Aldenham Park
From Londonbirders
Aldenham Park Estate OS TQ1796, also includes Aldenham Country Park.
Aldenham Country Park.
A 65-acre reservoir with a circular footpath and 175 acres of woods and meadowland. Adventure playgrounds, rare breeds farm animals. There is angling, a nature trail, horse-riding and refreshments with an annual craft fair. Fields are available for holding corporate special events.
Early morning and late afternoon are the best times to visit this site as it gets very busy during the day, especially at weekends and school holidays.
Less than half a kilometre to the NW is the more enticing Hilfield Park Reservoir. (Entry by key from H&MWT. Members only).
Aldenham Park Estate.
Covers the other half of my Patchlist site. It is an area of Farmland and a private wood. Within the wood is 'Tykes Water', a 5-6 acre private fishing lake.
I have, obtained permission to roam the estate and I hope it turns up something of interest as the wood is rarely disturbed, except in winter when World War 3 erupts in the form of a Pheasant shoot!!! ( The best so far...Pair of LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER, PIED FLYCATCHER, CUCKOO & 2 Fledgling LITTLE OWL.
There is a Public Footpath that passes through part of the wood and farmland, entered from Butterfly Lane.
If you are at this end of the world, say hello. Im the Geezer with a pair of Leica's around my neck and a well behaved Springer Spaniel at my side... or nearby!!!
Patch Boundary: Species seen or heard from:- Start Public footpath at Jct ALLUM LANE & ELSTREE HILL NORTH to Aldenham CP. - Around perimeter of Reservoir exiting at DAGGER LANE into HOGG LANE, onto footpath to BUTTERFLY LANE, Whole length of BUTTERFLY LANE to WATLING STREET (A5). On to start point.
Steve Blake's Patchlist for 2008.
Wednesday 2nd January 2008.
1:Mute Swan. 2:Mallard. 3:Gadwall. 4:Pochard. 5:Tufted Duck. 6:Shoveler. 7:Mandarin. 8:Great Crested Grebe. 9:Coot. 10:Moorhen. 11:Cormorant. 12:Common Gull. 13:Black-headed Gull. 14:LesserBlack-backed Gull. 15:Grey Heron. 16: Ruddy Duck. 17:Carrion Crow. 18:Jackdaw. 19:Magpie. 20:Woodpigeon. 21:Feral Rock Dove. 22:Stock Dove. 23:Mistle Thrush. 24:Redwing. 25:Fieldfare. 26:Chaffinch. 27:Robin. 28:Blue Tit. 29:Great Tit. 30:Greenfinch. 31 Kestrel. 32:Pied Wagtail. 33:Common Pheasant.
Saturday 5th January 2008.
34:Little Grebe. 35:Nuthatch. 36:Long-tailed Tit. 37:Red legged-Partridge.
Sunday 6th January 2008.
38:Grey Wagtail. 39:Teal. 40:Dunnock. 41:Wren. 42:Jay. 43:Blackbird. 44:Canada Goose. 45:Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Tuesday 8th January 2008.
46:Song Thrush. 47:Little Owl. 48:Goldcrest. 49:Herring Gull. 50:Collared Dove. 51:Green Woodpecker.
Thursday 10th January 2008.
52:Siskin.
Monday 14th January 2008.
53:Treecreeper. 54:Bullfinch.
Saturday 19th January 2008.
55:Sparrowhawk. 56:Common Buzzard. 57:Woodcock.
Steve Blake's Patchlist for 2007.
2nd JANUARY 07.
1:MANDARIN. 2:COOT. 3:MALLARD. 4:BLUE TIT: 5:GREAT TIT. 6:CARRION CROW. 7:WOOD PIGEON. 8:FERAL PIGEON. 9:COLLARED DOVE. 10:MAGPIE. 11:BLACKBIRD. 12:BLACK HEADED GULL. 13:COMMON GULL. 14:LBB GULL. 15:ROBIN. 16:CHAFFINCH. 17:GREENFINCH. 18:JAY. 19:SONG THRUSH. 20:MISTLE THRUSH. 21:REDWING. 22:MUTE SWAN. 23:CORM0RANT. 24:SHOVELER. 25:TUFTED DUCK. 26:POCHARD. 27:GADWALL. 28:CANADA GOOSE. 29:GREEN WOODPECKER. 30:GOLDFINCH. 31:KESTRAL. 32:GREAT CRESTED GREBE. 33 LITTLE GREBE. 34:TREECREEPER. 35:LONG TAILED TIT. 36:KINGFISHER. 37:MOORHEN. 38:GREY HERON. 39:DUNNOCK. 4th JANUARY 07 40:SISKIN. 41:G S WOODPECKER. 42:COAL TIT. 43:GOLDCREST. 44:STOCK DOVE. 45:LITTLE OWL. 46:TAWNY OWL. 47:WREN. 5th JANUARY 48:BULLFINCH. 49:LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 50:NUTHATCH. 51:LESSER REDPOLL. 52: RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 53:PHEASANT.
8th JANUARY.
54:HOUSE SPARROW. 55:PIED WAGTAIL. 56:RUDDY DUCK. 9th JANUARY 57:JACKDAW.
16th JANUARY.
58:TEAL
20th JANUARY
59: LAPWING.
23rd JANUARY
60: GOLDENEYE. 61: BUZZARD.
29th JANUARY
62: YELLOW LEGGED GULL.
31st JANUARY
63: HERRING GULL.
10th FEBRUARY
64: SPARROWHAWK. 65:STONECHAT. 66:FIELDFARE.(First seen 2/1/07).
12th FEBRUARY
67: GREY WAGTAIL.
26th FEBRUARY
68: GOOSANDER(M)
10th MARCH
69: SKYLARK.
17th MARCH
70:MEADOW PIPIT. 71:CHIFFCHAFF.
20th MARCH
72:REED BUNTING.
26th MARCH
73:LINNET.
31st MARCH
74: SHELLDUCK. (m&f)
5th APRIL
75:WIGEON. 76: BLACKCAP.
10th APRIL
77: COMMON TERN
11th APRIL
78: SWALLOW(2)
15th APRIL
79: SANDWICH TERN
17th APRIL
80: SAND MARTIN. 81: HOUSE MARTIN. 82: GARDEN WARBLER.
20th APRIL
83: BLACK-TAILED GODWIT.
21st APRIL
84: PIED FLYCATCHER.
28th APRIL
85: WHITETHROAT.
29th APRIL
86: CUCKOO.
30th APRIL
87: BLACK TERN(2).
2nd MAY
88: COMMON SANDPIPER. 89: HOBBY.
5th MAY
90: SWIFT.
6th MAY
91: WHEATEAR.
22nd MAY
92:GREAT BLACK BACKED GULL.
5TH JUNE
93: LESSER WHITETHROAT
9th JUNE
94: EGYPTIAN GOOSE
11th JUNE
95: SCAUP.
23rd JUNE
96: REED WARBLER.
10th JULY.
97: SEDGE WARBLER.
6th AUGUST.
98: WILLOW WARBLER.
14th AUGUST.
99: SPOTTED FLYCATCHER.
19th AUGUST.
100: PEREGRINE FALCON.
1st SEPTEMBER.
101: YELLOW WAGTAIL.
8th SEPTEMBER.
102: WHINCHAT. 103: ROOK.
1st OCTOBER.
104: YELLOWHAMMER.
16TH OCTOBER.
105: GOLDEN PLOVER. 106: WATER RAIL.
3rd NOVEMBER.
107: RING-NECKED PARAKEET.
26th NOVEMBER.
108: BRAMBLING.
1st DECEMBER.
109: WOODCOCK.
NON COUNTABLES: BARNACLE GOOSE. MUSCOVY DUCK.
