Charlecote Park, Warwickshire

We took the opportunity of a free and hopefully dry day last Thursday to 'nip' down to Charlecote Park for a walk and who knows what we might see!

The answer was not a lot.... on the birding front it was pretty quiet. We started with some Deer by the entrance to the park.

The little hide near the house provided us with Blue, Greatr and Coal Tit, Goldfinch, Chaffinch and a House Sparrow! We walked both the West and East side of the extensive grounds hoping for some Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, which we have seen in the past, a couple of Cormorants and a Grey Heron showed down by the river, but too far for photos. So took pictures of rutting Jacob's Sheep,

and more Deer.

The East Side of the park was a tad more successful, with Mallard, Mute Swan, a Sparrowhawk,

and a Buzzard,

Finally a couple of Jays showed nicely.

When adding the common corvids, we tallied 18 species of birds all together, plus a lovely walk!