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Bird Song Walk: Photo Gallery - April 8th 2018

You will be able to read a full report of this event in issue number 57 of our Skylarks Newsletter - see the link to the 'On Line Archive' to the left. Here on this page, we have presented a 'Photo Story' of the morning.

Bird List

1. Goldfinch – a dozen or so heard or seen around the park.
2. Blue Tit – 5 or 6 heard or seen.
3. Great Tit – very common and showy today with at least 10 / 15 seen or heard.
4. Woodpigeon – several flying, one or two seen on the ground.
5. Blackbird – quite a few seen, some nice males perched singing.
6. Robin – lots seen and heard giving good views for all.
7. Wren – only seen by a few but 2 or 3 heard by all.
8. Magpie – around 6 in the Park.
9. Song Thrush – very nice bird singing away at the top of a tree.
10. Greenfinch – a nice male perched.
11. Black Headed Gull – 2 or 3 loafing around the lake.
12. Canada Geese – up to 10 at the lake.
13. Tufted Ducks – a pair on the lake.
14. Moorhen – 2 or 3 at the lake.
15. Coot – 2 or 3 at the lake.
16. Jay – one seen by Mark on the hill, one seen by all at the lake.
17. Chiffchaff – 2 or 3 heard at the lake.
18. Great Spotted Woodpecker – good views perched on the owl box post.
19. Green Woodpecker – at least one possibly 2 heard at the lake.
20. Mallard – 3 good looking males at the lake.
21. Collared Dove – 5 or 6 around the picnic area.
22. Carrion Crow – several flying overhead throughout the walk.
23. Herring Gull – a couple flying around the lake, seen from the Pavilion.
24. Sand Martin – one passing through the Park.
25. Blackcap – hawking for insects from the bush in front of the Pavilion.
26. Long Tailed Tit – a pair building a nest in the Pavilion garden.
27. Starling – just one on the car park path on the way home.

Two days later......

A 'friend' or our FaceBook page provided us with this picture of an adder seen in the Park on April 10th.