These are Steve Joul’s notes of our observations.
Newts
4 x Palmate Newts, 2 male, 2 female plus one newt tadpole caught in Mill Fall Pond, Adel Woods, using 12 funnel traps, set 2m apart.
Birds
Blackbird: Several males singing
Blackcap: Male singing in woodland edge
Bullfinch: Male flew from feeder in garden
Carrion Crow: Pair, one of which landed to take feed
Chaffinch: Male singing in woodland
Chiffchaff: Several males and a pair together
Coat Tit: Male singing
Domestic Pigeon: Flock flew over
Dunnock: Male singing
Goldcrest; Male singing in Scots Pine
Great Spotted Woodpecker: Female flew from feeder in garden
Great Tit: Several males singing
Green Woodpecker: Calling (could be male or female)
Jackdaw: Pair flew over
Jay: Single in woodland
Kestrel: Single flew over
Longtailed Tit: Single flew over
Magpie: Several
Nuthatch: Two males heard calling
Robin Several males singing
Song Thrush: Male singing, another bird in woodland
Starling: Several flew over
Stock Dove:
Tree Sparrow: Pair nesting in tv nestbox in garden
Treecreeper: Single
Whitethroat: Single, not singing
Willow Warbler: Two males singing at Adel Moor
Wood Pigeon: Numerous
Wren: Numerous (many males singing)
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