Wildlife sightings in Narroways region, St.Werburghs, Bristol BS2
1 st January to 31st March 2007
Map of Narroways at http://freespace.virgin.net/harry.jen/narroways.map.html
Species
Raven (0730, calling overhead)
2 Crow (0930, eating Ash seeds)
3 Goldfinch, Great tit, Dunnock, 8 House sparrow, 4
Blackbird, 2 Blue tit
Jay, Coal tit (Stoney path), Grey Wagtail, 3 Goldfinch,
Goldcrest , Bumblebee (all near stream, Church path)
Fox (1630)
5 Blackbird, Wren, 2 Robin, Magpie, 2 Jay, Dunnock, 2
Collared dove, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Grey squirrel, 3 Great tit,
6 Long-tailed tit
Green woodpecker, Raven (flying overhead), Bumble
bee, 2 pair Frog
Red admiral (1200 sunny)
Locality
Ashley Vale allotments
Briavels Grove
Narroways Road garden
Date
4.1.2007
5.1.2007
7.1.2007
Narroways & district
7.1.2007
Witnessed by
Ruth Williams
Guy Watson
Chris Rumble & Chris
Weedon
Des Bowring
Briavels Grove
Simon’s Grove
10.1.2007
13.1.2007
Guy Watson
Jan Walters
Narroways Road garden
13.1.2007
St Werburghs Park
14.1.2007
Chris Rumble & Chris
Weedon
Harry McPhillimy
Raven (1530, overhead Ashley Vale allotments), 3 Jay
(1530, Mina Rd near city farm), 20 Magpie Ash wood)
Song thrush (0930, singing)
3 Long-tailed-tit (in Horse chestnut tree)
Wood mouse (at 1030, large ears, light brown)
Wood pigeon, Collared dove, 2 Robin, Song thrush,
Magpie, Dunnock, 8 Frogs ( in pond)
2 Great tit, Blue tit, Chaffinch (in trees by Church path),
Jay (1630, very close, in Yew in St Werburghs
churchyard)
Grey wagtail (1330)
2 Greenfinch (1000, singing)
Wren, Jay
Narroways & district
15.1.2007
Ruth Williams
Ash wood
Lynmouth rd allotments
Briavels Grove
Simon’s Grove
16.1.2007
16.1.2007
17.1.2007
19.1.2007
Ruth Williams
Ruth Williams
Guy Watson
Jan Walters
Narroways & district
20.1.2007
Harry McPhillimy
Stream by Church Path
By Stoney Path
Lynmouth Rd allotments
20.1.2007
21.1.2007
21.1.2007
Ruth Williams
Fergus Collins
Harry McPhillimy
4 Bullfinch (2 pairs), Songthrush (heard)
Old Orchard area
21.1.2007
Fergus Collins
3 Jay, Green woodpecker (on path to Muller Rd)
Boiling Wells valley
21.1.2007
Fergus Collins
Song thrush; Tawny owl heard (23.15-23.45)
8 Pied wagtail (1700, cold day)
Simon’s Grove
Car park of Tesco, Eastville
22.1.2007
23.1.2007
Jan Walters
Harry McPhillimy
Tawny owl (heard 5.45-6.15) (Ice on pond all day)
Tawny owl (heard 4.45-6.15). (Hard frost)
Pied wagtail
3 Magpie (nest building), Great tit and 2 Blue tit
(investigating nestboxes), 2 Collared dove, 2 Blackbird,
Jay, 2 Robin, 2 Wood pigeon, 7 Long-tailed tit,
Dunnock; Grey squirrel
RSPB Garden Birdwatch – 2 Blackbird, 2 Blue tit, 2
Crow, 5 Feral pigeon, Great tit, 3 Magpie, 2 Robin
(singing), 2 Wood pigeon. 2 Jay (1315 – 1415)
3 Jay
Wren (foraging in scrub)
Great tit, Blue tit, Coal tit, House sparrow, Dunnock,
Robin, Magpie, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch,
Blackbird
Blackbird (m, eating Ivy berries)
3 Carrion crow, 3 Wood pigeon, 2 Collared dove, 2
Jay, 3 Magpie, 3 Greenfinch, Dunnock, 2 Great tit, 3
Blue tit; 2 Grey squirrel; Bumble bee
Red admiral
Wren (heard in hedge)
2 Raven (1530 circling and calling)
Grey squirrel (1200, St Werburghs churchyard), Jay
(Ash wood), Robin (singing in Elder), Red Admiral
(1400, over Lynmouth Rd allotments – calm sunny
day)
5 Jay, 3 Magpie, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Dunnock, 2 Collared
dove, 2 Great tit, 3 Blue tit, Song thrush and Wren
(heard), 2 Blackbird
Jay (0930, snow on ground, in Cedar St Werburghs
churchyard), Wren (In Chestnut tree, Lynmouth Rd
allotments)
2 Goldfinch, 2 Goldcrest (1500, in trees)
Jay (1100 in Chestnut tree), Wren (alarm call heard),
Robin (singing)
Heron, 5 Magpie, 2 Jay, 2 Collared dove, Wood
pigeon, 2 Blackbird, 2 Blue tit, 3 Great tit, Wren, Robin,
Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch, Song thrush; 2 Grey squirrel
Simon’s Grove
Simon’s Grove
Sevier street
Simon’s Grove
23.1.2007
24.1.2007
25.1.2007
27.1.2007
Jan Walters
Jan Walters
Mike Shotter
Jan Walters
Narroways
27.1.2007
Harry McPhillimy
Briavels Grove
Railway embankment
Briavels Grove
29.1.2007
31.1.2007
31.1.2007
Guy Watson
Ruth Williams
Guy Watson
Garden, St Werburghs Park
Simon’s Grove
1.2.2007
2.2.2007
Harry McPhillimy
Jan Walters
Briavels Grove
Church field
Over Ashley Hill
Narroways & district
2.2.2007
3.2.2007
4.2.2007
4.2.2007
Guy Watson
Harry McPhillimy
Guy Watson
Harry McPhillimy
Simon’s Grove
6.2.2007
Jan Walters
Narroways & district
8.2.2007
Harry McPhillimy
By Church path
Lynmouth Rd allotments
10.2.2007
10.2.2007
Ruth Williams
Harry McPhillimy
Simon’s Grove
10.2.2007
Jan Walters
5 Magpie
> 20 frogs ( in the road)
First frogspawn; 2 Wood pigeon, Dunnock, 2 Blackbird,
3 Magpie, 2 Collared dove, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Blue tit
3 Long-tailed-tit, 2 Dunnock, 2 Blue tit (1715)
Frogspawn (in pond)
Church field
Simon’s Grove
Simon’s Grove
11.2.2007
11.2.2007
12.2.2007
Mike Shotter
Jan Walters
Jan Walters
Mina Rd garden, near City Farm
Narroways Road garden
13.2.2007
18.2.2007
Wren, Blackcap (1330, f), Chaffinch (1400)
Frogspawn (1st seen in pond this year)
> 130 clumps of frogspawn, first toadspawn, 12
Smooth newt, 2 Water boatman; 2 Wood pigeon, 2
Collared dove, 5 Magpie, 5 Jay, Song thrush and Wren
heard
Blackthorn (in full flower)
Sparrowhawk, 6 Blue tit, 3 Great tit, 2 Blackbird, 3
Robin, 3 Magpie, 2 Collared dove, 5 Feral pigeon, 2
Carrion crow, 3 Chaffinch, Wren, Dunnock, 7 Longtailed tit; 2 ladybird; 2 Grey squirrel; 15 Smooth newt, >
100 toads and frogs (a good 75% in mixed pairings),
with countless spawn; 2 ladybirds (poss. Eyed
ladybirds), 2 bumblebees (sp unknown)
Red admiral
Railway embankment
Briavels Grove
Simon’s Grove
18.2.2007
20.2.2007
21.2.2007
Ruth Williams
Chris Rumble & Chris
Weedon
Ruth Williams
Guy Watson
Jan Walters
Montpelier railway cutting
Simon’s Grove
24.2.2007
24.2.2007
Ruth Williams
Jan Walters & Simon
Grove
Narroways Road garden
24.2.2007
8 Frog (1100, showery day, in bath tub, some mating,
also frogspawn)
Robin, 2 Great tit, 2 Dunnock, (1200 around bird
feeders)
Grey wagtail (1200 flew westwards and landed by
stream near Church Path), Jay (in Elder Lynmouth Rd
allotment), 3 Wren, Robin, Blue tit
Toads (1930, mating)
Great tit, Blue tit, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock,
Woodpigeon (on bird feeders)
2 Goldcrest (on Spruce)
Badger (0400)
Lynmouth Rd allotments
25.2.2007
Chris Rumble & Chris
Weedon
Harry McPhillimy
Mina Road garden, near City
Farm
Narroways & district
25.2.2007
Ruth Williams
3.3.2007
Harry McPhillimy
Mina Road garden
Mina Road garden, near City
Farm
Briavels Grove
Briavels Grove
3.3.2007
4.3.2007
Ruth Williams
Ruth Williams
8.3.2007
9.3.2007
Sparrowhawk, 2 Wren, 2 Robin, 3 Blackbird, 6 Blue tit,
3 Great tit, Dunnock, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Carrion Crow, 2
Collared dove, 2 Wood pigeon, 3 Magpie, 2 Jay, Song
thrush (heard); 5 Toad, 12 Smooth newt, 10 Pond
skaters, 6 Water boatmen, 15 Ramshorn snails, 10
Great pond snails; 2 Grey squirrel
2 Blue tit, Wren (singing lustily), 2 Long-tailed-tit,
Chaffinch (f)
Slow worm (1300, under tile)
Jay (1000)
Chiffchaff (m, singing)
Simon’s Grove
9.3.2007
Guy Watson
Reported to Guy
Watson
Jan Walters
Lynmouth Rd allotment
10.3.2007
Harry McPhillimy
Briavels Grove
Briavels Grove
Narroways Road garden
10.3.2007
11.3.2007
11.3.2007
Guy Watson
Guy Watson
Chris Rumble & Chris
Comma (0900)
Tawny owl (heard 5.30-6.05) , 2 Magpie, Robin, 2
Chaffinch, Great tit, 2 Jay, Dunnock, 2 Carrion crow,
Blackbird; 2 Grey squirrel; Lacewing
Chiffchaff (0915, heard)
Sparrowhawk (0645 in scrub)
Grey squirrel (1800)
Chiffchaff (heard)
Heron (1815 fling low northwards)
2 Crow (0900, taking nesting material from Ash tree)
Jay (1800, screeching noise like shovelling up gravel)
Chiffchaff (1100, Simons Grove, sunny morning 1st
heard this year), Sparrowhawk (gliding over Ash
wood), 2 Great tit, Magpie (flew into nest in tall Ash
tree), Robin (perched very nearby on branch near
Boiling Wells Lane)
Bat (1845, prob. Pipistrelle)
2 Mallard, Green woodpecker, Jay, 2 Carrion crow, 3
Blackbird, 2 Great tit, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Robin; 2 Grey
squirrel
Bat (2010, small, prob. Pipistrelle)
Jay (1230, in Cherry tree, Church field), Chiffchaff
(1800, calling by Lynmouth Rd allotments), Wren,
Great tit
Chiffchaff (m), Dunnock, 2 Blackbird, Chaffinch, Blue
tit, Robin, 2 Goldfinch, Greenfinch
Song thrush, 2 Mallard, 3 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 2
Dunnock, Sparrowhawk (being chased by 2 Carrion
crow), 4 Magpie, 5 Jay, 2 Collared dove, 2 Wood
pigeon, 2 Great tit, 5 Blue tit, 2 Chaffinch, 2
Greenfinch; 2 Grey squirrel; 2 Brimstone, Peacock,
Comma and Small white butterflies
Briavels Grove
Simon’s Grove
13.3.2007
15.3.2007
Weedon
Guy Watson
Jan Walters
Mina Rd garden
Railway embankment
Churchyard, St Werburghs
Church
Mina Rd Park (near stream)
Over railway embankment
Briavels Grove
St Werburghs Church yard
Narroways & district
16.3.2007
17.3.2007
18.3.2007
Ruth Williams
Ruth Williams
Harry McPhillimy
19.3.2007
19.3.2007
19.3.2007
20.3.2007
24.3.2007
Sarah Waterfield
Harry McPhillimy
Guy Watson
Harry McPhillimy
Harry McPhillimy
Mina Rd Park (near stream)
Simon’s Grove
23.3.2007
24.3.2007
Chris Weedon
Jan Walters
Narroways Road garden
26.2.2007
Narroways & district
27.3.2007
Chris Rumble & Chris
Weedon
Harry McPhillimy
Briavels Grove
28.3.2007
Guy Watson
Simon’s Grove
30.3.2007
Jan Walters