Monthly Archives: April 2023

This morning, Steve Joul, a member of the committee of Friends of Adel Woods, and former senior ranger with Leeds Parks and Countryside, went for a walk around Adel Woods between 7 and 10 am. As you will see, there is a lot of “nature” to enjoy in Adel Woods. Highlights for Steve this morning were seeing a pair of tree creepers; a pair of mandarin ducks; a close view of a female great spotted woodpecker; and a peacock butterfly basking in the sun.

Below there is a list of some of the other flora and fauna he saw. NB I have included archive photographs showing activities of Friends of Adel Woods and other flora and fauna which can be found in Adel Woods, but which Steve did not see this morning.

Adel Woods truly are something to treasure! If you would like to join in the activities of Friends of Adel Woods, please get in touch through this website.

Birds: 23 species

• Blackbird – over 20 seen
• Blackcap – 3 males singing
• Blue Tit – over 20 seen
• Carrion Crow – 5 seen
• Chiffchaff – over 10 males singing
• Coal Tit – 3 males heard singing
• Dunnock – 1 male singing
• Goldcrest – 1 male singing
• Great Spotted Woodpecker – female good views, another drumming
• Great Tit – over 10 males seen
• Jackdaw – 5 birds flying over woodland together
• Jay – pair seen
• Magpie – 5 birds seen
• Mallard – a pair near the stream and a drake on the pond
• Mandarin – a pair on the stream
• Mistle Thrush – alarm heard
• Nuthatch – over 10 birds calling or singing
• Red Kite – single over woodland
• Robin – over 20 seen
• Song Thrush – 2 singing males seen, another heard
• Treecreeper – pair near to Treecreeper nestbox but didn’t go in
• Woodpigeon – over 20 seen
• Wren – over 10 seen

Plants in flower

• American Skunk-cabbage – two patches on stream bank
• Blackthorn
• Dandelion
• Flowering Currant
• Garden Daffodil
• Garden Yellow Archangel
• Green Alkanet
• Hybrid Bluebell – an early example
• Lesser Celandine
• Marsh Marigold
• Meadow Foxtail – an early-flowering grass
• Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage – stream banks
• Ramsons – an early example
• Red Currant
• Wild Cherry
• Wood Anemone
• Wood Forget-me-not

Insects

• Buff-tailed Bumblebee
• Common Carder Bee
• Peacock Butterfly
• Seven-spot Ladybird

Fungi

• Alder Bracket
• Birch Polypore
• Blushing Bracket
• Glistening Inkcap
• Hoof Fungus
• Willow Bracket
• Witches Broom

Mammals

• Grey squirrel – over 20 seen.