Milk Thistle (Asteraceae) and Bumblebee.
Siberian Iris (Iris Sibirica).
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare).
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum).
Chicken Of The Woods (Laetiporus).
Nice trip to Pype Hayes Park in the sunshine where it was nice to see the wildflowers showing their presence. As well as seeing plenty of colourful wildflowers other highlights were seeing a Grey Wagtail and male Blackcap foraging along the Plants Brook, seeing plenty of the often overlooked Dunnock, a flock of c.20 Jackdaw flying overhead. the numbers of Starling swelling to 100+ which included many juveniles and seeing the six young Cygnets present and correct.
Birds seen were Buzzard, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Blackcap (male), Chiffchaff, Robin, Dunnock, Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Grey Wagtail, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Canada Goose as well as the following juveniles, Cygnet (6), Gosling (7), Duckling (7), Coot (1) and the aforementioned Starling. There was also a nesting Great Crested Grebe and Coot.
Hi
ReplyDeleteI went here yesterday for the first time having seen your blog
I was amazed by the sheer numbers of singing song thrush and those seen dozens and deafening!
Do you know if there are bird records held on this site and their status?
The brook seems good for reed, sedge and grasshopper warble too.
Regards
Paul
Alright Paul,
DeleteI'm glad you paid a visit and and enjoyed it, there's always a good chance of seeing a decent mixture of birds here, Treecreeper and Nuthatch in the trees around the pool and a flock of Siskin in the trees along the Brook for example.
Unfortunately I don't know of any birds records at Pype Hayes, only my personal experience of a large mixture of birds here what with Pype Hayes being a big park, the Brook, the Golf Course adjacent to the Brook and Plantsbrook Nature Reserve and Newhall Valley Country Park being either side of the park and all being ideal habitats for many different birds.
There's always plenty of birds along the Brook but unfortunately there is a large problem with invasive Himalayan Balsam ready to rear it's ugly head again making the Brook completely out of vision.
Like I said I'm glad you enjoyed your visit and hope you continue to enjoy any future visits.
Take care.
Vinny.....