Saturday, 6 February 2016

Nature Notes January 2016

The weather continued to be wet and windy throughout the month, with only a few tolerable days and several frosty nights.

SIGHTINGS
Birds:   Carrion Crows, Jackdaws, Jays, Magpies, Buzzards, Tawny Owl, Green/Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Wood Pigeons, Siskins, Blackbirds, Robins, Song Thrushes, Wrens, Goldcrest, Chaffinches, Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Bullfinches, Coal/Blue/Great/Long-tailed Tits, Nuthatches, Treecreeper.
Mammals:   Grey Squirrels, Fox.
Plants in Flower:   Gorse.
Insects:   Several species of Bees.
Fungi:   Birch Polypore.

A quiet month on the Reserve with not a great deal of movement.
Tawny Owls continued to call.
Many birds, in particular the Tit species, were seen in pairs.