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Spot the Bird Competition 2
Started Jan 17, 2016 0 Replies 0 Likes
This is the same photo as before but making it a bit easier...Continue
Hedge Laying
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jo Corke Feb 2, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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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- Do you live in Bristol
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- How often do you use St Andrews Park
- Once a day
- What is it about St Andrews Park you like
- Wildlife areas, trees, quiet places to sit....
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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…
ContinueBird 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…
ContinueBird 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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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.
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