Date: 25th January 2025
Time: from 8:30 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 3°C to 5°C
It was a beautiful sunny but very cold morning for my third visit of the year to the site.
I recorded 19 species of birds including 4 additions to my 2025 site list …. Sparrowhawk, Goldcrest, Song Thrush, House Sparrow
I initially had a brief view of what I believe was a female Sparrowhawk flying over the northern section of the site but later I spotted a male perched up in one of the small trees in the far corner of the northern section of the site. Unfortunately, it was partially obscured by branches but eventually flew which enabled me to get some photos.
I heard a calling Goldcrest in the bushes adjacent to the track to the A127, a favoured location, and eventually located the bird foraging.
Other highlights included c.25 Redwings and 4 Jackdaws flying over the northern section of the site, a single Great Spotted Woodpecker flying high over the northern section of the site plus a very distant calling Green Woodpecker.
The sunny weather encouraged increased activity, calling and singing from Robins, Dunnocks, Blue Tits and Great Tits.
With regard to mammals, I added Reeves’ Muntjac to my 2024 site list, a very brief view of a single animal running away in the paddock in the northern section of the site.
In addition, I had a brief and very distant view of a Red Fox in the paddock in the northern section of the site. However, I had a much closer view of another or the same Red Fox much later as it emerged from bushes near the large oak tree in the northern section of the site. I also saw a single Grey Squirrel in the wooded area in the southern section of the site on the way home.
Finally, there were a few early signs of the approaching spring with some hazel catkins at the usual locations and snowdrops in the cemetery.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Goldcrest
Red Fox
Birds = 21 (49)
Total species list for the site
Birds = 67
Love nature .... act now
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