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: 1 seen
Blackbird: at least 5 seen
Dunnock: 1 heard singing
Blackcap: 1 male seen
Chiffchaff: 1 seen by Lois
Pied Wagtail: 2 seen
House Sparrow: at least 2 seen
Chaffinch: a pair seen
Goldfinch: at least 6 seen inc one pair
Wren: 1 seen
Goldcrest: 1 seen
Magpie: around 3 seen
Carrion Crow: 2 seen
Wood Pigeon: 3 seen
Feral Pigeon: 4 seen
Collared Dove: 1 seen
Herring Gull: 1 seen
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 1 seen
Black-headed Gull: 1 seen right at the end!
Sparrowhawk: 1 seen fleetingly by Becky
An impressive total of 27 species! Thanks to everyone who turned up and especially to Lois for leading the walk (and buying me a coffee at the end!)
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Total seen, unless there is a particular likelihood they are the same birds.
Over coffee, later, we had a discussion about how to count birds seen. Do you have to see 5 crows at one time to call them 5, or can you count 2 crows at one end of the park, and then three elsewhere 10 minutes later as three or 5?
What can I say? A record number of birds and an excellent turn-out to see them. Perhaps I should go on holiday more often so that Lois can lead more walks and Jon can write them up. Well done to you both!
Des
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