Bird Song Walk: Photo Gallery - April 8th 2018
You will be able to read a full report of this event in issue number 57 of our Skylarks Newsletter - see the link to the 'On Line Archive' to the left. Here on this page, we have presented a 'Photo Story' of the morning.
Bird List
- Goldfinch - a dozen or so heard or seen around the park.
- Blue Tit - 5 or 6 heard or seen.
- Great Tit - very common and showy today with at least 10 / 15 seen or heard.
- Woodpigeon - several flying, one or two seen on the ground.
- Blackbird - quite a few seen, some nice males perched singing.
- Robin - lots seen and heard giving good views for all.
- Wren - only seen by a few but 2 or 3 heard by all.
- Magpie - around 6 in the Park.
- Song Thrush - very nice bird singing away at the top of a tree.
- Greenfinch - a nice male perched.
- Black Headed Gull - 2 or 3 loafing around the lake.
- Canada Geese - up to 10 at the lake.
- Tufted Ducks - a pair on the lake.
- Moorhen - 2 or 3 at the lake.
- Coot - 2 or 3 at the lake.
- Jay - one seen by Mark on the hill, one seen by all at the lake.
- Chiffchaff - 2 or 3 heard at the lake.
- Great Spotted Woodpecker - good views perched on the owl box post.
- Green Woodpecker - at least one possibly 2 heard at the lake.
- Mallard - 3 good looking males at the lake.
- Collared Dove - 5 or 6 around the picnic area.
- Carrion Crow - several flying overhead throughout the walk.
- Herring Gull - a couple flying around the lake, seen from the Pavilion.
- Sand Martin - one passing through the Park.
- Blackcap - hawking for insects from the bush in front of the Pavilion.
- Long Tailed Tit - a pair building a nest in the Pavilion garden.
- Starling - just one on the car park path on the way home.
Two days later......
A 'friend' or our FaceBook page provided us with this picture of an adder seen in the Park on April 10th.