Fauna seen at the Allotments

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Bird species identified on the allotment and back field:

• Diurnal raptors:
  
  • Buzzard,
    
  • Kestrel,
    
  • Peregrine.
    
  • Sparrow Hawk,
    
  • Red Kite.
    
• Thrushes:
  
  • Blackbird,
    
  • Song Thrush,
    
  • Redwing,
    
  • Fieldfare (a flock of 50 or so seen 24/11)
    
• Corvids:
  
  • Carrion Crow,
    
  • Jackdaw,
    
  • Rook,
    
  • Magpie
    
  • and occasional Jay
• Finches:
  
  • Green Finch,
    
  • Chaffinch,
    
  • Goldfinch.
    
• Game birds:
  
  • Pheasant,
    
  • French Partridge.
    
• Gulls:
  
  • Black Headed,
    
  • Herring
    
  • and possibly others.
    
• Terns:
  
  • Common Tern
    
• General garden residents:
  
  • ​Wren
    
  • Robin
    
• Miscellaneous winter visitors:
  
  • ​Redpoll,
    
  • Twite.
    
• Summer visitors:
  
  • Swallow,
    
  • House Martin,
    
  • Swift

Mammal species seen on the allotment:

• Rabbit,
  
• Stoat,
  
• Rat,
  
• Fieldmouse.
  
• Plus evidence of visits by Fox and Badger.

Butterfly species seen on the allotment:

• Brimstone,
  
• Speckled Wood,
  
• Small Tortoiseshell,
  
• Peacock,
  
• Red Admiral,
  
• Comma,
  
• Gatekeeper,
  
• Assorted Whites,
  
• Small Copper,
  
• Painted Lady,
  
• Meadow Brown.