Can you help? Please take notes of all the birds you see in your garden from now
until March next year. Note the date if something unusual is seen and write a short
comment about it. Then send this all in by email before April next year. We will
then start our Spring Watch again.
Barbara Mark
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Bird Type
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Date
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Place
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Comments
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Blackbird
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April
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Orleton Memorial gardens Old Bakery St George's Crescent Little Overton
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Nesting in the back hedge between the gardens and 2, Millbrook Way . nest there
regularly Feeding in the garden Feeding in the garden Feeding in the garden. Also
males seen fighting in May. Male bird with white feathers seen in the winter months
and then again in May and into the summer.
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Blue Tit
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April
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Little Overton
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Nests in 2 nest boxes under the eves of the house. New box put up after woodland
was cut down, on 17th April. Birds made a nest in it straight away but
were then disturbed by cats and nest box dislodged.
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Great Tits and others in the family
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April
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Lane between Manor and old Farm Shop
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Lots seen in the lane after the woodland was cut down. They stayed around in the
lane for quite a few days after that.
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Bullfinch
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April
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Bank Cottage
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Seen on the bird table. Not seen before at this time.
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Buzzard
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April
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Woodland behind the shop
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There has been a nest here for the last 4 years. They raised at least one chick
every year.
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Canada Geese
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Spring
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The Grange
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Pair nested on the lake and hatched 5 young but they all vanished a couple of weeks
later
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Duck
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Spring
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The Grange
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Pair nested on the lake and hatched 5 ducklings but they all vanish at the same
time as the Geese.
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Goldfinches
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April
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Lane between the Manor and the old Farm Shop Tunnel Lane St George's Crescent
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Flock seen straight after the woodland cut down and scrub land flattened. Never
seen here before. Flock seen in mid April and never seen here before Seen feeding
at the bird table and never seen here before
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Goldcrest
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April
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Old Bakery
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Nested in April, never seen here before, one fledgling died.
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Greater Spotted Woodpecker
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Spring
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Little Overton Still water Cottage Old Bakery
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Adults and then family seen feeding on nuts. A regular visitor Parents and one juvenile
visited bird table
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Green Woodpecker
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Spring Mid April Early August Mid August
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The Grange Bank Cottages Little Overton Still Water Cottage
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Many sightings Seen in garden but never seen before Seen in garden eating the flying
ants. Never seen here before. Juvenile feeding in garden and then a few days later
the adult there as well. Never seen before.
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Heron
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Spring
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Marsh and surrounding area
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Seen flying over in late spring, early summer as normal
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House Sparrow
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March
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St George's Crescent Old Dairy Little Overton
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Seen on bird table Seen feeding in garden Using a nesting box made for blue tits
by the eves of the house -they leave box at the end of April- seem to start another
brood.
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Jackdoor
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Spring
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Ashley Moor Farm
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Nested in old Oak tree by lane , chasing out the Little Owls, but then the tree
was damaged by high winds and the pair left.
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Kingfisher
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Late July Mid August
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Seen over Manor grounds Still Water Cottage
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Just a flash Seen feeding in the pond. Never seen here before
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Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
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Spring
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Croft End The Grange
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Feeding on peanuts
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Little Owl
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Spring
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Ashley Moor farm
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Usually nests in an Old Oak in the field by the lane but this year was chased out
by Jackdoors
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Marsh Tit
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2006
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On the Marsh at the Manor
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Not seen at all this year although seen in previous years
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Magpie
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Spring April
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Little Overton Tunnel Lane
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Parents seen around a lot. They raised 3 young this year. Eating hen eggs which
was never done before. Seen eating birds eggs when the woodland was cut down
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Robin
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April nesting
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Little Overton Still Water Cottage St George's Crescent
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Seen nesting in a dense conifer early April – feeding young from end of month. Parents
come to door for food at regular times. Juvenile joins feeding sessions at the end
of May 4 young reared in small Horse Chestnut tree
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Snipe
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Spring
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On the Marsh
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Not seen at all this year although seen and heard in previous years
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Swan
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Spring
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The Manor
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Not seen this year although used to be regular visitors
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Tawny Owl
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Spring
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Still Water Cottage Woodland behind the shop
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Seen taking a vole off the patio Heard during August evenings
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Thrush
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Spring
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St George's Crescent
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Seen feeding in the garden and smashing snail shells.
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Willow Warbler
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Spring
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Little Overton
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Not seen at all this year
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