Date: 5th September 2025
Time: from 8:15 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 13°C to 16°C
My first visit to the site during September had a distinctly autumnal feel.
The highlights with regard to birds during my visit around the whole site were as follows:
Common Whitethroat: 1 seen foraging for berries in the northern section of the site (a very fresh looking bird and presumably a juvenile)
Chiffchaff: at least 2 seen in the northern section of the site (possibly more present)
Blackcap: male and female seen in the northern section of the site (possibly more present)
Green Woodpecker: 1 seen in the northern section of the site and 1 seen in the central section of the cemetery
Great Spotted Woodpecker: 1 heard calling in the northern section of the site and 1 seen in the wooded area in the southern section of the site
Tits: again there was an abundance of roving Blue Tits, Great Tits and Long-tailed Tits
With regard to mammals, this was the first visit for a long time where I recorded all 3 resident species:
Red Fox: 1 seen in the northern section of the site which eventually settled to enjoy the sunshine on a heap of grass cuttings (a presumed cub from this year)
Reeves’ Muntjac: 3 seen in the northern section of the site
Grey Squirrel: 1 seen in the wooded area in the southern section of the site
After an exceptionally good spring and summer for butterflies, both the numbers and diversity of species have significantly decreased. However, during this visit, I still managed to record the following:
Wall: 1 seen in the central section of the cemetery and 3 seen on or around the walls of the church
Common Blue: a very worn male seen in the northern section of the site
Small Copper: 1 seen in the central section of the cemetery
The abundance of autumn fruits and nuts, including blackberries, sloes, hips, haws, acorns and horse chestnut "conkers", is still very apparent.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Common Whitethroat
Red Fox
Wall
Here are some other
photos from my visit:
Photo: Red Fox
Photo: Red Fox
Site totals for 2025 to date (2024 totals in brackets):
Birds = 44 (49)
Birds = 69
Love nature .... act now
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