in flight seen during dusk walk.
October 17
Morning walk along the golf course.
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Redwing c.12 in flight.
Male sparrowhawk in flight.
Male greenfinch singing.
October 19
Late walk along the golf course.
Grey heron in flight.
Common buzzard on the green.
October 20
Ten ring-necked parakeets in flight from the wooded western slope across Wordsworth Road in the direction of Himley.
October 22
Three ravens in flight across the valley, from east to west.
October 23
Carrion crow perched on low fence on bungalow in Wordsworth Road.
October 24
Eight carrion crows in flight across Wordsworth Road.
Eight redwings in flight across the valley.
Two low ravens in flight south to north.
October 25
Juvenile badger in the early hours on grass alongside Sandyfields Road.