Priory Country Park: Guided Walk - Sunday 30th December

Priory Country Park: Guided Walk - Sunday 30th December: Well after all the rain throughout the holiday period and wide spread flooding around the park we really landed on our feet yesterday with t...

Priory Country Park: Coppicing in Putnoe Wood

Priory Country Park: Coppicing in Putnoe Wood: I was coppicing the Hazel in Putnoe Wood yesterday with Rangers John and Jane and the Friends group. The weather was kind to us with just a...

Priory Country Park: Christmas Day

Priory Country Park: Christmas Day: Paid a quick visit to the park this morning and the flooding is much more extensive than it was a couple of days ago. The Crescent is now ...

Putnoe Wood Survey - 16/12/2012

My monthly survey of Putnoe Wood produced the following:

Species	Count
Blackbird	5
Blue Tit	17
Bullfinch	2
Carrion Crow	6
Chaffinch	2
Coal Tit	2
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Great Tit	12
Green Woodpecker	2
Jackdaw	9
Long-tailed Tit	5
Magpie	4
Nuthatch	1
Robin	1
Sparrowhawk	1
Stock Dove	2
Treecreeper	1
Woodpigeon	5
Wren	3

Priory Country Park: Work in the park and Slav Grebe

Priory Country Park: Work in the park and Slav Grebe: Had some time off work these last couple of weeks and have spent most of it in the park volunteering. It's great to get out in the open f...

Box End Park WeBS: 16/12/2012

The latest WeBS count didn't provide many surprises although a Common Buzzard passing over at 07:30 was a bit of a surprise. In fact I had bagged the Buzzard, a Kestrel and a Kingfisher within the first five minutes of this visit.

A Skylark and 2 Meadow Pipits passed over West and a couple of Lesser Redpoll were a first for me at this site.

The feathery remains of a single Mute Swan looked like the aftermath of a Foxes dinner.

The full count was:

Black-headed Gull 15  
Buzzard 1  
Canada Goose 3  
Cormorant 6  
Grey Heron 2  
Grey Wagtail 1
Kestrel 1  
Kingfisher 1  
Lapwing 13  Another 24 over circled over the park as I was leaving.
Little Grebe 1  
Mallard 33  
Mute Swan 10
Pied/White Wagtail 1
Snipe 2  

Total number of species: 14 Individuals: 90