Nature Watch November

Another quiet period for sightings on the Reserve.
Weather: Cold with night frosts, cold winds and snow flurries.

Sightings
Plants: Gorse.
Birds: Buzzard, Magpie, Crows, Wood Pigeons, Jays, Herring/Black-headed Gulls, Heron, Green/Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch,Dunnock, Wren, Goldcrest, Coal/Blue/Great/Long-tailed Tits, Pied Wagtails, Siskin, Redwing.
A Heron has been seen regularly, flying along the south boundary.
Goldcrests have been sighted after a spell of absence.
A flock of Redwings, roosting in trees in Redwood Drive, have visited the site.
Mammals: Wood mice have been seen during the daytime searching for food as the wintry weather closed in.

The nest box survey was completed in November and last summers nesting material cleared out. Of the 37 boxes on site, 21 had evidence of having been used.

Nature Facts

During November most Frogs begin hibernation. Some young animals may still have been hunting for food. Bats begin hibernation although there could have been some activity on warmer nights. Male Squirrels start to become reproductively active. Young adult Foxes take over the territories of dead or weak parents, or dig out their own earths.