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 in this blog I will note the wildlife that I encounter in them.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Friday 18th July


Back in Mote Park after being extremely busy the past 2 weeks. The sky was cloudy with no sign of the Sun breaking through, and I was surprised to only see 3 other people during the whole of my walk.

2 Blackcap, 1 Chiff Chaff, and 2 Whitethroat were heard singing, a Great Spotted Woodpecker called from an Oak overhanging the Weir, 2 Coal Tits sang from a Yew along Laurel Walk, 3 Treecreeper were calling from separate Oaks on Jenner’s Bank, roughly 14 House Martins were seen catching insects over the Limes, while a pair of Spotted Flycatcher also took advantage of the many flying insects as fed their 3 newly fledged young, and a Linnet sang from a patch of Bramble in the area of rough grassland.

71 Canada Geese were on the Lake, along with 4 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Mute Swan, and the countless Mallards, Moorhens, and Coots. There were 7 Black-headed Gulls on the Lake with 3 of them being juvenile birds, and 6 Reed Warblers were heard singing around the perimeter of the Lake.

3 comments:

Warren Baker said...

Welcome back Simon!
Good to here about the Spotfly's having bred.

Adam said...

Good to see your back Simon.

Adam

Steve said...

Welcome back Simon....some good sightings