Birds and Wildlife in the park
Birds in the park
Neil Sumner, of the Essex Wildlife Trust, visited the Park on 1 May walking from Hockley Woods and then through towards the car park at Cherry Orchard Way. This was to carry out some research for the Upper Roach Valley Living Landscape Project.
During his walk, Neil made some notes on the birds he saw (and heard) which he has shared with us and you will find them copied below. We hope you will be as excited as we were when you see the variety and number of birds spotted during a relatively short visit.
A walk yesterday , May 1st, as research for a new Living Landscapes project.
Along the Roach through Cherry Orchard Jubilee Park, of interest:
Whitethroat: 8
Lesser Whitethroat : 1
Sparrow hawk 1
Buzzard : 4 : over Hockley Woods
Marsh Harrier flyover : looked to be juv, uniform brown
Kestrel flyover
Linnets : parties of around 10, 20 and 20 and many singles and some in song. Feeding amongst the dandelion on the extensive grasslands.
I am seeing Linnets on all farmland walks at the moment – recovering?
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Green Woodpecker 2
Starling: 2 probable breeding sites and a flock of around 40 adults on grass
Greenfinch: 1 pr
Chaffinch: 2 singing males
House Martin: 2 flyover
Swallow: 8, including 4 around a probable breeding site
Skylark: 4 singing
Mistle Thrush: 1 seen between the Park and Rochford.
Song Thrush: 2 singing
Long Tailed Tits: 4 pairs
Stock Dove: pr
Greenfinch – female
Kestrel
Skylark
Kestrel
Mistle Thrush
Starling
Long Tailed Tit
Lesser Whitethroat
Linnet – male
Song Thrush
Greenfinch – male
Swallow
Chaffinch – female
Linnet – female
Stock Dove
Green Woodpecker
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Chaffinch – male
House Martin
Linnet – male
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Images from RSPB.
Wildlife in the park
