Date: 11th May 2024
Time: from 6:45 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 12°C to 16°C
This was my first visit to the site since 21st April 2024 and it was really noticeable that the oak trees had finally come in to full leaf.
The main purpose of my visit was to hopefully find and photograph some Red Fox cubs (as in previous years at this time) but, despite patiently waiting at 2 different and potentially likely locations, I failed to see even an adult.
However, it was still a successful visit given that I had my first record of Swift for the year for the site. Unfortunately, it was just a single bird that flew over the church and the top of Church Hill. It seems that the days of seeing up to 20 Swifts around the church are sadly long gone.
I also added 4 butterfly species to my site list for the year: Holly Blue (1), Orange Tip (1), Speckled Wood (1) and Small White (1). In addition, I saw 2 Commas, a species that I had already recorded this year.
The singing male Willow Warbler seen on my last 2 visits to the site had evidently moved on but both Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps were still present in good numbers. I saw a single singing male Chiffchaff and heard at least 6 other singing males plus I saw 1 singing male Blackcap and heard at least 5 other singing males.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Swift
Here are some photos from my visit ….
Photo: Dunnock
Photo: Small White
Site totals for 2024 to date (2023 totals in brackets):
Birds = 36 (47)
Total species list for the site
Birds = 65
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