cordwood birds

Recording the wildlife at Cordwood is my idea of fun! And I hope that my records will tell me an interesting story as seasons and years go by and our work to improve the site for wildlife takes effect.

I have sited fifteen nestboxes this year and will report on their success next month. Here's a sneeky peek of the contents of a nestbox sited in our Woodland Garden. The Great Tit (Parus major) has used horsehair collected from the animals next door as its nest material.

Here are my records of birds on site in April....

Species	Site	First date	Last date	Max count	Notes
Red Legged Partridge	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			2	Present throughout
Common Pheasant	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			2	Two males displaying - in territories corresponding with  'Waxwings' and 'Goldcrest' boundaries
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood	19/04/12		1	Female overhead
Common Kestrel	Lamins Lane	20/04/12		1
Northern Lapwing	Fields, Lamins Lane, Bestwood				Present throughout
Stock Dove	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			1	Calling throughout
	Keepers Cottage, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			3	Beneath feeders
Wood Pigeon	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood				Present throughout
Collared Dove	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			2	Present throughout
Tawny Owl	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			1	Throughout Calling from Crimea Plantation.
Green Woodpecker	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			1	Present throughout
Greater Spotted Woodpecker	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			1	Present throughout
Sky Lark	Lamins Lane, Bestwood			1	Present throughout
	Lamins Lane, Bestwood	22/02/12		2
Pied Wagtail	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood	28/04/12		2	Attracted to concrete piles.
Wren	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			5	Present throughout. Singing males in five territories.
Dunnock	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			2	Present throughout. Singing males in two territories.
Robin	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			6	Present throughout.
		30/04/12			Singing males in six territories. Fledged young from teapot nest in privet hedge and bracken stack in Vegetable garden.
Blackbird	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			3	Present throughout. 3 males fighting.
Song Thrush	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			1
Mistle Thrush	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			1	Male singing throughout
Blackcap	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			2
Garden Warbler	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood		29/04/2012	1	Male singing.
Common Chiffchaff	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			max 2	Calling throughout
Willow Warbler	Former tarmac Quarry, Off Lamins lane, bestwood	19/04/12		2	Singing
Goldcrest	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			2	Present throughout - Woodland Garden (Scots Pine) and Cedar Walk
Coal Tit	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			2	Present throughout
Blue Tit	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood				Present throughout. Nest box records will follow.
Great Tit	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood				Present throughout. Nest box records will follow.
European Nuthatch	Crimea Plantation, Bestwood				Present throughout and calling from valley area.
Eurasian Jay	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood				Present throughout
Magpie	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood				Present throughout
Carrion Crow	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood				Present throughout
Common Starling	Lamins Lane, Beswood			1	Present throughout
House Sparrow	Killarney Park, Lamins Lane, Bestwood				Present throughout
Tree Sparrow	Keepers Cottage, Lamins Lane, Bestwood				Present throughout
	Lamins Lane, Bestwood				In hedgerow.
Common Chaffinch	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			4	Calling from beginning of month.Especially in 'Waxwings' area.
	Lamins Lane, Beswood				In hedgerow.
Greenfinch	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood			2	Pair recorded from middle of month.
Goldfinch	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood				Present throughout
Linnet	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood	20/04/12		2	Flying overhead
Common Bullfinch	Cordwood, Lamins Lane, Bestwood				Present throughout