Time:
from 11:15 a.m.
Weather:
dry, sunny, windy, 6°C to 8°C
This
was my inaugural visit to Noak Bridge Nature Reserve having chosen it as a site
to feature in this blog.
The
undoubted highlight was my first Chiffchaff for this site. I
first noticed a small warbler,
greenish-brown above and off-white below, actively flitting through the trees.
I then heard the diagnostic song. The Chiffchaff is named onomatopoeically
after its simple and metronomic "chiff-chaff" song. At the end of my visit, I had seen 2
singing male Chiffchaffs and heard another.
In most years, I hear and
see my first Chiffchaff of the year at my other site, St. Nicholas Church and
surrounding areas. However, although the Chiffchaff is primarily a summer
migrant arriving in the UK in mid to late March, it is increasingly being
recorded during the winter months due to our warming climate. Therefore, my
first records of Chiffchaff in 2020 were during my trip to south west England (specifically in Devon) in the first week of January.
Species recorded during this visit were as
follows (heard only records in italics):
Chiffchaff
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Robin
Wren
Blackbird
Goldfinch
Jay
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Woodpigeon
Here are some photos from around Noak Bridge Nature Reserve:
Here are some photos from around Noak Bridge Nature Reserve:
Site totals to date:
Birds = 12
Mammals = 0
Butterflies = 0
Dragonflies and damselflies = 0
Reptiles = 0
Amphibians = 0
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Butterflies = 0
Dragonflies and damselflies = 0
Reptiles = 0
Amphibians = 0
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Stay safe, stay well, stay strong, stay connected with nature
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