A month of clear blue skies, warm sunshine and cool nights. No recorded rainfall during the month of March.
SIGHTINGS
Birds: Wood Pigeon, Stock Dove, Buzzards, Jackdaw, Magpies, Jays, Carrion Crows, Black-headed Gulls, Herring Gulls, Green/Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Mistle/Song Thrushes, Blackbirds, Robins, Wrens, Dunnocks, Mallard Ducks, Heron, Nuthatches, Chiff Chaffs, Bull Finches, Siskins, Stonechats, Coal/Blue/Great/Long-tailed Tits, Goldcrests, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Chaffinches.
Mammals: Wood Mice, Grey Squirrels.
Insects: Bees, Wasps, Pond Skaters.
Butterflies: Brimstone, Red Admiral, Peacock.
Plants in flower: Gorse, Broom, Flowering Redcurrant, Primrose, Bog Myrtle.
A pair of Mallard Ducks have been seen at Kingfisher Creek.
Bird song has been prolific from the end of March.
Chiff Chaffs were heard in the last week of the month, having returned from wintering in Africa.
Nuthatches have been delivering their high pitch call along the Hazelwood path.
