The weather remained wet on the whole, giving way to a drier spell in the last week.
SIGHTINGS
Birds: Carrion Crows, Jackdaws, Jays, Magpies, Sparrowhawk, Buzzards, Tawny Owl, Green/Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Wood Pigeons, Stock Dove, Collared Doves, Siskins, Blackbirds, Robins, Song Thrushes, Wrens, Goldcrest, Female Blackcap, Chaffinches, Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Bullfinches, Coal/Blue/Great/Long-tailed Tits, Nuthatches, Treecreeper, Grey Wagtail.
Mammals: Grey Squirrels, Fox, Roe Deer.
Plants in flower: Gorse.
Insects: Several species of Bees.
Fungi: Birch Polypore,
A female Blackcap was sighted along the Hazelwood West footpath, having remained during the Winter period instead of migrating.
Signs of Roe Deer on site, with tracks in soft mud.
