Woodoaks Farm

I visited late morning and hoped to relocate the male Yellow Wagtail that had been recorded yesterday, unfortunately it did not show. I followed the footpath beyond the dung heap where I discovered a singing male Common Whitethroat in the largest of three bushes that fringe the path. At Ladywalk Wood a pair of Ring-necked Parakeet were present at a nest located in an old woodpecker hole high up in a large Ash. 

A full list of species observed as follows:-

Mallard (3), Red Kite (1), Common Buzzard (1), Common Kestrel (1), Black-headed Gull (4), Stock Dove (5), Woodpigeon, Green Woodpecker (2), Ring-necked Parakeet (pair), Wren, Dunnock, European Robin, Common Skylark (5 including four singing male), Common Whitethroat (1), Blackcap (3 including two singing male), Common Chiffchaff (4 including singing male), Goldcrest, Common Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush (1), Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Jay (2), Common Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Common Starling (25 feeding among horses), House Sparrow, Common Chaffinch, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Bullfinch (male), Common Linnet (pair).

                                                           Common Chiffchaff.

Grasshopper Warbler at Ellenbrook Fields

After receiving info of at least two Grasshopper Warblers at this site yesterday I decided to make a morning visit myself today. I parked up in Notcutts Garden Centre and walked along the footpath thats runs parallel the garden centre parimeter. Eventualy I arrived at the red and white gate that is located at the far end of the footpath and where the birds had been present the previous day. It took me at least half an hour before I finally heard the distinct reeling call of a single bird which I eventually located. I sat quietly among the grass while the bird slowly moved in my direction and before too long it was singing in full view on top of a small patch of brambles. 

A full list of species observed as follows:-
Little Grebe (1), Greylag Goose (5), Mallard (1), Mandarin Duck (drake), Eurasian Coot, Red Kite (1), Common Kestrel (1), Common Pheasant, Northern Lapwing (1), Lesser Black-backed Gull (2), Stock Dove (3), Woodpigeon, Green Woodpecker (2), Common Cuckoo (singing male), Wren, Dunnock, European Robin, Common Skylark, Common Whitethroat (singing male), Lesser Whitethroat (2 singing male), Blackcap, Willow Warbler (2 singing male), Common Grasshopper Warbler (singing male), Common Blackbird, Song Thrush, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Jay, Common Magpie, Carrion Crow, Common Chaffinch, European Greenfinch, Common Linnet.