The wet and windy weather experienced during February into March made it difficult to locate wild life on Slop Bog. On the occasional dry monitoring day the following species were recorded:-
On the heathland - A Heron in flight, Buzzards, Green Woodpeckers, a pair of Dartford Warblers and flocks of Meadow Pipits, Redwings and Fieldfares passing through, A pair of Stonechats have reappeared after an absence last summer. A male Tree Pipit has returned from his winter quarters and observed at the top a of a pine tree declaring his territory and advertising for a mate. A female Roe Deer grazing near the cover of the north boundary woodland.
In the woodland - Wrens, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Coal Tits, Long Tailed Tits, Nuthatch, Tree Creepers, Robins, Blackbirds a Sparrowhawk and Great Spotted Woodpeckers. A Kingfisher in flight over the stream in the south east corner of Slop Bog nb Kingfishers have been recorded on previous occasions probably visiting from Uddens Water north of the Ferndown by-pass. The last of the winter forming fungi are now beginning to deteriorate, such as the Yellow Brain, although many Bracket fungi remain on numerous tree trunks.
From the boardwalk - a pair of Mallard ducks, Brimstone butterflies, Newts, Water Skaters, Frogs and Frog Spawn.
