Date: 8th September 2025
Time: from 8 a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny, light wind, 13°C to 16°C
I had another visit to the site this morning but only to the northern section.
I added another species to my 2025 site list taking the total to 46 species: Pied Wagtail (1 heard calling as it flew over but unfortunately unseen)
The highlights with regard to birds during my visit were as follows:
Common Whitethroat: 1 again seen foraging for berries in bushes near the pond (presumably the same bird as on my last visit)
Chiffchaff: 1 singing male (strange!) in the area adjacent to the paddock and 1 seen in bushes near the pond
Green Woodpecker: 1 calling bird seen flying over
Sparrowhawk: 1 seen flying high over
Tits: as on my last 2 visits, there was an abundance of roving Blue Tits, Great Tits and Long-tailed Tits
With regard to mammals, I saw a Red Fox as soon as I entered the northern section of the site but it quickly ran off. I saw what I believe was the same individual not long after in the area adjacent to the paddock. I then saw 2 more Red Foxes together in the central area before they eventually moved off to the wooded area at the northern boundary. Later I heard loud Red Fox vocalisation from this area on several occasions.
After an exceptionally good spring and summer for butterflies, both the numbers and diversity of species have significantly decreased. During this visit, I managed just a single record, a Small Copper in the main field.
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
Small Copper
Here are some other
photos from my visit:
Photo: Long-tailed Tit
Photo: Long-tailed Tit
Photo: Small Copper
Site totals for 2025 to date (2024 totals in brackets):
Birds = 46 (49)
Birds = 69
Love nature .... act now
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