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Chandlers Ford “Falcons” |
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Date: 15/05/2005 (59 species recorded) |
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Check List for Arne, Dorset |
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BIRD LIST Blackbird Blackcap Buzzard Chaffinch Chiffchaff Coot Cormorant Carrion Crow Cuckoo Curlew Collared Dove Dunlin Dunnock Little Egret Goldcrest Goldfinch Canada Goose Greenfinch Black Headed Gull Herring Gull Grey Heron Hobby Jackdaw Jay Kestrel Lapwing Linnet Magpie Mallard Nuthatch Oystercatcher Pheasant Wood Pigeon Meadow Pipit Tree Pipit Redshank Robin Rook Shelduck Skylark Starling Stonechat Swallow Mute Swan Swift Teal Sandwich Tern Mistle Thrush Song Thrush Blue Tit Coal Tit Great Tit Long Tailed Tit Treecreeper Dartford Warbler Willow Warbler Great Spotted Woodpecker Green Woodpecker Wren |
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REPORT BY JAMES BAILEY (Wildlife Explorer member)
On Sunday, 15 May 2005, we went by minibus to Arne, a reserve in Dorset. On the way I saw my favourite tree – a red horse chestnut tree.
When we got there, we walked into a meadow and we had a talk about the wildlife we might see. The Reserve warden talked about butterflies and as he talked a wall butterfly flew through our group.
Amongst some trees at the end of the meadow we heard a goldcrest and a chaffinch.
We walked through the heathland and on our way to the hide some of the group saw a common lizard and a beetle, which looked like a dor beetle. I also saw a green tiger beetle. In the hide Derek saw a hobby over the heathland far away and a teal on the water. On the heath we saw lots of wood ants and in the forest a huge wood ants nest.
After lunch we went into the woods and saw a nuthatch disappearing in a hole in a tree and I took a photo of it. In the woods we saw a great spotted woodpecker darting from tree to tree, and also saw a sika deer. Walking on, we saw a cuckoo and had a good sight of it and heard its call. The cuckoo flew across the heath.
I saw a tree that looked like a boar’s face, and a bug on the tree that looked like a cicada. We saw a seven-spotted ladybird.
We walked along the coastline and I found some lovely shells.
Then it was time to go home after a good day. |
