Date: 19th March 2026
Time: from 8:15 a.m.
Weather: dry, bright/sunny, light wind, 7°C to11°C
It was another beautiful early spring morning for my visit with plenty of bird song.
I focused on the northern section of the site and recorded 20 species of birds including another addition to my 2026 site list: Lesser Black-backed Gull
The notable bird records during my visit were as follows ….
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 1 seen flying over the paddock and 3 seen flying over the northern section of the site
Chiffchaff: 2 singing males seen and another singing male heard, all in the northern section of the site
Chaffinch: 3 seen flying over the northern section of the site
Pied Wagtail: 1 heard calling in flight over the northern section of the site
Green Woodpecker: 1 seen in the tall trees in the northern section of the site
Great Spotted Woodpecker: male heard “drumming” in the northern section of the site
Jackdaw: 1 plus a group of 5 seen flying over the northern section of the site
After my Merlin app claimed Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Siskin during my visit on 14th March 2026, this morning it claimed Marsh Harrier, Oystercatcher, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe and Linnet! I neither heard nor saw any of these species. Siskin and Linnet are possible over-flying/calling species but the remainder are extremely unlikely if not impossible.
In addition, I had a brief view of a Red Fox in the paddock and another in the northern section of the site plus I saw a Grey Squirrel in the woodland area at the end of the access track from Larkins Tyres and another in the tall trees in the northern section of the site.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows (heard only records in italics):
Here
are some photos from my visit ….
Site totals for 2026 to date (2025 and 2024 totals in brackets):
Total species list for the site
Love nature .... act now
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