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​Observations

Birds

Regular updates have been arriving from local birders Maurice Nauta and Brian Chapman, keeping NWT in touch with the range of birds seen at Ashing Lane Nature Reserve.  
A total of 84 species have been recorded, with goldfinches and rooks by far the most frequently observed birds throughout the year and large flocks of fieldfares arriving in the winter.  Barn owls are also regularly seen quartering the meadows and rides.
Find out more about these birds on the RSPB website using their bird guide.  Birds marked in red are species that are considered in need of urgent conservation action and are globally threatened with a 50% decline in the breeding population over the last 25 years.  Amber denotes species decline, green list birds are of least concern for conservation action.  This information was taken from "Birds of Conservation Concern 4".

Here is a summary of birds observed by our recorders over the last nearly six years. 
Blackcap
Black headed gull
Blackbird
Blue tit
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Carrion crow
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
​Coal tit
Collared dove
​Common barn owl
Common gull

Coot
Cormorant
Curlew

Dunnock
​Feral pigeon
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Fieldfare
Garden warbler
Goldcrest
​Golden plover
Goldfinch
Great crested grebe
Great spotted woodpecker

Great tit
Green woodpecker
Greenfinch
Greenshank
Grey heron

Grey partridge
Grey wagtail

Greylag goose
Herring gull

House martin
House sparrow
Jackdaw
Jacksnipe
​Jay

Kestrel
Lapwing

Lesser black-backed Gull
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​Lesser whitethroat
Linnet
Little egret
Little owl
Long tailed tit
Magpie
Mallard

Meadow pipit
Mistle thrush

Moorhen
Mute swan
Pheasant
Pied wagtail (yarrelli)
Pink footed goose
Red breasted merganser

Red-legged partridge
Redwing

Reed bunting
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Robin
Sand martin
Sedge warbler
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Shelduck
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Siskin
Skylark
Song thrush
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Sparrowhawk
Starling
Stock Dove

Swallow
Swift
Tawny owl
Tree pipit
Tree creeper
Tree sparrow
Whitethroat
Willow warbler
Woodcock
Woodpigeon
Wren

Yellow wagtail
Yellowhammer
Click to read the Birds of Conservation Concern 4 report
BoCC Report
KEY:
Red list = species in need of urgent conservation action
Amber list = species in decline
Green list = no immediate conservation action required
Birds listed in grey are not given a status because they are introduced species.

MORE DETAIL
Changing bird species
Dennis Tate, Trustee of NWT and long time bird watcher, shares some thoughts about the changes in the pattern of bird species at Monks Wood.  
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3 February 2019

Seen on Green Lane at ALNR - a great photo by Susie Mendel
Susie Mendel photographed a coot and cootlings on Coop Lake in June 2018
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Stuart Dallas, a member of the NWT group, took this amazing picture of a tawny owl.  It wasn't taken at ALNR, but this is an orange list species that has been recorded there. 
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Mark Johnson caught this amazing shot of four ​brand new greylag goslings on Coop Lake in spring 2016 - thank you Mark!   Aren't they wonderful? Please watch out for fledglings and keep dogs under control.
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