![]() ![]() Fledglings of four Tit species were seen on the reserve during May – Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit and Long-tailed Tit.Ĭollared Doves and House Sparrows cross into the reserve regularly from adjoining gardens, while Carrion Crows are early breeders in the taller trees. Great Spotted Woodpecker sightings have been very scarce. Goldcrest sightings have increased at St Nicks since the autumn, but seemed to disappear for six weeks from mid-April until seen again on 29th May. The quiet calls and songs of Bullfinches were also heard every week in many places (at St Nicks we always have quite a number of these normally scarce birds) and Chaffinches heard until early May. Song Thrushes were in particularly good voice throughout, with Blackbirds, Robins, Wrens, Dunnocks, Great Tits, Goldfinches and Greenfinches providing a supporting chorus, not to mention the ever-present Woodpigeons and noisy Magpies. Maybe older more mature woodland is more to their liking for breeding habitat.Īll of our regular resident birds were heard and seen most weeks. Treecreepers are more often seen during the autumn and winter, and two on March 13th were the last this spring. might they be joined this year by Garden Warblers and Whitethroats? Last year’s Whitethroats didn’t stay to breed, so we are holding our breath for this sason. Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs breed on the reserve every year…. Up to two singing Whitethroats were heard regularly from May 8th, and at the end of the month a Garden Warbler was heard and seen singing at the Dragon Stones. During May more migrant warblers arrived. Thereafter the songs of these two species were heard all over the reserve, with up to five singing males of each every week throughout our warm spring (no freezing blasts from the east this year). By mid-March several of these birds had been joined by another regular summer-visiting warbler, a Blackcap. By then we had already heard (amazingly early – 27th February) the song of the first of our summer migrants: a Chiffchaff. March 13th saw the departure of the last of our winter visitors – a Redwing. ![]()
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