A Skylark seen at Chelson Meadow on the Dawn Chorus walk (photo: Bob Barrow)
A group of eleven attended this walk and were rewarded with a good selection of birdsong and some interesting sights including a buzzard being mobbed by Corvids, a Whitethroat singing and showing display flight and a male Chaffinch feeding its mate. Below is a list in order of hearing from 04.30 to 07.30 hours.
Robin; Skylark; Song Thrush; Carrion Crow; Blackbird; Wren; Pheasant, Blackcap; Chiffchaff; Wood Pigeon;; Goldcrest; Goldfinch; Chaffinch; Canada Goose; Whitethroat; Mistle Thrush, Dunnock, Nuthatch.
Also seen fledged Robins and along the river and overhead: Little Egret; Shelduck; Cormorant and Mallard.
John Lloyd
