Summer Bird Walk 2014 – Woodcote Conservation Group

The walk took place on the morning of 19 July. There were five participants. The weather was warm with the threat of rain; the month as a whole had been – and remained – unusually hot and sunny. The following 26 species were recorded.

Red Kite (A, B)

Buzzard (C)

Kestrel (C)

Red-legged Partridge (C)

Pheasant (A, C)

Woodpigeon (A, B, C)

Jay (B)

Magpie (A)

Carrion Crow (B, C)

Blue Tit (A, C)

Green Woodpecker (C) (3 individuals)

Skylark (C)

Swallow (B)

House Martin (A)

Chiffchaff (C)

Blackcap (C)

Wren (A, C)

Blackbird (A, B)

Robin (A)

Dunnock (A)

House Sparrow (A)

Chaffinch (C)

Greenfinch (A)

Goldfinch (A, C)

Bullfinch (A) (heard)

Yellowhammer (C) (one or possibly two heard singing by South Stoke Road)