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natural history diary skip to main skip to sidebar natural history diary this is a diary of species observations recorded by myself and covers all aspects of wildlife my knowledge will allow me to identify most posts occur from various frequent excursions within the local area others from further a field are also included wednesday 7 may 2008 6th may woodland walk and garden sightings iffin woods a few hours this morning was spent walking around the marvellous iffin woods situated on the outskirts of canterbury the area of the woods where my efforts were concentrated is predominantly hazel coppice with some stands of mature pine and deciduous trees throughout the woodland are clearings of thick bramble ideal for warbler species bird species seen during the walk were treecreeper 6 singing blackcap 3 singing chiffchaff 1 singing willow warbler and a garden warbler many of the usual woodland species were also recorded including blue great and long tailed tit chaffinch robin blackbird and greater spotted woodpecker a few butterflies were seen including green veined white common blue and the rather smart speckled wood shown below speckled wood a range of wildflowers were seen within the woodland in areas where the absence of bluebells allowed other species to flourish species recorded include bugle primrose garlic mustard lady s smock lesser celandine wood anenome red campion wood speedwell greater stitchwort and white dead nettle the discovery of some yellow archangel was only beaten by finding common twayblade both of these species were the first i have seen this year common twayblade above yellow archangel below bugle garden sightings the afternoon was spent revising in the back garden and lots of bits and pieces were flying around an average of about 20 swifts were hawking at any one time with counts exceeding 40 occasionally a pair of sparrowhawks appeared in the air together and throughout the day various attempts were made by each bird to catch something around the garden a peregrine soared over during the later part of the afternoon sending all the local gulls into a frenzy blackcap and chiffchaff were calling continuously and all the other usual suspects were around the best bits for the garden today was a hobby which appeared and chased hirundines over the house for around 15mins and a brimstone butterfly both had never previously been recorded in the garden posted by ashley powell 2 comments tuesday 29 april 2008 campus walk 13 00 18 00 a view of keynes wood behined the venue a fantastic afternoon was spent yesterday 29th walking around the woods and farmland on ukc campus lots of species were around and the song of warblers filled the woods the numbers recorded would suggest a good breeding population for example the 16 blackcaps recorded singing during the visit a further 5 feamales were also observed other warbler species included 27 chiffchaff 2 willow warbler 17 whitethroat 1 lesser whitethroat and a single garden warbler many of the whitethroats were recorded in the hedge rows on the farmland along with 7 linnet 1 male bullfinch and 2 yellowhammer the fields supporting 7 singing skylarks and plenty of hawking swallows other bird species recorded on the walk included 2 pairs of mistle thrush 7 greater spotted woodpecker 4 green woodpecker 1 lesser spotted woodpecker great tit blue tit long tailed tit chaffinch at least 20 goldfinch goldcrest 2 little owl and a species i have not recorded in this area during the last 3 years spotted flycatcher the farmland and woodland edge was most productive for mammals with 6 hare and a fox seen on the fields and 2 stoat dens found one of the stoats was watched climbing down a tree with a magpie egg in his mouth 4 peacock butterflies were seen on the field and woodland edge along with 2 orange tips and a green veined white the woodlands look really stunning at this time of the year and are carpeted with bluebells particularly behined the venue other plant species seen were red dead nettle greater stitchwort cuckoo flower wood anenomie broom red campion and field forgetmenot it really is an amazing time of year and the university campus is well worth a look cuckoo flower a fair few stands at the edge of brotherhood wood and the farmland in the marshy area posted by ashley powell 1 comment monday 28 april 2008 evening walk top red dead nettle bottom white dead nettle song thrush a nice walk this evening around the fields at the back of canterbury bowling club failed to turn up any barn owls but did produce a surprising variety of other species at least 16 song thrush were seen around the three fields which bodes well for the breeding population within this small area as does the three singing skylarks seen 2 male linnet sat proudly preening on the wires along the road male birds certainly do have it hard at this time of year sing and make themselves look good 4 whitethroats supported the large number of this species recorded in kent so far this year indicating a successful migration and first year survival from last year red and white dead nettle were in full colour along with cow parsley garlic mustard hawthorn field forgetmenot primrose greater stitchwort and common vetch greater stitchwort posted by ashley powell no comments sunday 27 april 2008 garden today didn t manage to get out today but a few hours spent in the garden revealed some nice bits 3 sparrowhawks and the peregrines from the cathedrel were all in the air together at one point this afternoon chaffinch greenfinch goldfinch house sparrow starling blackbird robin were all recorded in the garden whilst the sycamores at the back of the garden held singing blackcap willow warbler and chiffchaff these sycamores 6 mature trees are supporting an impressive variety of nesting species especially in the ivy growing around them in particular 3 pairs of wood pigeon 2 pairs of collard dove 2 pairs of blackbird a pair of robin and a pair of jays the previously mentioned warbler species are also probably nesting in this area a male orange tip butterfly was not only a first for the garden but also the year posted by ashley powell no comments saturday 26 april 2008 26th april 2008 grove ferry an early morning walk at grove was fairly productive in the lovely weather a singing lesser whitethroat on the track to the ramp was a great start from the ramp 2 little ringed plover were occompanied by the usual gadwall teal shoveler and lapwing from harrisons drove hide 3 further little ringed plover were recorded a singing grasshopper warbler showed well on the track to the marsh hide which was an added bonus to the day a quick stop off at the ramp on the way back reveled a stunning greenshank had dropped in which ended the morning nicely sedge warbler reed warbler and cettis were also recorded on the rounds along with two singing cuckoo s 7 marsh harriers 6 sparrowhawks and 3 kestrels showed well overhead the above picture is of 1 of the 3 little ringed plover present from harrisons drove hide posted by ashley powell no comments home subscribe to posts atom kent 2008 year list 26 4 lesser whitethroat grasshopper warbler and cuckoo take the year total to 175 29 4 spotted flycatcher takes the year total to 176 blog archive 2008 5 may 1 6th may woodland walk and garden sightings april 4 about me ashley powell currently studying wildlife conservation at the university of kent at canterbury i have been birding for quite a while now starting at a young age with the cheshire meres being my original local haunt view my complete profile links to other related sites which you should take a look at this site organise bird wildlife and tigers tours for small groups all over the world sightings from the new hythe area take a look sightings from east ent and the kingsdown area