Ornithology

Primrose Wood - centre

The Birds of Primrose Wood - 1991

By John Emberson

Common Name	Bi-Nomial	Status	Total for Year	Crude Daily Average
Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Resident	1	Less than 1
Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Resident	26	Less than 1
Hobby	Falco subbuteo	Summer Visitor	1	Less than 1
feral pigeon	Columba livia (Domest.)	Resident	10	Less than 1
Wood Pigeon	*Columba palumbus*	Resident	676	7
Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	Summer Visitor	8	Less than 1
Swift	Apus apus	Summer Visitor	15	Less than 1
Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis	Resident	22	Less than 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopus major	Resident	33	Less than 1
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopus minor	Resident	19	Less than 1
Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Summer Visitor	3	Less than 1
House Martin	Hirundo rustica	Summer Visitor	9	Less than 1
Wren	*Troglodytes troglodytes*	Resident	144	1.5
Dunnock	Prunella modularis	Resident	64	Less than 1
Robin	*Erythacus rubecula*	Resident	178	1.8
Blackbird	*Turdus merula*	Resident	375	4
Fieldfare	*Turdus pilaris*	Winter Visitor	334	3.5
Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	Resident	61	Less than 1
Redwing	*Turdus iliacus*	Winter Visitor	259	2.7
Mistle Thrush	Turdus viscivorus	Resident	94	Less than 1
Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	Summer Visitor	16	Less than 1
Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybitus	Summer Visitor	11	Less than 1
Goldcrest	Regulus regulus	Resident	10	Less than 1
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Summer Visitor	32	Less than 1
Pied flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca	Summer Visitor	1	Less than 1
Long-tailed tit	*Aegithalos caudatus*	Resident	95	1
Blue Tit	*Parus caeruleus*	Resident	605	6.3
Great Tit	*Parus major*	Resident	262	2.7
Tree Creeper	Certhia familiaris	Resident	50	Less than 1
Jay	Garrulus glandarius	Resident	88	Less than 1
Magpie	Pica pica	Resident	75	Less than 1
Carrion Crow	Corvus corone	Resident	58	Less than 1
Starling	*Sturnus vulgaris*	Resident	306	3.2
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Resident	20	Less than 1
Chaffinch	*Fringilla coelebs*	Resident	165	1.7
Greenfinch	Carduelis chloris	Resident	57	Less than 1
Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Resident	17	Less than 1
Linnet	Acanthus cannabina	Resident	21	Less than 1
Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Resident	5	Less than 1

Primrose Wood TQ846904 comprises 3.2 acres of mainly Chestnut and Hornbeam trees. A twelve month survey of the wood was carried out by visiting the area eight times in each month from January to December 1991. The ten most common species found there are shown in bold in the above list.

It's worth noting that two of those species are winter visitors to the UK and would not have been seen here in the summer months.

Species are listed in Voous Order.

This page was added by John Emberson on 20/04/2019.

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