MONTHLY BIRD WALKS. APRIL WALK CANCELLED DUE TO VIRUS. PLEASE CHECK WITH WEBSITE RE MAY WALK.
The Friends run a fascinating series of two-hour bird-watching walks on the first Sunday of each month, except July to September (when breeding is over and leaf-cover makes bird spotting difficult), and January (when the walk switches to the second Sunday). Led by an experienced member of the local RSPB, the walks are FREE and begin at 10am from the Donnefield Avenue entrance to the Park. No need to book, just turn up and stay as long as you like! The pace is not too fast but comfortable shoes are a must and if you have binoculars, bring them with you.
There’s a wide variety of species to be seen in the Park, including a sizeable colony of Ring–necked Parakeets. These noisy and colourful imports from the Himalayan region of India have colonised areas of the park, particularly the Spinney and can now be seen throughout the Canons Park Estate.
2020 dates:
3 May
7 June
4 October
8 November
6 December
HERE IS THE REPORT FROM THE WALK IN March 2020
(Canons Park)
7 Black-headed Gull
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon - several
Stock Dove - singing & at nest hole
Ring-necked Parakeet - common
Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming
Green Woodpecker - calling
3 Magpie
Carrion Crows
2 Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit - singing
Great Tit - singing
2 Coal Tit - singing
Eurasian Nuthatch 3 singing / calling
1 Dunnock - briefly singing
REDWING Only 1 (48 on 2 February 2020)
2 Mistle Thrush feeding in the open grass
Robin - 3 singing
Wren - 2 singing
2 Starling – calling near Donnerfield gate
Chaffinch – singing. Male feeding under trees
2 Goldfinch
Greenfinch trilling near Donnerfield gate
(Bird species: 23. Total both sites: 35)
Grey Squirrels
Nuthatches very vocal.
(Private) Seven Acre Lake
4 Canada GeeseHerring Gull – 1 in flight
Lesser Black-backed Gull
2 Common Gull
26 Black-headed Gull
2 Mallard - pair
2 Common Pochard - females
2 Little Grebe
1 Great Crested Grebe- adult
4 Cormorant
1 or 2 Grey Heron (not at old nest?)
3 Little Egret
3 Coot
2 Moorhen
Wood Pigeon
Ring-necked Parakeet -several
Green Woodpecker - calling
2 Magpie
Carrion Crow
Robin - singing
Coal Tit - singing
Nuthatch - calling
Goldfinch in flight
(23 Bird species. Total both sites: 35)
FOX
THE BASIN LAKE, Canons Drive, HA8:
Canada Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Mallards
Moorhen
The Friends run a fascinating series of two-hour bird-watching walks on the first Sunday of each month, except July to September (when breeding is over and leaf-cover makes bird spotting difficult), and January (when the walk switches to the second Sunday). Led by an experienced member of the local RSPB, the walks are FREE and begin at 10am from the Donnefield Avenue entrance to the Park. No need to book, just turn up and stay as long as you like! The pace is not too fast but comfortable shoes are a must and if you have binoculars, bring them with you.
There’s a wide variety of species to be seen in the Park, including a sizeable colony of Ring–necked Parakeets. These noisy and colourful imports from the Himalayan region of India have colonised areas of the park, particularly the Spinney and can now be seen throughout the Canons Park Estate.
2020 dates:
3 May
7 June
4 October
8 November
6 December
HERE IS THE REPORT FROM THE WALK IN March 2020
(Canons Park)
7 Black-headed Gull
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon - several
Stock Dove - singing & at nest hole
Ring-necked Parakeet - common
Great Spotted Woodpecker - drumming
Green Woodpecker - calling
3 Magpie
Carrion Crows
2 Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit - singing
Great Tit - singing
2 Coal Tit - singing
Eurasian Nuthatch 3 singing / calling
1 Dunnock - briefly singing
REDWING Only 1 (48 on 2 February 2020)
2 Mistle Thrush feeding in the open grass
Robin - 3 singing
Wren - 2 singing
2 Starling – calling near Donnerfield gate
Chaffinch – singing. Male feeding under trees
2 Goldfinch
Greenfinch trilling near Donnerfield gate
(Bird species: 23. Total both sites: 35)
Grey Squirrels
Nuthatches very vocal.
(Private) Seven Acre Lake
4 Canada GeeseHerring Gull – 1 in flight
Lesser Black-backed Gull
2 Common Gull
26 Black-headed Gull
2 Mallard - pair
2 Common Pochard - females
2 Little Grebe
1 Great Crested Grebe- adult
4 Cormorant
1 or 2 Grey Heron (not at old nest?)
3 Little Egret
3 Coot
2 Moorhen
Wood Pigeon
Ring-necked Parakeet -several
Green Woodpecker - calling
2 Magpie
Carrion Crow
Robin - singing
Coal Tit - singing
Nuthatch - calling
Goldfinch in flight
(23 Bird species. Total both sites: 35)
FOX
THE BASIN LAKE, Canons Drive, HA8:
Canada Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Mallards
Moorhen
