Bird spotting walk - 24th September 2006

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Historic Overton

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Species list
Blackbird Greenfinch Robin
Blue Tit Grey Wagtail (1 on St. Mary's Church) Rook
Chaffinch House Martin (2+ over the Town Meadow area) Song Thrush (1 at Southington Mill / Shadwells)
Coal Tit (1 heard at Southington Mill) House Sparrow (4) Sparrow Hawk (a female over the filtration pools / Flashetts area)
Collard Dove Kingsfisher (heard by The Test on the north-western corner of Town Meadow) Starling (south-west high over Winchester Street)
Coot Lesser Black-backed Gull (south over the village at 15:21) Swallow (4+ heading south over Southington)
Dunnock Long-tailed Tit Tufted Duck (a duck on the main pool off Southington Lane)
Gadwall (10 on the main pool off Southington Lane) Magpie (1 from / over St. Mary's Churchyard) Woodpigeon
Goldcrest Mallard Wren
Goldfinch (1 heard over The Test at Southington Lane) Moorhen
Great Tit Mute Swan (a pair on the main pool off Southington Lane)

And...

Jewel Weed Pink-barred Sallow
Jewel Weed / Orange Balsam, Impatiens capensis (left) and Pink-barred Sallow, Xanthia togata (right)
Brown Trout (8 from the Bridge Street bridge) Jewel Weed - flowering in one of the Southington Mill streams Seven-spot Ladybird (1 in The Lynch)
Common Clary (St. Mary's Churchyard) Bryony Ladybird (1 in St. Mary's Churchyard) Small Tortoiseshell (1 north over the High Street)
Dark Bush-cricket (2+ heard in The Lynch) Pink-barred Sallow (1 in St. Mary's Churchyard) Small White (1+ noted about several gardens and hedgerows)
Green Shield Bug (1 by the track south off Vinns Lane) Rabbit (1 in the grounds of Southington House) White sp. (2+ noted about several gardens and hedgerows)
Grey Squirrel (2, singles in Silk Mill Lane and on the track south off Vinns Lan) Red Admiral - 2, singles in St. Mary's Churchyard and by The Test, Southington Lane

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