This thread is for the very latest wildlife sightings from Nagshead and Highnam Woods. Please feel free to add your own sightings and photos from the reserves here also. If you have any queries or would like further information, please email us directly at nagshead@rspb.org.uk.
Nagshead 29-10-2013
Visitor Centre and Car Park:
1 Hawfinch south over
12 Crossbills commuting between pines around car park and meadows
2 Skylarks migrating southwest over
1 Red Admiral butterfly
Nursery Meadows:
1 Bullfinch
6 Redwings
1 Fieldfare
1 Chiffchaff
4 Siskins
The Heath (Long Trail):
5 Hawfinches feeding on Beech mast along the ridge
9 Redwings
2 Fieldfares
4 Lesser Redpolls
1 Meadow Pipit migrating south over
1 Fallow Deer
2 Wild Boar
Lewis, Thank you for picking this one up. That gives a lot more information than I can get from Gloster Birder or from previous reserve reports. All I need now is to get a first sighting of those wild boar.
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Nagshead 05-11-2013
4 Crossbills over
3 Lesser Redpolls over
2 Redwings
5 Bramblings
1 Hawfinch
20+ Crossbills in the area, but very mobile
Main forestry track between Campbell Hide and the Heath:
6 Hawfinches feeding on beech mast along the ridge
2 Bramblings
1 Fox
Follow signs to Lower Hide from the Visitor Centre and you walk directly through the middle of the Nursery Meadows. It is the light green area just northeast of the Visitor Centre on the reserve map.
Regards,
Lewis.
Hi Bob,
Most reserves that have visitor trails, hides etc have their maps available online, the Nagshead one is certainly available on the site here on the right hand side: www.rspb.org.uk/.../index.aspx
Some of the smaller reserves and less busy ones do not have a map available, if you have any particular reserve that is lacking a map and you think it should have one online do let me know and I can pass it on.
Kind Regards,
Ben
Not to worry Bob! Glad you found the Snettisham map, there is also a Snettisham map in the latest Nature's Home magazine and hopefully this will be an ongoing segment of the mag with each reserve having its own dedicated page including a map.
Cheers!
Nagshead 08-11-2013
2+ Hawfinches
20+ Bramblings
60+ Chaffinches
The Hawfinches are feeding on beech mast high in the canopy, while the Bramblings and Chaffinches are feeding on fallen mast on the track itself.
Female Brambling
Nagshead 12-11-2013
20+ Common Crossbills feeding in larches at the bottom of the meadows this afternoon
Nagshead 15-11-2013
6+ Hawfinches
c100 Chaffinches
The Hawfinches are feeding on beech mast high in the canopy, while the Bramblings and Chaffinches are feeding on fallen mast on the track itself and in leaf litter either side.
Highnam Woods 19-11-2013
Coppice areas:
5 Bullfinches
2 Marsh Tits
4+ Long-tailed Tits
Hide feeders:
1 Marsh Tit
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Nagshead:
2 Hawfinches
10+ Bramblings
c50 Chaffinches