Bird meeting at Golden Hill Country Park Sunday 28th July 2024

Ten members meet on a lovely, warm morning for a walk in the park. July is a quiet month for seeing birds and this is what we found during the morning. In the car park we could hear Long Tailed Tits and Blue Tits flitting in amongst the trees, Herring Gulls were flying overhead and Woodpigeons were just around. The notice boards dotted around the site mention Jays and sure enough one put in an appearance. Of the birds of prey we had Buzzard, Peregrine and Kestrel. We could hear Chiffchaff calling and saw a small family. Lurking in a tree was a Spotted Flycatcher. Other birds we noted were Wren, Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Great Tit, Robin, Blackbird, Greenfinch Dunnock and two Bullfinch flew across our path. Also noted were several Black Headed Gulls flying around catching flying ants. As it was a lovely sunny morning we took the opportunity to look at the butterflies: several Red Admiral, one Marbled White, Speckled Wood, Small White, Peacock, Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper. Not being a botanist we did remark on the amount of Red Bartsia and Stone Parsley lining the paths and trackways. In all 20 species of birds were noted during the morning.  Jackie Hart