Time: from 6:30 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny/cloudy, moderate wind, 7°C to 12°C
This was another early morning visit to Gloucester Park although not as remarkable as my last visit when the early morning light was just amazing.
However, it was another good visit for birds with 29 species recorded.
This included 2 additional species for my site list, increasing it to 34 species, one of which was also an addition to my UK 2020 year list.
The first of these 2 species was Common Whitethroat which takes my UK 2020 year list to 150. This is the sixth addition to my 2020 year list after restricting my birding to my 3 sites close to home. I initially heard a male Common Whitethroat singing from the trees close to the pond adjacent to the new development of flats and eventually managed to see it. Unfortunately, it was singing from high in the trees and the light was poor so I failed to get any photos.
The second species which I added to my site list was a Stock Dove sitting at the top of the tall trees between the main lake and the smaller lake. I did manage to get a photo of this bird.
I also saw Common Terns again on this visit. There were initially 3 flying around the main lake and on my return home via the north side of the lake there were 2 (presumably of the 3 that I had seen earlier) perched in trees on the island.
Other highlights included a singing male Blackcap with a further 4 heard but not seen, 1 singing Chiffchaff heard but not seen and 1 calling Green Woodpecker.
The 2 pairs of Greylag Geese with goslings were still present but I only saw 1 of the 2 pairs of Canada Geese with goslings.
I additionally saw 2 Grey Squirrels.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Common Whitethroat
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Robin
Wren
Dunnock
Blackbird
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Pied Wagtail
Green Woodpecker
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Carrion Crow
Magpie
Canada Goose
Greylag Goose
Mallard
Coot
Moorhen
Common Tern
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Grey Squirrel
Here are some photos from my visit:
Photo: Stock Dove
Photo: Long-tailed Tit
Photo: Long-tailed Tit
Photo: Common Tern
Photo: Moorhen
Photo: Moorhen
Photo: male Mallard
Photo: Greylag Goose
Photo: Canada Geese and goslings
Photo: Grey Squirrels
Site totals to date:
Birds = 34
Mammals = 2
Butterflies = 1
Dragonflies and damselflies = 0
Reptiles = 0
Amphibians = 0
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