Registered Charity No 1108814
Last year we announced our nest box sponsorship scheme and for the 2008 season were were able to place boxes in various locations - almost all of the commons in Southrepps.
We are pleased to report a reasonably successful first year, with five of them definitely used, and we have suspicions that a few others may have been. Certainly a number attracted the attentions of a woodpecker in attempting to enlarge entrance holes!
Birds known to have been raised in our boxes in 2008 are Blue and Great Tits, with the possibility that Collared Doves also bred in one intended for an Owl!
We are very grateful to the people who have sponsored these boxes for 2008/9 and we will be keeping you informed of any breeding activity by email. Summarised information will also be put on the website and the noticeboard.
Sponsorship lasts for two years, with the fee for a small box being £2, a medium box £3 and a large box £5. We will be seeking new sponsors, particularly for small boxes, during the autumn of 2008.
Sedge Warbler
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2007 2008 Species
Date if known
Comment
Species
Date if known
Comment
Barn Owl 4/02/2008 Black-headed Gull
Black-headed Gull 6/01/2008 Blackbird
01/01/2007
Pit Common
Blackbird 6/01/2008 Blackcap
15/04/2007
Blackcap
25/04/2008
Blue Tit
01/01/2007
Blue Tit 6/01/2008 Bullfinch
15/05/2007
3 male, 1 female.
Bullfinch 10/02/2008 Female at Pit Common Carrion Crow
01/01/2007
Carrion Crow
25/04/2008
Chaffinch
01/01/2007
Chaffinch 6/01/2008 Chiffchaff
17/03/2007
School Common
Chiffchaff
25/04/2008
School Common
Collared Dove
07/01/2007
Collared Dove 15/03/2008 Cuckoo
23/05/2007
Dunnock
15/12/2007
Dunnock 21/01/2008 Fieldfare
06/10/2007
Goldcrest
02/06/2007
Goldcrest 17/02/2008 Jubilee boardwalk and nr Beck Golden Oriole 19/05/2008 Border of School Common
Golden Plover 27/07/2008 Overflying Goldfinch 07/01/2007 Pit Common Goldfinch 19/04/2008 Great Spotted Woodpecker
13/01/2007
Great Spotted Woodpecker 6/01/2008 Great Tit
01/01/2007
Great Tit 6/01/2008 Green Woodpecker
13/12/2007
Bradfield Road Common
Greenfinch
31/05/2007
Greenfinch 24/02/2008 Grey Wagtail 4/02/2008 Fox's Beck Hobby 29/07/2008 House Sparrow
01/01/2007
Pit Common
House Sparrow 25/04/2008
Jackdaw
12/10/2007
Jay
01/01/2007
Jay
6/01/2008 Kestrel
30/06/2007
Kestrel
6/01/2008 (f) Also 4/02 stealing prey from Barn Owl Kingfisher 23/08/2008 Fox's Beck Lapwing 10/02/2008 Field adjacent Pit Common Lesser Whitethroat 03/05/2008 Linnet 03/05/2008 Long-tailed Tit
01/01/2007
Long-tailed Tit
6/01/2008 Magpie
01/01/2007
Magpie
6/01/2008 Marsh Tit
06/10/2007
School Common
Mistle Thrush
01/01/2007
Mistle Thrush 24/05/2008 Moorhen
10/02/2007
Pit Common
Moorhen
15/03/2008
Pit Common. Young 7/06/2008
Pheasant
01/01/2007
School Common
Pheasant 26/01/2008 Male
Pied / White Wagtail 15/03/2008 Pink-footed Goose 06/10/2007 Flying overhead 30/07/2008
Red Kite 30/07/2008 Red-legged Partridge 03/05/2008 Redwing
29/09/2007
Pit Common
Redwing 6/01/2008 Pit Common Reed Bunting
25/03/2007
Reed Bunting 11/05/2008 Reed Warbler
26/05/2007
Reed Warbler 25/04/2008 Robin
01/01/2007
Robin 6/01/2008 Sedge Warbler
07/05/2007
Sedge Warbler 25/04/2008 Siskin 17/02/2008 Entrance to Warren Woods Snipe 26/01/2008 3 birds flushed Song Thrush 26/01/2008 Sparrowhawk
01/12/2007
Jubilee boardwalk
Sparrowhawk 23/02/2008 Flying over Beck Starling 3/03/2008 Swallow 3/03/2008 Swift
12/05/2007
Swift 11/05/2008 Treecreeper
12/02/2007
Near bridge.
Water Rail
13/12/2007
Fox's Beck
Whitethroat
09/06/2007
Woodpigeon
01/01/2007
Woodpigeon 6/01/2008 Wren
03/03/2007
Wren 6/01/2008 Yellowhammer
21/04/2007
near Pit Common
Yellow Wagtail 03/05/2008 Total species
42
Birds seen on Southrepps Commons
If you are lucky enough to find any interesting birds not on this list, an email to Duncan Westlake at birdsightings@tiscali.co.uk would be greatly appreciated. The dates below represent the time of "latest spot".
Please go to http://www.rspb.org/birds/guide/index.asp. for more detailed information on any of these birds.
The Southrepps Golden Oriole
There was some excitement during May 2008 when one of our members identified the call of a Golden Oriole among the Poplar trees bordering School Common. Not commonly seen in these parts it is thought it was probably just passing through. Although the bird was unseen and therefore not photographed, an audio recording was made. This has been accepted as proof positive by the Norfolk County Bird Recorders. For a second opinion just ask the local pheasant who manages to get in the act about half way through.
To hear the recording click below and use your back arrow to return to this page.
