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WICK COUNTRY PARK WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS - January 15th 2025

Our first walk of 2025 took place on the 15th January. A cool, cloudy day and while the temperature was around 9oC, there was still ice on the pond. Lots of Blue and Great Tits in the park at the moment and they look to have had a good breeding season in 2024. Only a few Robins about though and they are being rather quiet at this time. It was nice to hear/see both Woodpeckers, with all of us managing to get good views of a nicely perched Great Spotted Woodpecker. Also good to see a Song Thrush feeding and its cousins Redwings in the park. Overall, a good start to the year with 27 bird species seen plus our usual Grey Squirrel! Full details are below:

Remaining dates for 2025

  • February 19th
  • March 19th
  • April 16th
  • May 21st
  • June 12th
  • July 18th
  • August 16th
  • September 21st
  • October 15th
  • November 19th
  • December 17th

Summary of sightings

Birds - 27 Species



Common Name Scientific Name Date Total Count Status Notes
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 15/01/2025 6 A few mainly at the lake
Carrion Crow Corvus corone 15/01/2025 5 A couple on the road to the car park, others around the park
Common Blackbird Turdus merula 15/01/2025 2 One near the picnic tables and one behind the large mound
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/01/2025 2 Two birds calling to each other at the back of the large mound
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 15/01/2025 4 At the lake
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 15/01/2025 2 Flew over the road to the car park
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 15/01/2025 23 Usual birds in the park
Dunnock Prunella modularis 15/01/2025 1 In the pavilion car park
Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 15/01/2025 30 Lots in the park today very active
Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 15/01/2025 4 One very nice male behind the lake and three along the car park road
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 15/01/2025 5 A couple from the boardwalk and three in trees behind the pavilion pond
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 15/01/2025 1 Only one at the lake today
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 15/01/2025 7 Usual birds in the park
Eurasian Wren (British) Troglodytes troglodytes indigenus 15/01/2025 2 One heard from the boardwalk and another in the reeds at the lake
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 15/01/2025 1 Only one from the pavilion car park
European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 15/01/2025 1 Heard Only A very noisy bird near the lake
European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 15/01/2025 4 From the pavilion car park
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 15/01/2025 1 Just one overhead
European Robin Erithacus rubecula 15/01/2025 5 Fairly quiet day for this bird
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 15/01/2025 2 One at the back of the lake and another in trees on the large mound
Great Tit Parus major 15/01/2025 21 The most I have ever seen in the park - pavilion feeders is the best place to see them
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 15/01/2025 2 A couple near the main park gates
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 15/01/2025 8 A couple of nice flocks seen in the hedgerows
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15/01/2025 5 At the lake
Redwing Turdus iliacus 15/01/2025 6 In trees along the car park road
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 15/01/2025 1 Feeding on the ground at the back of the lake
Stock Dove Columba oenas 15/01/2025 1 Flying over the main field - seen from the lake



Mammals - 1 Species



Common Name Scientific Name Date Total Count Status Notes
Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 15/01/2025 1 Our usual squirrel - seen in the trees as we emerged from the boardwalk