Spring Bird Survey 2026
John Elwell’s 9th annual Spring Bird Survey 2026 is now available for your enjoyment! And thank you Chris Ritzmann for the incredible original photo montage! In very brief summary: “….The…
Browsing: Surveys and Sightings
SHARPHILL WOOD FLORA SURVEY 2025
Richard Elliott has completed his annual flora survey for 2025 and it’s a good read. He has been producing these flora surveys for us since 2017 and we are most…
Spring Bird Survey 2025
The good news is that the usual birds are still here usually in good numbers! Please do download and read John Elwell’s full report but, in very brief summary: The…
Dawn Chorus Walk, 26/4/25
There were 7 of us today, after one person had to back out at the last minute. Not as many as last year, but a nice manageable number. The majority…
Birds in the wood 10/4/25
Today John carried out his second spring bird survey visit, with splendid assistance from Janet Crowe. Nothing of particular interest came up during the survey, although it was good to…
Birds in the wood 27/3/25
Nothing exceptional to report, although it was disappointing that I found no sign of Treecreeper or Nuthatch, and only an uncertain call of Great Spotted Woodpecker. Green Woodpecker constantly calling…
SHARPHILL WOOD FLORA SURVEY 2024
In summary, 95 species of wildflower, 30 species of tree and 17 species of grass, sedge, rush and fern were identified in 2024 (a total of 142 species), including some…
Spring Bird Report 2024
The main points of interest compared with preceding years were as follows: – very low numbers of Chaffinch recorded; – four species that had not been recorded during previous surveys…
Nest Box report, 2024
As in previous years, I have carried out inspections of our nest boxes at roughly weekly intervals between mid-April and mid-June, with help on the different occasions from Simon (twice),…
Bird Survey, 27 May 2024
The main points of interest were: Common Whitethroat (thanks Jan) Probable Spotted Flycatcher heard calling from main path, towards northern end of zone 3. I have never recorded this species…
