Lunchtime today:
– Quieter than it has been over the last few weeks; fewer tits, thrushes and other small passerines.
– Only 2 nuthatch
– 1 siskin heard
– 1 GS Woodpecker on Fenham Carr
– Pair of goldcrest on the Carr and 1 in bushes near the Memorial.
– 4 singing chiffchaff
– 2 treecreeper; one singing in the lower part of the park by the grammar school grounds and one above the duck pond.
– Female sparrowhawk preening on a branch overlooking Fenham Carr reservoir
– 7 rooks (still 16 nests)
– 1 brimstone butterfly
This evening (7:30) – male tawny owl heard in the Park
