Date: 2nd October 2025
Time: from 10:30
a.m.
Weather: dry, sunny/cloudy,
light wind, 14°C to 17°C
I had a long overdue visit
to the site this morning when I was able to add another species
to my 2025 site list taking the total to 47 species: Firecrest.
I initially heard a calling Firecrest in the wooded area immediately before the track back down to where I
live and then had very good views, although the bird was very active and the light
was poor preventing any photos.
This is only my second
record of Firecrest for the site, the first being on 12th April 2023.
The other highlights
with regard to birds during my visit were as follows:
Common Buzzard: 1 heard “mewing” in
the northern section of the site and then seen briefly flying beyond the trees
Chiffchaff: 3 calling birds (northern
section of the site, central section of the cemetery and around the church)
Goldcrest: 1 heard calling in the
wooded area adjacent to the track down to the A127 (the location of my first Firecrest record)
Green Woodpecker: 1 heard calling at
the end of the access track from Larkins Tyres
Great Spotted
Woodpecker:
1 heard calling in the northern section of the site
Song Thrush and
Blackbird:
at least 5 of each species and possibly newly arrived autumn immigrants
Surprisingly, there was
a reminder that summer isn’t quite over yet with sightings of a single Wall in
the central section of the cemetery and 2 more in the immediate vicinity of the
church.
Photo: Wall
Species recorded during
this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Firecrest
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Robin
Dunnock
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Starling
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted
Woodpecker
Jay
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Woodpigeon
Herring Gull
Grey Squirrel
Wall
Site totals for 2025 to
date (2024 totals in brackets):
Birds = 47 (49)
Mammals = 4 (3)
Butterflies = 23 (17)
Dragonflies and
damselflies = 11 (11)
Reptiles = 0 (0)
Amphibians = 0 (0)
Total species list for
the site
Birds = 69
Mammals = 8
Butterflies = 26
Dragonflies and
damselflies = 14
Reptiles = 1
Amphibians = 0
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