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Long Tailed Tit photo by Andy Bright
Long Tailed Tit photo by Andy Bright

Birds of the Deadwater Valley

Our Bird Table

The Birds

Grey Heron

Mute Swan

Canada Goose

Mandarin Duck

Teal

Mallard

Sparrowhawk

Kestrel

Pheasant

Water Rail

Moorhen

Lapwing

Snipe

Woodcock

Black-headed Gull

Stock Dove

Woodpigeon

Collard Dove

Cuckoo

Tawny Owl

Swift

Kingfisher

Green Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Skylark

Sand Martin

House Martin

Swallow

Meadow Pipit

Grey Wagtail

Pied Wagtail

Waxwing

Wren

Dunnock

Robin

Redstart

Stonechat

Blackbird

Fieldfare

Songthrush

Redwing

Mistle Thrush

Whitethroat

Garden Warbler

Blackcap

Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Goldcrest

Firecrest

Spotted Flycatcher

Long-tailed Tit

Marsh Tit

Willow Tit

Coal Tit

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Nuthatch

Treecreeper

Jay

Magpie

Jackdaw

Rook

Carrion Crow

Starling

House Sparrow

Chaffinch

Brambling

Greenfinch

Goldfinch

Siskin

Redpoll

Crossbill

Bullfinch

Reed Bunting


 Grey Heron

Single birds frequently seen along the rivers Wey and Deadwater

Grey Herron 
 Mute Swan

A pair frequented Hollybrook Pond during the spring of 1995. They built a nest but left before laying.

 Mute Swan
Canada Goose

Frequent fly-overs

 Canada Goose
Mandarin Duck

Up to 15 have been recorded along the Deadwater. Numbers may be affected by the availability of acorns. A pair was present during the 1996 breeding season.

  Mandarin Duck
Teal

Up to 11 frequenting the Lindford floods during January 1997.

   Teal
Mallard

Several pairs usually frequent the river during the spring and breeding has taken place at Knox's Pond.

  Mallard
Sparrowhawk

Hunting birds often in the area

         Sparrowhawk

Kestrel

Occasional sightings

      Kestrel

Pheasant

Surprisingly only one record during the period, a single cock bird seen crossing Bordon High Street.

 Pheasant

Water Rail

A single bird by the Wey below Alexandra Park January 1997
 Water Rail

Moorhen

Breeding at Knox's and Hollybrook Ponds.

 Moorhen
Lapwing

Occasional fly-overs.

   Lapwing
Snipe

Usually occur during hard weather.

    Snipe
Woodcock

Birds present during the hard weather of January 1997.

 Woodcock
Black-headed Gull

Usually a wintering flock of up to 100 frequenting the playing fields.

          Black Headed Gull
Stock Dove

One or two breeding pairs.

    Stock Dove
Woodpigeon

Very common resident.

    Wood Pigeon
Collard Dove

Very common resident breeding in garden trees.

   Collard Dove
Cuckoo

One or two singing males spring 1996.

    Cuckoo
Tawny Owl

Reported around the monument January 1997.

             Tawny Owl
Swift

Summer visitor.

                    Swift
Kingfisher

Single birds frequently seen along the rivers. A bird flew into a window in the Forest Shopping Centre July 1995. It was released at Knox's Pond after treatment.

       Kingfisher
Green Woodpecker

A resident. A pair bred in the same hole in an Oak tree during 1995 and 1996.

 Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker

A common woodland resident.

         Great Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

At least one pair most years. Breeding proved 1994.

    Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Skylark

Occasional fly-overs.

         Skylark
Sand Martin

Occasional fly-overs.

          Sand Martin

House Martin

Summer visitor

 HOuse Martin
Swallow

Summer visitor

         Swallow
Meadow Pipit

Small winter flock often about the Ancient Meadow.

    Meadow Pipit
Grey Wagtail

Single birds often along the rivers.

    Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail

Common resident. Up to 40 recorded assembling to roost at Mill Chase school.

    Pied Wagtail
Waxwing

Up to 12 during the 1996 winter invasion.

           Waxwing
Wren

Resident and possibly the most common breeding species.

    Wren
Dunnock

Common resident.

      Dunnock

Robin

Very common resident.

     Robin

Redstart

A male reported on the Monument, April 1994.

    Redstart

Stonechat

A single bird on the Ancient Meadow, winter 1995/96.

          Stonechat
Blackbird
Very common resident
   Blackbird
Fieldfare

Occasional fly-overs, winter visitor.

    Fieldfare
Songthrush

Resident.

   Song Thrush
Redwing

Very common winter visitos forming large flocks.

           Redwing
Mistle Thrush

Resident.

 Mistlethrush
Whitethroat

Summer visitor, may breed.

    Whitethroat

Garden Warbler

Summer visitor, up to three breeding pairs.

     Garden Warbler
Blackcap

Common summer visitor, several breeding pairs.

              Blackcap

Chiffchaff

Common summer visitor, breeding.

    Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Common summer visitor, breeding.

   Willow warbler

Goldcrest

Resident.

   Goldcrest

Firecrest

Single record, October 1994.

            Firecrest

Spotted Flycatcher

Summer visitor, breeding not proven.

                 Spotted Flycatcher

Long-tailed Tit

Common resident.

            Long Tailed Tit

Marsh Tit

Resident, possible two breeding pairs.

    Marsh Tit

Willow Tit

Occasional records.

    Willow Tit

Coal Tit

Common resident.

   Coal Tit

Blue Tit

Very common resident.

     Blue Tit
Great Tit

Very common resident.

     Great Tit

Nuthatch

Common resident.

    Nuthatch

Treecreeper

Common resident.

           Treecreeper
Jay

Common resident.

   Jay
Magpie

Common resident.

    Magpie
Jackdaw

Common resident.

 Jackdaw
Rook

Daily fly-overs and birds feed about the town.

 Rook
Carrion Crow

Common resident.

      Carrion Crow
Starling

Common resident.

     Starling
House Sparrow

Common resident.

          House Sparrow
Chaffinch

Very common resident.

 Chaffinch
Brambling

A male noted January 1997.

      Brampling
Greenfinch

Common resident.

   Greenfinch
Goldfinch

Common resident and forming small winter flocks.

    Goldfinch
Siskin

Winter visitor with flocks of 100+ feeding on Common Alder seed.

 Siskin
Redpoll

Winter visitor usually in small flocks.

   Redpoll
Crossbill

Large numbers feeding in local Scots Pine during the spring of 1994. One bird caused national interest as it had prominent double white wing bars. It was not, however, a rare Two-barred Crossbill but just an aberrant common Crossbill.

         Crossbill
Bullfinch

Resident in small numbers.

    Bullfinch
Reed Bunting

Eight feeding together in Alexandra Park and a single bird noted in a garden backing Jubilee Park, January 1997.

              Reedbunting

A photo of a long tailed Tit on this page is by kind permission of Andy Bright. You can see more pictures by Andy at www.digiscoped.com