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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    Good this summer to again find Whitethroat in Woodgate Valley. In Spring I saw Buzzard's mating.
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    A bike ride along the Bourn Brook to Woodgate Valley this week. Good to see a Kingfisher over the brook.
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    Last week a Kingfisher on the Bourn Brook, Woodgate Valley. It flew from under the bridge. Same place I saw one 2 years ago.
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    I heard the Woodgate Valley Cuckoo yesterday. Quite a surprise to hear one in Woodgate. A walker told me a few weeks back & I saw reports on birdtrack. It was exactly where they said as well. Just behind flight displaying White Throats. Elsewhere Willow Warbler, Swifts & Swallows. Hi Paul, I had...
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    Yeah Little Egret this morning along the Bourn Brook walkway. The most I have seen is 4 together along this stretch. They would fly in together. Good to see a Whitethroat flight display at Woodgate Valley.
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    Woodgate Valley; seen the Kingfisher twice this week. A few Jays calling & seen. A Buzzard flew low flying from a tree, chased by a couple magpies.
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    I bumped into Kate today along the Bourn Brook walkway. She saw a Kingfisher along the Bourn Brook at Woodgate Valley last December.
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    I knew it was time to check. In one of the old spots, a Kingfisher sat over the brook at Woodgate Valley. It was from the dual carriageway just after the second bridge & could only have been seen from the mud track.
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    I shall check again soon. I saw a Kingfisher at Woodgate Valley CP on Tuesday 25th September.
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    The new cycle path is now complete along Woodgate Valley. It was good to find Swallows over the horse paddock and then several Swift over the brook with even more Swallows as it started to rain. Then there were more Swallows over the paddock when I finished my run. Plenty of tits, LLTs and a...
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    I always check Woodgate just in case for a KF. There was a Little Egret, probably the same one that's been on the Bourn Brook for a few months now. There was a Heron, probably the same one I've seen further along the Bourn Brook. Also of note they have got rid of all but one of the weirs along...
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    Still no Kingfisher but a Buzzard in the trees. Three Jays in a tree together. LTTs as both ends. A Grey Wagtail on the brook.
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    I've had a couple runs around Woodgate Valley but no Kingfisher yet. Good to see Pied Wagtails in the horses paddock.
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    I felt it was time for a run around Woodgate Valley CP. I had done one lap with no luck so I thought a quick half lap to double check. Funny enough the endorphins kicked in, the sun shone and then I saw a Kingfisher take flight from a tree branch over the brook. Great!
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    Woodgate Valley CP midday I was curious if there a KF present, didn't see one but did better than that with a pair of buzzards flying out from a tree right in front of me on the path. They called as they flew off. They were disturbed by the trekking ponies on the other path. Great!!
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    I was always curious if the Woodgate Bourn Brook still has any fish to attract Kingfisher. I had seen one catch a fish on the brook in 2012. I did some searching and found this website and from three surveys on the brook no fish although plenty of shrimp. Interesting how a kingfisher is present...
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    26-09-14 17:00 WVCP Great weather late afternoon for a run down WVCP, plenty of bird song, I then found some commotion on the brook - 2 Grey wagtails chasing each other, then a further 2 flying along the brook, great!!
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    05-09-14 17:00 WVCP A buzzard was present flying overhead from the horse paddocks down to the brook. Around 50 gulls were circling overhead, never seen that many over WV. Saw a few Jays flying around and a moorhen in the brook, not seen one for a while. Plenty of tits feeding in the trees.
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    25-08-14 10:00 WVCP I take a run around Woodgate Valley once a week just in case a KF might visit. It was this time a couple years back, I saw one there. Now makes me realise how lucky I was. I did see a couple birds along the brook - a grey wagtail trying to trick me and what I think was a...
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    21-06-2014 08:00 Plenty of birdsong and good to see families of Blue, Great & LTT tits. A few of the trees are covered in webs. A buzzard came down very low over the path and was mobbed by gulls and crows and the pigeons flew off. The best sight was a family of bullfinches feeding. No KF but I...
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    KF on WVCP in May Hi Baggie Dave - I have not made a visit to WVCP for a couple months having moved a bit further down the road (but it has proved trumps on a local Bourn KF) but anyway I must make a few visits soon as my WVCP contact tells me he saw a KF in May at WG!! Not sure when exactly...
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    Hi Baggie Dave, Good to see your reports. Where did you see the LTT? And the Mistle Thrush? Not seen those at WVCP. I'm still making the occasional visit. I'm not an expert but late May and then June we need to keep an eye out for the kingfisher. That's when I saw one from in 2012 and someone...
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    Congrats again Dave!! And good to hear the heron made a visit. What time do you normally visit then?
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    1 - 3 - 2014 Took a visit to to WVCP. Still quite boggy at the blvd end and many trees, fallen down and across the brook (good for a KF visit in June). Also many trees being cut down or marked to be cut down (H&S). Lots of bird song and robins and blackbirds at every turn. A Mallard couple in...
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    Woodgate Valley CP & Quinton Meadows

    Hi Baggie Dave, I looked out my window Saturday and saw those 6 Canadian Geese go past my house, the right direction for WVCP, I wonder where they were heading!! Congrats also!!
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