Tuesday 16 December 2014

Birds and mammals spotted at Deep Hayes Country Park December 2014.




Deep Hayes Country Park 13/12/2014 and 16/12/2014 Notes
Mallard About 40 16 on middle pool 20 on bottom pool
Tufted Duck About 5 males and females
Mandarin Duck 2 pairs
Tufted Duck About 5 males and females
Goosander About 7 males and females
Coot 7
Moorhen About 6
Little Grebe 1



possible Water Rail
skulking near reedmace bed
Kingfisher 1 briefly perched in tree by little pool by bird hide
Buzzard 1 flying over



Pheasant 1
Goldcrest 1
Dunnock 1
Chaffinch 3 from bird hide
Wren 13 plus3 heard
Blackbird 21 plus
Coal Tit 3 plus from bird hide
Long -Tailed Tit About 8 from bird hide first day and in tree tops second day
Blue Tit 22 plus
Great Tit 6 plus
Willow Tit (possible) 1 feeding in front of bird hide
Marsh Tit 1
Robin 5 plus
Nuthatch 5 plus
Woodpigeon 4
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Jackdaw About 18
Jay 1
Carrion Crow 2
Fieldfare 3



At least 30 bird species.



Grey Squirrels 4 feeding in front of bird hide plus more in woodland
Red Fox
attempted to catch bird feeding in front of bird hide first day and another (perhaps same one ) seen second day

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like and interesting visit Wendy, great to see so many species were active and audible on one local visit

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