Bird count on April 28th 2016

Here is the link to the bird count spreadsheet.


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 Notes

- Keith, Mike m and Martin

- sunny but cold and windy later

- Summer visitors are basically around, though most of the birds seem to be male.

- lots of redstarts, including a couple inspecting nest boxes. only a couple of females noted

- thought we had a cuckoo, but not confirmed

- buzzards out in numbers, with single kestrel and sparrow hawk making it more interesting

- one Canada goods on one of the old lodge fields. maybe this one cannot fly?

- Willow warblers, Chiffchaffs, blackcap, whitethroat singing away.

- only one nuthatch, but plenty of tree creepers heard and one seen

- two swallows seem to be hanging around and maybe the usual pair at Gilly's stable

- siskins and redpolls around and singing

- more song thrushes than usual and two lots of mistle thrushes. plenty of blackbirds.

- not that number of tits and finches, but most species present

- lots of pheasants. where do they come from?

- some very well marked stonechats which look like Siberian to me. big eye stripe on female rather like whinchat. very black make with big white rump

- no ravens, probably flown, and no woodcock

- rabbits, squirrels and about 50 deer.

- saw the leucistic blackbird along the top

- a few woodlark and tree pipit. more than usual bordering skylarks

- normal crows, herring gulls, pigeons

- newts spotted in two ponds


Martin