Whilst my visit on Wednesday was not meant to be an "official recording" visit, I couldn't help but notice the following....
SC210694 Robin sitting
on the roof of the Notice Board.
SC209694 Great Tit. I
also saw a Great Tit going in and out of the nest box on the Hide, which is
good news. As far as I am aware it has only been used by wasps in the past.
SC208694 Male Pheasant
flew in
SC209695 the area
round the Orchard entrance was very busy with 2 x male Chaffinches, Great Tit,
3 x Goldfinches; Blue Tit and Wren.
There was some sort of
raptor circling over the adjacent field. I only managed to get very bad,blurry
photos of it but nevertheless Neil Morris has kindly been able to identify it as a
Sparrowhawk for me. I'm more used to seeing them hop over hedges than circle up
in the sky, so this was interesting behaviour.
There was a Green
Veined White butterfly in the old beehive corner ( SC208695) and a Small
Tortoiseshell near the entrance SC210694
Notes:
Whilst there I collected up quite a
lot of wind-blown litter, mostly from the ditches and also tried to bury a dead Longtail, found in the ditch. I was concerned that if it had been poisoned
it might be taken as carrion and poison something else in turn.
My husband noted the following while there today
Sedge Warblers,
Blackcap in Old School House trees, several Willow Warblers, Coal Tit, + the
usual "garden birds".
He saw a Small
Tortoiseshell near the noticeboard and an unidentified White butterfly
flying.
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| Welcoming Robin |
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| Steve & Gill, this one is for you! Sparrowhawk. |
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| Chaffinch |
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| Small Tortoiseshell in Spanish bluebells |
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| Small Tortoiseshell in nettles (its caterpillar food plant) |
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| Wren |
