Alas the Sedge Warbler dream was not to be this year, as the bird went silent on the 20th, and I was unable to spot it moving in the undergrowth, suggesting it has moved on rather than found a partner. A sad turn of events, but not unexpected given how late it actually arrived on site. If it has headed off then hopefully it has a bit more luck elsewhere. However the 20th was not all bad news, as I kicked an adult and juvenile Grasshopper Warbler out of the long grass, confirming their breeding for the third consecutive year. Hopefully soon the male will begin to sing again as it normally does during July.
Its been quite the week for fledglings, with Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Blue Tit and Coal Tit all having recently graduated young scattered around the Hill. A Pheasant family with at least six chicks is also around, and the NK Pond moorhens have at least one chick, as does the family on the North Slope. The NK Pond Mallards also have a brood of four reasonably well grown chicks as well.
Standout species were a little thin on the ground, limited to a juvenile Goldcrest on Ned Hill Track on the 22nd, and a female Bullfinch in the Koi Farm Copse on the 26th. The Goldcrest especially is notable as it is the first I have recorded here since December 2020
-Grasshopper Warbler
-Goldcrest
-Coal Tit
Species List:
Soil Hill: Canada Goose, Mallard, Common Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Common Wood Pigeon, Common Swift, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Curlew, Common Snipe, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Eurasian Skylark, Sedge Warbler, Common Grasshopper Warbler, Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Eurasian Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Eurasian Wren, Common Starling, Common Blackbird, European Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Bullfinch, European Greenfinch, Common Linnet, European Goldfinch, Common Reed Bunting,
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