Bird Sightings
Great Spotted Woodpeckers are regularly seen in the Park and Arboretum. Green Woodpeckers are spotted occasionally.
Little Egrets are regular visitors to the brook and in April 2022 three were seen together in the Park.
A Kingfisher is seen fairly often flying along the brook and on occasion in the trees near the bridge into the Arboretum.
There are occasional sightings of a Treecreeper in the Arboretum.
In the Big Garden Birdwatch which took place on 24th January 2026 we saw 21 species of birds:
Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch,
Dunnock, Feral Pigeon, Goldcrest, Goldfinch,
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit,
Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Kingfisher, Long
Tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Robin,
Sparrowhawk, Wood Pigeon and Wren.
Mallards were, unsurprisingly, the largest
group of birds seen at any one time. Next
were Long Tailed Tits(10), Carrion Crows(6)
and Magpies(4). Then Blue Tits, Goldcrest,
Woodpigeons and Great Tits (all at 3).
This annual and national bird count helps the RSPB to identify trends in populations of different species of common birds over the years, so it is a a valuable citizen science survey. It also encourages us to look more carefully at what comes into our gardens, sometimes with surprising results.
