25th December

2 RAVEN

Sighting by GH

16th November -

2 Goldcrest, 3 Linnet, Bullfinch (m), 20 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 2 Green Woodpecker 

Sightings by PG

15th October -

2 Raven (flew E @12:30 over Great Parsons Land), Stonechat (m - Dungeon Hill), 6 Meadow Pipit (Dungeon Hill), Redwing (Swingfield Plain)

Sightings by IPW

9th October -

2 Firecrest, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Treecreeper, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 5 Stonechat, 3 Swallow, Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Rook

Sightings by IPW 

2nd October -

5 Stonechat, GREY WAGTAIL (over Puckstead Shaw @12:15pm), 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Raven (Limekiln field), 9 Rook, Sparrowhawk (f), Little Owl (calling)

Sightings by IPW

1st October

RING OUZEL (Great Parsons Land)

Sighting by GH 

28th September

2 RAVEN

Sighting by GH

27th September

30 HOUSE MARTIN

Sighting by GH

25th September

2 SAND MARTIN (flew low together SW over Long Hill @12:18pm), House Martin (flew SW), 2 Stonechats (m & f on Dungeon Hill), Raven (flyover), 4 Rook (flyover), 4 Common Buzzard (together circling above Scratch Wood), Red Kite (over  Scratch Wood), Sparrowhawk mobbing a Kestrel, Whinchat (on Dungeon Hill), Meadow Pipit (over Dungeon Hill), Pied Wagtail (Wheatear Meadow), 2 Little Owls (calling midday Lower Dungeon Hill)

Sightings by IPW

6 STONECHAT

Sighting by GH

24th September

BARN OWL 

Sighting by GH 

22nd September -

4 Stonechats, 30 + Swallows 

Sightings by GH

11th September

3 WHINCHAT

Sighting by GH

4th September

WHINCHAT (Wellbeck Meadows @11:40am), GREY HERON (flew West over Great Soloms Wood @09:10am)

Sightings by IPW

27th August -

Willow Warbler (singing), Whinchat (both on Dungeon hill)

Butterfly transect - 3 Small white, 9 Common Blue, Comma, 4 Speckled Wood, 21 Meadow Browns, 9 Small Heath

Sightings by GH

23rd August

4 RAVEN (over Dungeon Hill)

Sighting by GH

21st August -

COMMON BUZZARD * (Wellfield Meadow area 3pm)

Butterflies - 2 Common Blue, Speckled Wood, 24 Meadow Brown, 9 Small Heath

Spider - Wasp spider

Sightings by GH (except *)

14th August

COMMON REDSTART (Great Parsons Land @07:30am)

Sighting & photo by IPW

11th August

BARN OWL (at the bottom of Dungeon hill) 

Sighting by GH

7th August -

4 Green Woodpecker (2 adults/2 juvs) (between Pheasant field/Swingfield Plain), Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, 5 Swift

Butterfly -  Brown Hairstreak (near Grubb Wood)

Dragonflies - Emperor, 2 Migrant Hawker

Sightings by IPW

5th August -

Butterflies - 7 Common Blue, Comma, Brown Hairstreak, 3 Speckled wood, 6 Gatekeeper, 97 Meadow Brown, 5 Small Heath

Sightings by GH

29th July -

Butterflies - 2 Small/Essex, 4 Small White, Small Copper, 25 Common Blue, Brown Hairstreak, 4 Speckled wood, 37 Gatekeeper,  93 Meadow Brown, 2 Small Heath

Sightings by GH

24th July

RED KITE (flew W @11:00am over Wheatear Meadow)

Sighting by IPW

14th July

3 LITTLE OWL (inc 1 Juv)

Sighting by GH

3rd July

PEREGRINE (flew SW over Great Soloms Wood @11:40am)

Sighting by IPW

1st July -

Butterfly transect - 18 Small/Essex, 2 Large White, 4 Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Comma, Dark Green Frit, 42 Marbled White, 31 Meadow Browns, 72 Ringlet

Sightings by GH

22nd June -

Butterfly transect - 40 Small/Essex Skipper, 3 Large Skipper, 2 Large White, Red Admiral, Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, 28 Marbled White, 37 Meadow Brown, 11 Ringlets, 7 Small Heath

Sightings by GH

19th June

4 SWALLOW, 5 SWIFT, 3 EGYPTIAN GEESE

Sightings by GH

18th June -

11 Swift, 30+Herring Gull (circled above thermals), 18+ Long tailed Tit (11 Swingfield, 5+Great Soloms Wd, 2+Scratch Wood)

Butterflies - 4 Large Skipper, 3 Comma, 3 Small Skipper, 2 Essex Skipper, Red Admiral, 8 Marbled White, Meadow Brown (widespread but numbers down)

Sightings by IPW

13th June -

Butterfly transect - 7 Small/Essex Skipper, 7 Large Skipper, 4 Grizzled Skipper, Painted Lady, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Marbled White, 17 Meadow Brown, 4 Small Heath

Sightings by GH

7th June (10:25 - 12:12pm)

WREN, GREAT TIT, CHIFFCHAFF, LESSER WHITETHROAT, 2 COMMON WHITETHROAT, 4 SWALLOW, ROBIN, HOUSE SPARROW, DUNNOCK, GOLDFINCH, 4 LINNET, 4 STARLING, 3 BLACKBIRD (m), 2 MAGPIE, JACKDAW, CROW, GREEN WOODPECKER, COLLARED DOVE, WOODPIGEON, HERRING GULL, KESTREL, BUZZARD

Butterflies - COMMON BLUE, PAINTED LADY, LARGE SKIPPER, MEADOW BROWN

Insects - GREEN LACEWING sp., 2+ 7-SPOT LADYBIRD, SWOLLEN-THIGHED BEETLE, 4+ SCORPION FLY sp.

1st June -

Butterfly transect - Large Skipper,  2 Dingy Skipper, 2.Grizzled Skipper, 3 Brimstone, Common Blue, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Meadow brown, 6 Small Heath

Sightings by GH

30th May

FIRECREST (Little Soloms Wood), 10 SWIFT, SPARROWHAWK

Sightings by GH 

29th May (am) -

FIRECREST (singing by Great Soloms Wood/Pheasant field noticeboard @10:00 with GH), 2 Common Swifts, Red Kite (over East Side @11:30am)

Butterflies - 2 Common Blue, 2 Small Copper

Sightings by IPW

26th May -

Butterfly transect - Dingy Skipper, 2 Grizzled Skipper, Large Skipper, Brimstone, Small White, 2 Green Hairstreak, Small Copper, 10 Common Blue, 5 Small Heath, Small tortoiseshell

Sightings by GH

23rd May

LESSER WHITETHROAT, SWALLOW, 5 SWIFT

Sightings by GH

22nd May (am) -

2 Swift, Red Kite (flew S over Eastside of Great Parsons Land @10:32am)

Slow Worm (path near metal green marker Little Soloms @09:00am)

Butterflies - Common Blue, 5 Small White, 3 Brimstone, 7 Small Heath, Red Admiral, 5 Peacock

Sightings by IPW

20th May -

Butterfly Transect - Small White, 3 Dingy Skipper, 6 Grizzled Skipper, 2 Brimstone, 3 Green Hairstreak, Small Copper, 8 Common Blue, Peacock, 2 Small Heath

Sightings by GH

17th May

CUCKOO (Heard only)

Sighting by GH

16th May

LESSER WHITETHROAT (Singing)

Sighting by GH

15th May

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (flew S @11:56am over Eastside), SPARROWHAWK

Sightings by IPW

8th May -

2 Swallows flying around the Stables, Sparrowhawk over Horse Paddocks, 2 Common Buzzards, 2 Kestrels, Red Kite over Lakers Rise 11:55am, 3 Pied wagtails; 2 adults & a juvenile near the Stables

Sightings by IPW

1st May

GARDEN WARBLER (Singing Little Solom's 08:20 - 08:30am)

Sighting by IPW

24th April -

Cormorant flew NW 11am, LBB Gull flew NE 11:53, 6 Herring Gulls, Pied Wagtail; Horse Paddocks, 5 Linnets; pair in Swingfield, 1 m 2 fem Dungeon Hill, 2 Common Buzzards, 2 Kestrels, Pair Bullfinches in Great Soloms Wood

Butterflies - 9 Peacocks, 5 Brimstones, 2 Small Whites, 2 Speckled Woods

Sightings by IPW

23rd April

LESSER WHITETHROAT (Singing)

Sighting by GH

18th April -

9 Common Whitethroats, 18 Chiffchaffs, 17 Blackcaps, 6 cooing Collared Doves (1 Lakers Rise, 2 eastside of Dungeon Hill, 3 in residential areas between Wheatear / Yewlands Meadows) 

Butterflies - 2 Speckled Wood. Small White

Sightings by IPW

16th April -

Egyptian Goose heard frequently in Cunningham Residential 

7 singing Common Whitethroats; 2 Great Parsons Land, 1 Swingfield, 2 Long field, 1 By the Horse Paddocks, 1 Dungeon Hill, 9 Linnets; 2 Swingfield, 7 on Dungeon Hill, 4 Bullfinches; 3 Swingfield,1Little Soloms, Little Owl (Lower Dungeon Hill), 2 Kestrels, 5 singing Collared Doves, Pied Wagtail, 2 Treecreepers

Butterflies - Peacock, Comma, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood

Sightings by IPW

15th April

CUCKOO (Singing in Great Solom's Wood)

Sighting by GH 

10th April

SWALLOW (Over Dungeon Hill)

Butterflies - BRIMSTONE, SMALL TORTOISESHELL

Sightings by IPW

3rd April -

Raven heard over Scratch Wood, Red Kite circled over Dungeon Hill 10:48am, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel (male), 2 Sparrowhawk (together circled over Pheasant field), 3 Little Owls, Herring Gull, 7 singing Stock Doves, singing Song Thrushes, 3 Redwings, 5 Bullfinches, 8 Goldfinches, 4 singing Greenfinches, 2 Chaffinches, singing Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcaps, GS woodpecker, 7 Green Woodpeckers, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 4 Linnets, 6 Nuthatches 

Mammal - 4 Rabbit

Sightings by IPW

27th March -

Coal Tit (Singing), 13  singing Chiffchaffs, 3  singing Blackcaps, 2 Treecreepers, 2 Nuthatches, Bullfinch, 22 Blackbirds, 3 Song Thrushes, 12 Greenfinches, 14 Goldfinches, Jay, 6 Green Woodpecker, 2 GS woodpecker, 7 singing Stock Doves, 6 Chaffinches, 5 together near Swingfield, 2 Redwing, 4 singing Collared Doves, Pied Wagtail, Kestrel, 12 Herring Gulls, 3 Canada Geese (flew E over Little Soloms @08:50)

Sightings by IPW

13th March -

5 Chiffchaff (singing),12 Wren, 11 Goldfinch, 7 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, 2 Coal Tit, 8 Long tailed Tit, Treecreeper, 20 Stock Dove, 22 Ring necked Parakeet, 60+ Jackdaw, 2 Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 GS Woodpecker, 5 Green Woodpecker, 10 Herring Gull, 6 Common Gull, 30 BH Gull, female Sparrowhawk 

Sightings by IPW

6th March -

4 Long-Tailed Tits, Treecreeper, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Common Buzzards, Red Kite drifted N @11:00am, Green Woodpecker, GS woodpecker, Kestrel, 2 Collared Doves

Sightings by IPW

4th March

CHIFFCHAFF

Sighting by GH

27th February -

Goldcrest, Firecrest, 3 Linnets, Long tailed Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 7 Greenfinches, 2 Bullfinches, GS woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpeckers, 2 (1 m/1 fem) Kestrels, 10 BHGulls, 5 Common Gulls, 20+ Herring Gulls, Buzzard, 3 Stock Doves, 10+ Redwings, 2 Chaffinches (m), Raven, Little Owls

Sightings by IPW

20th February -

3 LT Tits  Great Parsons Land, Fieldfare amongst 8 Redwings in Great Parsons Land, 4 Bullfinches, 5 Greenfinches,  LBB GULL flew NE over Dungeon Hill @12:15pm

Sightings by IPW

6th February -

GOLDFINCH (Colony in dense scrub singing by Lakers Rise Play area / Great Parsons Land), 2 BULLFINCH, COMMON GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (flew NE over Great Parsons Land @13:44), RED KITE (circling high above Dungeon Hill @13:00)

Sightings by IPW

4th February

2 LITTLE OWL  

Sighting by GH

3rd February

3 LITTLE OWL, BARN OWL

Sightings by GH

2nd February

LITTLE OWL, BARN OWL

Sightings by GH

30th January -

Pied Wagtail on stables roof, 2 Common Buzzards, 3 singing Greenfinches  all on the east side, 1 Red Kite flew E over Great Parsons Land 12:50

Sightings by IPW

23rd January -

2 Redwings, 10 Goldfinches, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Bullfinch, 3 singing Collared Doves (1 Lakers Rise, 2 on east side middle /upper Dungeon Hill), Kestrel (m/fem), 1 meadow pipit

Probable 3rd winter Yellow-legged Gull over Dungeon Hill 11:46 heading south

Sightings by IPW 

16th January (am)

GOLDCREST (singing in Great Soloms Wood), 4 BULLFINCH (1 heard Little Soloms, m/fem Swingfield, 1 male Puckstead Shaw), COLLARED DOVE (singing S of Lakers Rise), RED KITE (over Dungeon Hill headed SW @11:58am)

Sightings by IPW

13th January (11:03 - 1:45pm)

Clear blue sky, hard frost & temperature around 5 deg C

WREN, 4 BLUE TIT, 4 GREAT TIT, 2 ROBIN, 5 DUNNOCK, 2 GOLDFINCH, 2 CHAFFINCH (f), BULLFINCH, PIED WAGTAIL, 6 BLACKBIRD, 7 MAGPIE, 40+ JACKDAW, 5 CROW, GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Drumming in Scratch Wood), GREEN WOODPECKER, 2 STOCK DOVE, 25+ WOODPIGEON, 3 BLACK-HEADED GULL, COMMON GULL, 8 HERRING GULL, KESTREL (m), 5 RING-NECKED PARAKEET, WHITE DOVE

Mammals - GREY SQUIRREL, 4 RED FOX

3rd January 2022

COAL TIT, NUTHATCH & TREECREEPER (singing in Great Soloms Wood), SKYLARK (flew west over Long Hill @12:25pm), MISTLE THRUSH (singing in Pheasant field), 2 ROOKS (over Dungeon Hill), PEREGRINE (flew SW over GPL @1:23pm), 2 RED KITE (together @12:20pm over Great Parsons Land)

Sightings by IPW