Date: 17th May 2024
Time: from 7:15 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 11°C to 15°C
I had a quick walk around the site this morning given that from tomorrow I will be away until 3rd June 2024.
For the third successive visit, I failed to find any Red Fox cubs and I didn’t even see any adults. Actually, I am seeing and hearing more Red Foxes from my flat at present than I am around my local patch!
It was initially a routine visit this morning but I did end up with some notable records.
Firstly, I recorded a Common Tern. This is a species that I have seen before flying over the site but definitely not since 2021 when I started keeping detailed annual records. I heard what I think was just a single calling bird above the wooded area in the south of the site which unfortunately I was unable to actually see due to the dense tree canopy above me.
For the third successive visit, I saw Swifts from the top of Church Hill, at least 3 but possibly up to 5 birds.
Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps are still very evident across the site and, although I didn’t see any, I heard at least 5 singing males of both species.
I also saw a Green Woodpecker in the wooded area in the south of the site as I walked home plus I heard 2 other calling birds at different locations. In addition, I heard a single calling Great Spotted Woodpecker in the northern section of the site.
When I return from my trip to Slovenia on 3rd June 2024, hopefully I can begin to build up my records of butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Common Tern
Site totals for 2024 to date (2023 totals in brackets):
Birds = 38 (47)
Total species list for the site
Birds = 65
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