This page was updated on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 12:33:37 GMT WICK COUNTRY PARK WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS - January 17th 2024
Our first walk of 2024 took place on Wednesday 17
th January. It was a cool day with a cold north wind, but dry! However, there were plenty of birds around with some already getting ready for spring! Full details of our sightings are below:
Remaining dates for 2024
February 21st - postponed due to adverse weather: new date awaited
March 20th
April 17th
May 22nd
June 12th
July 17th
August 21st
September 18th
October 16th
November 20th
December 11th
Summary of sightings
Birds - 24 Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Date Total Count Trip Notes
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
17/01/2024
33
Quite a few at the lake
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
17/01/2024
3
Usual birds in the park
Common Blackbird
Turdus merula
17/01/2024
9
A good number in the park as usual in winter
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
17/01/2024
1
At the lake
Common Wood Pigeon
Columba palumbus
17/01/2024
20
Usual birds in the park
Dunnock
Prunella modularis
17/01/2024
2
Near the teasel field
Eurasian Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus
17/01/2024
19
Very active in the hedges today
Eurasian Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
17/01/2024
1
At the pavilion feeders
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaocto
17/01/2024
3
From the boardwalk
Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
17/01/2024
3
At the lake
Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica
17/01/2024
5
Around the park
Eurasian Wren (British)
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenus
17/01/2024
1
Heard from the boardwalk
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
17/01/2024
13
Virtually all seen in the pavilion car park
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridis
17/01/2024
1
Heard from the bridge
European Greenfinch
Chloris chloris
17/01/2024
5
Seen near the bridge - good to see
European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
17/01/2024
4
Still rather quiet
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
17/01/2024
8
In trees at the back of the lake
Great Tit
Parus major
17/01/2024
7
Good numbers quite active
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
17/01/2024
3
At the pavilion feeders
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatus
17/01/2024
3
In the pavilion car park
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
17/01/2024
4
At the lake
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
17/01/2024
2
Overhead as we emerged from the boardwalk
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
17/01/2024
9
Seen by Stuart as he was leaving the park
Redwing
Turdus iliacus
17/01/2024
17
In the hedges of the teasel field
Mammals - 1 Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Date Total Count Trip Notes
Eastern Grey Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
17/01/2024
1
Seen in the hedge down from the bridge
Reptiles: cumulative record since September 2022
In addition to the above, I also set out details of reptiles we have seen in the park over the last few years. My own reptile recording software has somehow gone awry, so I have started to use some online software (the record pool) for this and so far, we have 3 records:
Record date Record time Species Lifestage Sex Quantity County Nearest town/City Grid ref Lat Lon
01/10/2023
11:00:00
Common lizard
Adult
unknown
1
Essex
Basildon
TQ75969167
51.5964
0.53916
27/07/2023
11:30:00
European pond terrapin
Adult
unknown
1
Essex
Basildon
TQ75979167
51.59642
0.53924
21/09/2022
11:00:00
Adder
Adult
male
1
Essex
Basildon
TQ75969169
51.59658
0.53909