Birds at the Woodland Education Centre in February 2006


Male Pheasant	Wren

	2^nd February	25^th. February.	27^th February.
	Dull grey day, cold. (Birds in hiding)
Coal tit		ü Kingfisher Pond area.	ü Beech Walk. Log Cabin area.
Long-tailed tit	ü Small flock seen feeding on silver birch.	ü Kingfisher Pond area.
Great tit	ü On alder trees. A few foraging on ground in places.		ü Heathlands. Beech Walk. Log Cabin area
Blue tit	ü On alder trees.		ü Heathlands. Log Cabin area.
Woodpigeon	ü By Dragonfly Pond.
Blackbird			ü Beech Walk. Green works caravan area.
Robin	ü By Dragonfly Pond.	ü Kingfisher Pond area.	ü Heathlands Beech Walk. Green works caravan area.
Wren	ü By Dragonfly Pond.	ü Kingfisher Pond area.	ü Lake area. Dragonfly Pond area.
Chaffinch		ü Near green works caravan.	ü Heathlands. Green cabin area.
Mallard			ü (Male and Female) On Lake.
Rook
Raven			ü (pair) Displaying over Heathlands.
Jay	ü Monument Pond.
Treecreeper		ü By Leat, back of Lakeside Classroom. On oak trees.	ü Beech Walk. Trees near Log Cabin.
Goldcrest		ü Feeding on insects in holly bushes, various areas. On firs by main entrance.
Nuthatch		ü Maple Walk area.	ü Beech Walk.
Siskin		ü On large silver birch on path towards Lakeside Classroom, off Maple Walk. On alder trees towards Log Cabin.	ü On birch trees top of wooden steps. On birch trees, Beech Walk.
Buzzard			ü Flying over Log Cabin. Beech Walk. Flying over Lake.
Great spotted woodpecker		ü (male) Maple Walk area. (Female) Trees alongside the Leat.
Pheasant			ü Green works caravan area.
Brambling		ü Trees by the Leat, back of Lakeside Classroom.
Lesser Redpoll			ü 2 female or juvenile on birch tree near main entrance.
Cormorant	ü Flying high over Lake.

TOTAL 23 Different species

There was a noticeable difference in the number of bird species seen this January and February compared with the same period last year. Marsh tits and the Thrush family ( Song thrush, Mistle thrush and Redwing) have all been absent this year. Reason unknown.