SS15 wildlife watching

This blog was set up in mid-March 2020 during the emerging COVID-19 health crisis in the UK. It initially aimed to provide records of wildlife sightings and photographs from sites within walking distance of my home in the SS15 postcode area of Basildon in Essex during lockdown travel restrictions. Even though the pandemic has largely subsided, this blog continues to include my local wildlife sightings, my trips away from home plus some personal thoughts and reflections on other issues.

Monday 28 March 2022

Visit to St. Nicholas Church and surrounding areas – 28th March 2022

This wasn't a scheduled or normal visit but instead just an early afternoon walk for exercise after the sun appeared following a very misty morning.

However, even without binoculars or camera, I managed to see a Red Fox cross the track from Larkins Tyres, heard 3 singing male Chiffchaffs and added my second butterfly species of 2022 to my site list, namely Speckled Wood (1 seen at the top of Church Hill and 1 seen in the wooded area in the south of the site).

Site totals to date (2022 totals in brackets):

Birds = 56 (35)

Mammals = 6 (3)

Butterflies = 21 (2)

Dragonflies and damselflies = 7 (0)

Reptiles = 1 (0)

Amphibians = 0 (0)

Slava Ukraini! …. Glory to Ukraine !