Sunday, 23 June 2013

A COMPARISON OF THE BIRD LIFE OF FIVE AREAS OF THE CHURNET VALLEY DURING MAY 2013


May 2013 LEEK INCLUDING BROUGH PARK Area BETWEEN LEEK AND ENDON including Caldon canal, disused railway line,and Deep Hayes CP. KINGSLEY INCLUDING IPSTONES AND SWINEHOLES WOOD CHEADLE INCLUDING FREEHAY OAKAMOOR TOTAL NUMBER OF SITES EACH BIRD SPECIES WAS SEEN IN APRIL
Barn owl





Black-headed gull





Blackbird 1 1 1 1 1 5
Blackcap 1 1 1 1 1 5
Blue tit 1 1 1 1 1 5
Brambling


1
1
Bullfinch
1 1 1
3
Buzzard
1 1 1 1 4
Canada Goose
1
1
2
Carrion Crow 1 1 1
1 4
Chaffinch 1 1 1 1 1 5
Chiff Chaff 1 1 1 1 1 5
Coal Tit 1 1
1 1 4
Collared Dove 1
1 1
3
Common Gull





Common Sandpiper





Coot 1 1
1
3
Cormorant





Crossbill





Cuckoo





Curlew
1


1
Dipper



1 1
Dunlin





Dunnock 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fieldfare





Gadwall





Garden Warbler 1 1


2
Garganey





Goldcrest 1

1
2
Goldfinch 1 1 1 1 1 5
Goosander





Goshawk





Great black backed Gull





Great Crested Grebe


1
1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 1 1 1 1 5
Great Tit 1 1 1 1 1 5
Green Woodpecker
1

1 2
Greenfinch 1 1 1 1
4
Grey Heron
1
1 1 3
Grey Partridge





Grey Wagtail
1 1
1 3
Greylag Goose
1
1 1 3
Herring Gull 1

1
2
Hobby



1 1
House Martin 1 1 1 1 1 5
House Sparrow 1 1 1 1
4
Jackdaw 1 1 1 1
4
Jay 1 1 1 1 1 5
Kestrel
1
1
2
Kingfisher



1 1
Lapwing
1


1
Lesser black backed Gull





Lesser Redpoll 1



1
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker





Lesser Whitethroat





Linnet





Little Grebe





Little Owl





Long-eared Owl





Long-tailed Tit 1 1 1 1 1 5
Magpie 1 1 1 1 1 5
Mallard 1 1 1 1 1 5
Mandarin Duck



1 1
Marsh Tit

1

1
Meadow Pipit





Merlin





Mistle thrush 1

1
2
Moorhen 1 1 1 1
4
Mute swan 1

1
2
Nuthatch 1 1 1 1
4
Oyster Catcher





Peregrine





Pheasant
1 1 1 1 4
Pied Flycatcher



1 1
Pied Wagtail 1


1 2
Pochard





Raven
1


1
Red Grouse





Red-legged Partridge





Redshank





Redstart



1 1
Redwing





Reed Bunting 1 1


2
Reed Warbler





Ringed Plover





Robin 1 1
1 1 4
Rock dove/feral pigeon 1
1

2
Rook
1
1
2
Sand Martin



1 1
Sedge Warbler 1



1
Short-eared Owl





Shoveler





Siskin

1

1
Skylark





Snipe





Song Thrush 1 1
1 1 4
Sparrowhawk 1
1

2
Spotted Flycatcher



1 1
Starling
1
1
1
Stock Dove





Stonechat





Swallow 1 1
1 1 4
Swift 1 1


2
Tawny Owl

1 1
2
Teal





Tree Creeper 1 1


2
Tree Pipit





Tree Sparrow





Tufted Duck 1


1 2
Water Rail





Waxwing





Wheatear





Whitethroat 1 1
1
3
Wigeon





Willow Tit





Willow Warbler 1 1 1 1
4
Woodpigeon 1 1 1 1 1 5
Wood Warbler



1 1
Woodcock 1



1
Wren 1 1 1 1 1 5
Yellow Wagtail





Yellowhammer





TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES SEEN IN EACH AREA 45 47 33 45 37






Thursday, 6 June 2013

List of bird species we saw during East Wall Farm visit on 31st May 2013.




LIST OF BIRD SPECIES SEEN/HEARD AT EAST WALL FARM VISIT 31ST MAY 2013
It was a calm sunny and dry morning.
Chaffinch
Blue Tit
Goldcrest
Blackcap
Robin
Woodpigeon
Pied Flycatcher (one pair are using a nestbox that is fixed to a barn wall)
Redstart (one pair are using a nest box within 2m of farm house)
Spotted Flycatcher
Grey Wagtail (both parents feeding two fledglings on River Churnet)
Buzzard
Swallows (there are approx. 12 nests on the farm buildings)
House Martin
Pied Wagtail (there is a nest built within the workings of a tractor that the farmer continues to use)


Saturday, 18 May 2013

A COMPARISON OF THE BIRD LIFE OF FIVE AREAS OF THE CHURNET VALLEY DURING APRIL 2013

Here is a table of results of bird sightings that "Wildlife From Your Doorstep" volunteers saw during April 2013. A total of 69 species were seen during that month.
april LEEK BROUGH PARK CHEADLE OAKAMOOR Area BETWEEN LEEK AND ENDON/CHEDDLETON including Caldon canal and disused railway line. TOTAL NUMBER OF SITES EACH BIRD SPECIES WAS SEEN IN APRIL
Barn owl




0
Black-headed gull 1 1

1 3
Blackbird 1 1 1 1 1 5
Blackcap
1
1
2
Blue tit 1 1 1 1 1 5
Brambling

1

1
Bullfinch

1
1 1
Buzzard
1 1 1 1 4
Canada Goose

1 1 1 3
Carrion Crow 1 1 1 1 1 5
Chaffinch 1 1 1 1 1 5
Chiff Chaff
1 1
1 3
Coal Tit 1 1 1 1
4
Collared Dove
1


1
Common Gull




0
Common Sandpiper




0
Coot
1 1 1 1 4
Cormorant 1


1 2
Crossbill




0
Cuckoo




0
Curlew

1

1
Dipper




0
Dunlin




0
Dunnock 1 1 1 1 1 5
Fieldfare



1 1
Gadwall




0
Garden Warbler




0
Garganey




0
Goldcrest
1 1

2
Goldfinch 1 1 1 1 1 5
Goosander




0
Goshawk




0
Great black backed Gull




0
Great Crested Grebe




0
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 1 1 1 1 5
Great Tit 1 1 1 1 1 5
Green Woodpecker 1

1 1 3
Greenfinch
1 1 1 1 4
Grey Heron
1

1 2
Grey Partridge




0
Grey Wagtail


1 1 2
Greylag Goose




0
Herring Gull




0
Hobby




0
House Martin



1 1
House Sparrow 1
1 1 1 4
Jackdaw
1 1 1 1 4
Jay 1 1 1 1 1 5
Kestrel



1 1
Kingfisher




0
Lapwing



1 1
Lesser black backed Gull

1
1 2
Lesser Redpoll

1 1 1 3
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker




0
Lesser Whitethroat




0
Linnet

1

1
Little Grebe




0
Little Owl




0
Long-eared Owl




0
Long-tailed Tit 1 1 1
1 4
Magpie 1 1 1 1 1 5
Mallard 1 1 1 1 1 5
Mandarin Duck


1
1
Marsh Tit




0
Meadow Pipit




0
Merlin




0
Mistle thrush 1 1


2
Moorhen 1 1
1 1 4
Mute swan 1 1


2
Nuthatch 1 1 1 1 1 5
Oyster Catcher




0
Peregrine




0
Pheasant 1
1 1 1 4
Pied Flycatcher




0
Pied Wagtail

1
1 2
Pochard




0
Raven



1 1
Red Grouse




0
Red-legged Partridge




0
Redshank




0
Redstart



1 1
Redwing




0
Reed Bunting

1
1 2
Reed Warbler




0
Ringed Plover




0
Robin 1 1 1 1 1 5
Rock dove/feral pigeon 1 1


2
Rook 1 1 1
1 4
Sand Martin


0
0
Sedge Warbler




0
Short-eared Owl




0
Shoveler




0
Siskin 1 1 1 1 1 5
Skylark




0
Snipe




0
Song Thrush 1 1 1 1 1 5
Sparrowhawk 1 1


2
Spotted Flycatcher




0
Starling

1
1 2
Stock Dove

1

1
Stonechat




0
Swallow
1 1 1 1 4
Swift




0
Tawny Owl

1 1 1 3
Teal



1 1
Tree Creeper 1
1
1 3
Tree Pipit




0
Tree Sparrow



1 1
Tufted Duck

1 1 1 3
Water Rail




0
Waxwing




0
Wheatear




0
Whitethroat



1 1
Wigeon




0
Willow Tit




0
Willow Warbler

1
1 2
Woodpigeon 1 1 1 1 1 5
Wood Warbler




0
Woodcock




0
Wren 1 1 1
1 4
Yellow Wagtail




0
Yellowhammer

1

1
TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES SEEN IN EACH AREA 31 36 45 33 53