We covered Shooters Bottom, Hotel Garden and the bushes near the toilet block, Icky Ridge, Old Trapping Area and Belle Tout wood and scrub. Bob and 2 members of the BHRG were ringing and watching in Whitbread Hollow. Highlights were 2 Grasshopper Warblers, a Nightingale and an early Goldcrest.
Combined Totals:
Sparrowhawk 2 Hollow
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 2
Green Woodpecker 3 (2 Headland and 1 Hollow)
Great-spotted Woodpecker 2 (1 fly over Headland and 1 Hollow)
Swallow 5
House Martin 1
Nightingale 1 Hollow
Wheatear 1
Grasshopper Warbler 2 Hollow( 1 re-trap from 11/8)
Sedge Warbler 1 Hollow
Reed Warbler 3 Headland
Lesser Whitethroat 3 (2 Headland and 1 Hollow)
Common Whitethroat 43 (23 Headland and 20 Hollow)
Blackcap 5 (3 Headland and 2 Hollow)
Willow Warbler 45 (20 Headland and 25 Hollow)
Goldcrest 1
Bullfinch 1
Still reasonable numbers of Chalkhill and Common Blues present on the Headland.
Wall Butterfly
