Dawn Bird Walk 4th May 2025
At 4:30am (in the dark) as arranged by Frannie, several of us met at the top of Deer Park. We heard a Tawny Owl, with Blackbird and Robin being the first songbirds as dawn broke, then progressively more and more species joined the chorus. With the aid of the Merlin app, between us we recorded these
- Tawny Owl
- Robin
- Blackbird
- Chiffchaff
- Song Thrush
- Nuthatch
- Siskin
- Treecreeper
- Goldcrest
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Mistle Thrush
- Bullfinch
- Carrion Crow
- Chaffinch
- Great Tit
- Blackcap
- Buzzard
- Blue Tit
- Pheasant
- Wren
- Coal Tit
- Canada Goose
It was great to get Goldcrest and Spotted Flycatcher in, the latter scarcely audible to old ears without the assistance of the app!
At the same time Clare explored her own patch near Milford and recorded these:
- Robin
- Great Tit
- Blue Tit
- Chaffinch
- Chiffchaff
- Goldcrest
- Nuthatch
- Wren
- Dunnock
- Willow Warbler
- Siskin
- Yellowhammer
- Song thrush
- Blackbird
- Rook
- Redwing
- Jay
- Golden Plover
- Curlew
- Carrion Crow
- Blackcap
- Wood pigeon
- Skylark
Notable birds here are a late Redwing and the presence of Golden Plover and Curlew.
Link Big Garden Birdwatch Results from 2024 & 2025
Link Hartland Bird Diary 2024 Interesting and unusual birds spotted in and around the Hartland Peninsula during 2024
Link Chough Diary – Hartland Nature Society – A record of sightings & audio recordings of Choughs
