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Finished the inside of the Hide today it has 2 Wood stools inside, this will give another angle to watch and take photos of the wildlife.

Great day at the hide, made a shelf inside to rest Camera on or Scope. Again a wide variety of birds visiting the feeders. I put the Niger seeds feeders out for the Goldfinch Lessor Redpoll and Greenfinch Siskin, and within 10 minutes the first Goldfinch arrived. Just as we were leaving the Grey Heron… Read more »

A few showers but i managed to get down to the hide to put food out for the birds. The light was bad but managed to get a few pictures of a Male Chaffinch a Female Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Robin.  

Very cold morning with a slight covering of snow around the site. Due to the mild winter climate, many birds not seen last year until mid April are here now. The Greenfinch and Siskin were recorded around mid April last year, and came to the feeders at 30 BirchWood  first day on site.  The Long… Read more »

Hi to everyone from Ron and Ruth 30 Birchwood. Well another season started with some good dry weather so off to the Hide to get it ready for the Birds and wildlife. I started by extending the hide to give people a better view of the Hide area. I used Natural material that i got… Read more »

Well that’s 9 Months gone by and we enjoyed every minute of it. Started with the Hide being made and just got better throughout the year. Thanks to Debbie letting me build the Hide and paying for it. There are still a few people that still don’t know about it so spread the word please…. Read more »

Looking for a spare Dingy to get round site

With the help of my mate Frank we erected a Barn Owl Box in a great location so with any look we can attract the magnificent Owl to the Goodenbergh Site. I will keep you informed if we have get any visitors. Photo taken by me this year in Bentham.

The Hide has been a great success with many site members visiting and enjoying the wildlife. It is funded by me and the wife,  with a few people leaving seed on their visits. I recently ask for an Email to be sent to members asking for seed for the Hide. Its been a great response… Read more »

From the edge of the site there is a lake and although not part of the site you can see numerous wildlife on it. The Tufted Duck has started to arrive, a shy bird that does’nt like being photographed. With a bit of cam i got a nice shot of the this pair.

Out of all the birds on site the Chaffinch finds landing on feeders hard and flutters about for a few seconds so i focused on a point and waited for one to come into the view finder. Lot of work to do but happy with first few shots.

First sighting of Long Tailed Tits down at the Hide about 4 in total.

The Birds are busy again at the Van and down at the Hide, after filling feeders for 3 days we recorded the following birds Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long Tailed Tit, Goldfinch, Redpoll, Robin, Wren, Chaffinch, Jay, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit.

The site was very quiet yesterday and whilst walking back from reception something caught my eye under the trees. I saw a Male Sparrow Hawk with a Wood Pigeon. Its a dangerous place for any bird but being a big bird it must have been an easy meal.

I am pleased to inform you that we have erected the 3rd Tawny Owl Box up in the woods next to Chestnut Crescent, that is 2 Boxes in the woods with a good 3oo metres between boxes. The 3rd box is is in the woods opposite the Cottages, one box has already got a Owl… Read more »

Juvenile Tawny Owl has been seen daily up at the Stables, most likely using the yard as a place to get an easy meal.

The 3rd Tawny Owl nest box  was erected Sunday 20 Sept in the woods next to the play area. So now there is a box in all the woods around the park.this is the nest box i erected 3 weeks ago and we have a juvenile using it to Roost.

A familiar sighting around Goodenbergh is the Treecreeper, the bird can only climb vertical so will start from the bottom of the tree looking for food. When it gets to the top it will fly down to the next tree and start again.