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
Grey Squirrel
Wall
Site totals for 2025 to date (2024 totals in brackets):
Birds = 47 (49)
Total species list for the site
Birds = 69
Love nature .... act now
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