Date: 12th May 2024
Time: from 6:15 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind,
14°C to 17°C
The main purpose of my visit
as yesterday, was to
hopefully find and photograph some Red Fox cubs.
Unfortunately, the result was exactly the same with no Red Fox adults
or cubs at the location which I patiently waited at covered in my bag hide.
However, I did have a brief view
of a Red Fox as I walked home through the southern wooded area
of the site plus a Reeves’ Muntjac in the grassed area at the
bottom of “Hilly Road” adjacent to St. Nicholas Lane.
With regard to birds, there was
a lot of bird song and bird calls from the usual resident species plus several
singing male Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps and
calling Green Woodpecker and Great Spotted Woodpecker.
I also recorded my first Collared
Dove of the year for the site and, after the first record of the
year yesterday, I saw 3
more Swifts from the top of Church Hill.
I have recently started using
the Merlin app which is amazing at picking up
and identifying bird song and bird calls.
This morning the Merlin app picked up all the species that
I also heard for myself. However, it also picked up (apparently) Common
Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Bullfinch and Reed
Bunting, none of which I heard or saw for myself to add to my site list for
the year.
I usually record both Common
Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat at the site each
year but not in the location that the Merlin app picked them up. I have also
recorded Bullfinch in previous years but again not at the
location that the Merlin app picked
it up.
I have never recorded Reed
Bunting at the site and most, if not all, the habitat is unsuitable
for this species so I am doubting the Merlin app identification on this one!
Site totals for 2024 to date (2023 totals in brackets):
Birds = 37 (47)
Total species list for the site
Birds = 65
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