My visit between 6am and 7.35am was bathed in sunshine, making it a gorgeous morning, which is a welcome change from the weather from past few days. There was a slight westerly wind blowing, but the temperature remained warm.
A total of 10 Blackcaps, 6 Chiff Chaffs, 8 Reed Warblers, 1 Willow Warbler, and 13 Whitethroats were singing throughout my visit. Unfortunately no Nightingale was heard, so he must have departed.
A scan of the Lake produced only 1 pair of Great Crested Grebes and 2 Grey Herons fished from the Lakes western edge, there was also the usual Canada Geese - with 1 pair having 7 goslings - Mallards, Coots and Moorhens. There were several Black Headed Gulls and a few Common Gulls flying above the water, and 1 Cormorant was perched on the island next to the Weir.
3 Pheasants called from the Meadows, 1 male Bullfinch was in an Ash at the bottom of Jenner’s Bank, a Swallow flew west, 1 Cuckoo called, a pair of Linnet was in the ‘Scrub’, and a Nuthatch called from the Downswood entrance – the first since 3rd April.
Hi, my name is Simon. My local patch is Mote Park, one of Kent’s largest parks and right on the edge of Maidstone, the county town of Kent. It is a former country estate, and records of the Park date back since before the 14th century. The park has a variety of habitats and this blog will note all the wildlife that I encounter in them.
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Hi Simon
You asked about Ospreys in the Loose Valley - sorry it's taken so long to get back in touch. I heard about it on KOSnet, the webbased discussion group of the Kent Ornithological Society. I think the information may have also been available on BirdGuides website.
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