Hello all,

FRI 10/10/8

Warm, sunny, windy.

1 late Hobby, 2 Little Owl trying to out-hoot each other near Arley
SVR Station, 52 Siskin, 1 Redpoll, 1 Raven, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher,
4 Cormorant.

Nash End: 2 Kestrel, 1 Red-Legged Partridge

SUN 12/10/8

Quite dense fog, mild.

39 Siskin, 1 Raven, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Cormorant.

Very surprised to see a Hobby (same bird also just into Shrops) as
late as 10th Oct. Perhaps it was the same bird that's been semi-
resident in the Chelmarsh/Dudmaston area (Shrops) during late summer.

Reliable report of a pair of Barn Owls breeding in a riverside tree
during summer 2007. Also, a reliable report of an adult Otter on the
Severn between Trimpley Reservoir and Upper Arley "a couple of weeks
ago".

Hopefully, more in a month or so.

Keith Bates, London