Date: 11th November 2023
Time: from 8:15 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 5°C to 8°C
Whilst a lovely sunny morning, it was undoubtedly the coldest of the autumn/winter so far with some residual frost remaining in shaded areas and on the boardwalk.
I recorded a relatively low number of species, not surprising given that all the summer migrants and the dragonflies, damselflies and butterflies have long disappeared.
The most notable bird sightings were 4 Mallards (2 males and 2 females) on Willow Pond and a brief and obscured view of a Moorhen on Meadow Pond.
Grey Squirrels were quite conspicuous with 5 seen: 1 in the wooded area near the Spanish Steps, 1 at the edge of the wooded area between the storage shed and the Eastfield Road entrance, 2 in the bushes adjacent to the southern boardwalk and 1 in trees around Meadow Pond.
There were several Shaggy Inkcap fungi growing in the grass area around Thorny Wood.
As I walked home near Asda, I heard a calling Ring-necked Parakeet which unfortunately I failed to see. This is a species that I have recorded on 4 occasions at my St. Nicholas Church local patch site, most recently on 6th November 2023.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
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