Date: 3rd April 2025
Time: from 7:15 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 8°C to 10°C
It was another lovely sunny spring morning for my visit.
After recording my first 2 Blackcaps of the year at the site on my last visit on 29th March 2025, I recorded 4 birds this morning: a singing male seen in the same area of the southern section of the site as on my last visit and 3 further singing but unseen males heard along the access track from Larkins Tyres, in the northern section of the site and in the church car park.
Other highlights during my visit were as follows:
Chiffchaffs: at least 11 singing males across the site (5 seen)
Pipit species: unidentified non-calling bird seen flying high over the northern section of the site
Green Woodpecker: birds heard calling in the wooded area at the end of the access track from Larkins Tyres, in the paddock in the northern section of the site and in the Church Hill/Hilly Road area
Great Spotted Woodpecker: 1 seen in the northern section of the site and another heard calling in the woodland in the southern section of the site
With regard to mammals, I had a brief view of a Reeves’ Muntjac in the paddock in the northern section of the site.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Blackcap
Reeves’ Muntjac
Here are some photos from my visit ….
Photo: male Chiffchaff
Photo: male Chiffchaff
Photo: male Chiffchaff
Site totals for 2025 to
date (2024 totals in brackets):
Birds = 36 (49)
Total species list for the site
Birds = 69
Love nature .... act now
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