Bird spotting walk - 24th September 2006
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| Species list |
| Blackbird |
Greenfinch |
Robin |
| Blue Tit |
Grey Wagtail (1 on St. Mary's Church) |
Rook |
| Chaffinch |
House Martin (2+ over the Town Meadow area) |
Song Thrush (1 at Southington Mill / Shadwells) |
| Coal Tit (1 heard at Southington Mill) |
House Sparrow (4) |
Sparrow Hawk (a female over the filtration pools / Flashetts area) |
| Collard Dove |
Kingsfisher (heard by The Test on the north-western corner of Town Meadow) |
Starling (south-west high over Winchester Street) |
| Coot |
Lesser Black-backed Gull (south over the village at 15:21) |
Swallow (4+ heading south over Southington) |
| Dunnock |
Long-tailed Tit |
Tufted Duck (a duck on the main pool off Southington Lane) |
| Gadwall (10 on the main pool off Southington Lane) |
Magpie (1 from / over St. Mary's Churchyard) |
Woodpigeon |
| Goldcrest |
Mallard |
Wren |
| Goldfinch (1 heard over The Test at Southington Lane) |
Moorhen |
| Great Tit |
Mute Swan (a pair on the main pool off Southington Lane) |
And...
Jewel Weed / Orange Balsam, Impatiens capensis (left) and Pink-barred Sallow, Xanthia togata (right)
| Brown Trout (8 from the Bridge Street bridge) |
Jewel Weed - flowering in one of the Southington Mill streams |
Seven-spot Ladybird (1 in The Lynch) |
| Common Clary (St. Mary's Churchyard) |
Bryony Ladybird (1 in St. Mary's Churchyard) |
Small Tortoiseshell (1 north over the High Street) |
| Dark Bush-cricket (2+ heard in The Lynch) |
Pink-barred Sallow (1 in St. Mary's Churchyard) |
Small White (1+ noted about several gardens and hedgerows) |
| Green Shield Bug (1 by the track south off Vinns Lane) |
Rabbit (1 in the grounds of Southington House) |
White sp. (2+ noted about several gardens and hedgerows) |
| Grey Squirrel (2, singles in Silk Mill Lane and on the track south off Vinns Lan) |
Red Admiral - 2, singles in St. Mary's Churchyard and by The Test, Southington Lane |
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