SS15 wildlife watching

This blog was set up in mid-March 2020 during the emerging COVID-19 health crisis in the UK. It initially aimed to provide records of wildlife sightings and photographs from sites within walking distance of my home in the SS15 postcode area of Basildon in Essex during lockdown travel restrictions. Even though the pandemic has largely subsided, this blog continues to include my local wildlife sightings, my trips away from home plus some personal thoughts and reflections on other issues.

Thursday, 30 January 2025

Visit to St. Nicholas Church and surrounding areas – 30th January 2025

Date: 30th January 2025

Time: from 8:30 a.m.

Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 2°C to 4°C

It was another beautiful sunny but very cold morning for my visit to the site.

It turned out to be a relatively quiet visit with the main highlight being the large number of Woodpigeons in the northern section of the site, at least 200 birds in several flocks congregating at the tops of the taller trees.

Other than that, I saw a single Redwing and single Jackdaw flying over the northern section of the site plus I heard both Green Woodpecker and Great Spotted Woodpecker calling distantly.

Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Long-tailed Tit

Dunnock

Wren

Redwing

Blackbird

Song Thrush

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Green Woodpecker

Jackdaw

Magpie

Carrion Crow

Woodpigeon

Herring Gull

Here are some photos from my visit ….

Photo: Blue Tit

Photo: Blue Tit

Photo: Blue Tit

Photo: Long-tailed Tit

Photo: Woodpigeon

Photo: Woodpigeon

Photo: Woodpigeon

Photo: Woodpigeons

Photo: Woodpigeons

Site totals for 2025 to date (2024 totals in brackets):

Birds = 21 (49)

Mammals = 3 (3)

Butterflies = 0 (17)

Dragonflies and damselflies = 0 (11)

Reptiles = 0 (0)

Amphibians = 0 (0)

Total species list for the site

Birds = 67

Mammals = 7

Butterflies = 25

Dragonflies and damselflies = 14

Reptiles = 1

Amphibians = 0

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