Date: 6th April 2025
Time: from 7:15 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, moderate wind, 6°C to 9°C
It was a relatively quiet visit this morning in terms of the number of species recorded.
Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps are now well-established across the site and hopefully the next few weeks will provide the first records of expected Common Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat and maybe even another Willow Warbler as occurred last year.
The highlights during my visit were as follows:
Chiffchaff: at least 8 singing males across the site (3 seen)
Blackcap: at least 5 singing males across the site (1 seen)
Greenfinch: 1 heard calling in the northern section of the site
Mallard: male and female flew over the northern section of the site before landing on the pond
Green Woodpecker: 1 heard calling in the northern section of the site
Great Spotted Woodpecker: 1 again seen “drumming” on the church spire, 1 heard calling in the churchyard and 1 seen flying over the church
With regard to mammals, I had a very brief view of the tail of a Red Fox after it had evidently ran across the access track from Larkins Tyres and in to the undergrowth!
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Blackcap
Red Fox
Here are some photos from my visit ….
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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