RSPB Volunteer and Farm Alliance bird watch project

RSPB VOLUNTEER & FARMER ALLIANCE 2011

Early in 2011 we took part in the RSPB Volunteer and Farm Alliance project which involved two volunteers spending some time at the farm on several days during the breeding season to identify the different species of birds present. The results were very exciting and 51 species of birds were seen (although some species have been missed and winter visitors are unlikely to have been seen). The list below identifies these species and also shows which category of conservation concern each species falls into - red (high conservation concerns where numbers have declined by more than 50% in the last 25 years) and amber (medium conservation concerns where numbers have declined between 25% and 50% in the last 25 years).

Name	Conservation status	Name	Conservation status
Blackbird	Green	Long-tailed tit	Green
Blackcap	Green	Magpie	Green
Blue tit	Green	Mallard	Amber
Bullfinch	Amber	Meadow Pipit	Amber
Carrion Crow	Green	Oystercatcher	Amber
Chaffinch	Green	Pheasant	Green
Chiffchaff	Green	Pied Wagtail	Green
Coal tit	Green	Quail	Amber
Collared dove	Green	Reed Bunting	Amber
Curlew	Amber	Robin	Green
Dunnock	Amber	Rook	Green
Feral pigeon	Green	Siskin	Green
Garden Warbler	Green	Skylark	Red
Goldfinch	Green	Song Thrush	Red
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Green	Spotted Flycatcher	Red
Great tit	Green	Stock Dove	Amber
Green Woodpecker	Amber	Swallow	Amber
Greenfinch	Green	Swift	Amber
Grey Heron	Green	Treecreeper	Green
Herring Gull	Red	Wheatear	Amber
House Sparrow	Red	Whitethroat	Amber
Jackdaw	Green	Willow Warbler	Amber
Kestrel	Amber	Wood Pigeon	Green
Lapwing	Red	Wren	Green
Lesser Whitethroat	Green	Yellowhammer	Red
Linnet	Red

Other species known to be present at Doves Nest Farm include Mistle Thrush, Lesser Redpoll, Marsh tit (or maybe Willow tit), Tree Sparrow, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail and winter visitors - Fieldfare and Redwing.