Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopus minor
I first noted this inconspicuous little bird on the 1st April 1979 in Lords Bushes and one
and possibly two birds were present at least until the 14th May.
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
Maximum of usually four or five birds present in the winter months and one pair has
certainly bred, nesting in a tall beech tree.
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Noted very infrequently over and about Lords Bushes, mainly in the winter months.
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Present all year round and probably breeds in Lords Bushes, maximum of eight birds
noted in December 1978.
Magpie Pica pica
Present all year round and a pair has bred in Lords Bushes, four birds were noted in the
winter of 1978-79.
Great Tit Parus major
Common, present all year round.
Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
Common, present all year round.
Coal Tit Parus ater
Infrequent, though can be seen in small numbers at any time of the year.
Marsh Tit Parus palustris
Infrequent, perhaps more often noted in the winter months. I have a single possible
record of the Willow Tit (P. montanus) but the presence of this species requires con-
firmation.
Long Tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Noted mainly as family parties in the winter months; a pair nested in 1980 in the
regrowth of a felled holly tree on the burnt and disturbed area, though the nest was
subsequently destroyed.
Nuthatch Sitta europaea
This loquacious little bird is present all year round in Lords Bushes, the maximum
number I have counted is five and it is very likely that this species is breeding.
Tree Creeper Certhia familiaris
Noted infrequently, usually as single birds, though on the 9th April 1979 I watched two
birds chasing one another around the branches of an oak pollard.
Wren Trogolodytes trogolodytes
This species is not uncommon and is to be found all year round. I have found two nests
of this species neatly constructed in the trunk folds of hornbeam pollards and noted
another being built in the underside of the root system of a fallen oak tree.
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Frequently noted in ones and twos, occasionally more, about Lords Bushes. A pair
nested in 1980 on the bough of a beech tree.
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