Jay in the Park 15/11/2016
"I saw a jay - possibly this one - last week; I think it was burying nuts in the wildflower perennial meadow. A squirrel was doing the same. I think Des has recorded a few sightings."
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I didn't actually know this was due to take place (my fault for not reading the minutes and being more involved!). It came as a bit of a shock to see it happening! I always thought the purpose of…Continue
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Toad tadpoles still at an early stage of metamorphosis, October 5th '16.
"Froglife say this is not uncommon...http://www.froglife.org/info-advice/spawn-tadpoles-behaviour/"
Jon Mortin commented on Jo Corke's group Wildlife group"A strange-looking fly (Sicus ferrugineus) on a Corncockle flower. Corncockle are apparently practically extinct in the wild, only known from wildflower mixes such as this."
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Jon Mortin posted a blog postBird Walk 20th March 2016
An impressive 18 people (including 5 enthusiastic youngsters) turned up for this month's Birdwalk, led by Lois (Des being away on ornithological adventures elsewhere). The weather was overcast and quite cold but we recorded 21 different bird species including a pair of Mistle Thrush and a flock of 20 Redwing. The full list was as follows:Blackbird: a few seenBlue Tit: seen and heardCarrion Crow: 2 or 3Chaffinch: a female seenCoal Tit: 1 seenCollared Dove: 1 seenDunnock: heardFeral Pigeon:…See More
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"I looked in the pond this morning and only saw the frogspawn; you have caught the light just right to show us the toad spawn too."
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"I think I can make out a bird's head and its left eye, looking at camera. But other than suggesting very tentatively it looks like a member of the Turdidae, I concede defeat."
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- What is it about St Andrews Park you like
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Bird Walk 20th March 2016
Posted on March 22, 2016 at 19:58 1 Comment 1 Like
An impressive 18 people (including 5 enthusiastic youngsters) turned up for this month's Birdwalk, led by Lois (Des being away on ornithological adventures elsewhere). The weather was overcast and quite cold but we recorded 21 different bird species including a pair of Mistle Thrush and a flock of 20 Redwing. The full list was as follows:
Blackbird: a few seen
Blue Tit: seen and heard
Carrion Crow: 2 or 3
Chaffinch: a female seen
Coal Tit: 1…
Continue Bird Walk: 17th May
Posted on May 17, 2015 at 20:51 1 Comment 0 Likes
Four people (Lois, Nancy, Jan and Jon) were present for this month's bird walk, led by Lois in the absence of Des. There were some nice sunny spells during the hour, but with a chilly wind blowing. The list of birds seen and heard was as follows:
Robin - one or two heard
Wren - several heard
Blackbird - many (around 10) seen hopping around the park
Mistle Thrush - good views of two individuals in different sections of the park
Dunnock - at least one heard…
Continue Bird Walk: 15th February
Posted on February 15, 2015 at 15:14 3 Comments 0 Likes
Once again, an enjoyable walk led this time by Lois, who broke with tradition and took us on an exciting anticlockwise route around the park, with a good selection of birds seen and heard along the way. The full list is as follows:
Blue Tit: 2 or 3 seen
Great Tit: 2 or 3 seen
Long-tailed Tit: 3 seen
Coal Tit: 1 seen
Robin: at least 2 seen
Starling: at least 20 seen
Redwing: at least 10 seen in the trees and on the ground
Mistle Thrush:…
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- At 18:36 on July 12, 2013,
Regina Calway said… - Dear Jon
Welcome to the friends of st Andrews park website. We hope you find it both interesting abd informative.
I am pleased that you enjoy the wildlife areas trees and quiet places to sit.
On behalf of fosap
Welcome
Sincerely
Regina Zdrojkowska (Memvership secretary).
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