Mad March Paul Ritchie

Since starting the survey on first day of March I have been able to add Mallard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel  (my bird of the week), Stock Dove, Tawny Owl, Garden Warbler, Marsh Tit and Siskin to my list of sightings and hearings. I was recording a total of 46 native species and 5 naturalised species of bird across the four transect walks but the cold spell at the end of the month meant that records were down 46% on previous weeks. The sheltered conditions in our wildlife garden and the mature scrub and woodland of the riparian walk helped keep the sightings up for those two semi-natural habitats.   Left a kestrel on the look out for its next meal

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