Spring Bird Walk 2018 – Woodcote Conservation Group

The Spring Bird Walk took place on the morning of 28 April, a grey and cold day with rain constantly threatening, in an unusually late spring. Despite the weather, eighteen people participated (including five children), and the 25 species listed below were recorded – one fewer than on last year’s Spring Walk, but with two new species to add to the list: Marsh Tit and Willow Warbler. This latter, plus Whitethroat and Chiffchaff, made up the total of the three ‘classic’ summer visitors recorded on the walk.

Pheasant (B)

Buzzard (B, C)

Red Kite (A, C)

Woodpigeon (A, C)

Skylark (C)

Magpie (A)

Carrion Crow (A)

Marsh Tit (B)

Blue Tit (A, C)

Great Tit (A, B)

Whitethroat (C)

Chiffchaff (B)

Willow Warbler (C)

Nuthatch (A, B)

Wren (B)

Dunnock (A)

Starling (A)

House Sparrow (A)

Robin (A, B, C)

Blackbird (B)

Song Thrush (A, B)

Chaffinch (C)

Greenfinch (C)

Goldfinch (A)

Yellowhammer (C)