Birds and other
wildlife recorded in September 2025
Thanks for the wildlife sightings!
We have had one or two new people sending in reports so that helps greatly to
show the wealth of the wildlife in the woods. Please keep sending your records
in; even if it’s a record of something you think may be very common – it adds
to our knowledge of what’s about!
Birds: Red Kites were frequently
observed majestically soaring overhead and there was the occasional Buzzard.
Gulls do not use the wood, but they
too fly overhead and both Black-headed and Lesser Black-backed Gulls were seen.
Stock Doves were recorded and many Woodpigeons.
Great-spotted Woodpecker was around but nobody had a Green Woodpecker
this month.
Robins and Blackbirds were noted
and – our most common warbler for now – Chiffchaffs - were regularly noted; 13
were recorded on one visit in the middle of the month. Goldcrest, one of our
smallest birds, was recorded, as were Wren and the regular tits: Great Tit,
Blue Tit and the not closely related Long-tailed Tits, which were seen in small
flocks during the month. No Coal Tits seen? Coniferous specialists, so we ought
to find them! Look around the larches. Nuthatch and the often hard-to-spot
Treecreepers were recorded.
All the expected corvids were
recorded often in large numbers: Carrion Crows, several Jays, Rook (4 on the 18th
of the month) Jackdaws a-plenty, and a Raven. Starlings were around as were
Chaffinch (not as common as once….), Goldfinches and that rare bird, the
Bullfinch. Some notable missing species – those which are usually found closer
to human habitation – were House Sparrow and Collared Dove.
Mammals: Grey Squirrel and Rabbit
Butterflies: The butterfly recorders will
have more information, but the casual records were Large White, Small White,
Green-veined White, Comma and Speckled Wood
Plants: Field Pansy and White Campion
still in bloom, and it was unexpected to find a very small clump of
Thyme-leaved Speedwell
Please send your records in!!
