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Saturday 20th March
Siskin on feeders at Lottage Road (Emily Best)
Wildlife Sightings
Please submit your sightings via email (contact@aldbournewildlife.com) or via the contact box. Please do send photos if you are happy for them to be shared.
If a sighting interests you or has given you joy that you could share with others then please do submit - there is no threshold of interest. We are also very happy to help out with identifying birds and beasts or trying to get your photos in front of someone who can.
If you do not wish to identify where something has been seen it can be shared without a location - please let us know when you send in the information.
Sunday 21st April 2024
Peacock (6), Orange-tip (3), Small Tortoiseshell (2), Comma (1), Red Admiral (1), Brimstone (1) and Speckled Wood (1) Track to High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Monday 15th April 2024
Muntjac Fawn Castle Street (Mike Hellier)
Saturday 13th April 2024
Speckled Wood and Orange Tip butterflies Aldbourne (Nick Josephy)
Friday 12th April 2024
Common Snout Hoverfly and Dotted Bee-fly High Clear Down (Neil Fletcher)
Holly Blue butterfly South Street (Emily Best)
Wednesday 10th April 2024
2 Lesser Redpoll and 3 Siskin South Street (Matthew Best)
8 Swallow - Junction of Lottage Road and Peak's track (Matthew and Sophie Best)
1 Fieldfare - Peak's track (Matthew Best)
Sunday 7th April 2024
29 species Four Barrows Walk,, Aldbourne (Four Barrows walk) See list here
Saturday 6th April 2024
Swallow Manor Farm,, Aldbourne (Henry Brown)
Red Admiral Aldbourne (Nick Josephy)
Wednesday 3rd April 2024
2 Lesser Redpoll and 3 Siskin South Street,, Aldbourne (Matthew Best)
Saturday 30th March 2024
Raven Castle Street, Aldbourne (Matthew Best)
Wednesday 27th March 2024
2 Lesser Redpoll and 4 Siskin South Street (Matthew Best)
Tuesday 26th March 2024
Brimstone Aldbourne (Nick Josephy)
Sunday 24th March 2024
Lesser Redpoll South Street (Matthew Best)
Wednesday 20th March 2024
10 Siskin South Street (Matthew Best)
Sunday 17th March 2024
1 Singing Firecrest South Street (Matthew Best)
Wednesday 13th March 2024
1 Chiffchaff South Street (Matthew Best)
Tuesday 12th March 2024
Otter Aldbourne (Julie and Tom Merrifield)
Sunday 10th March 2024
34 species of birds including male and female Peregrines on the church (Four Barrows Monthly Walk)
Monday 3rd March 2024
1 Siskin male on feeders on Kandahar (Nick Whelan)
Tuesday 27th February 2024
1 Marsh Tit Ewin's Hill/Pentico wood (Matthew Best)
Wednesday 21st February 2024
3 Siskins on a feeder on South Street (Matthew Best)
Sunday 18th February 2024
1 Siskin on a feeder on South Street (Matthew Best)
Wednesday 14th February 2024
1 Siskin on a feeder on South Street (Matthew Best)
1 Slow Worm South Street (El Argyle, Emily, Best)
Wednesday 7th February 2024
Sparrowhawk South Street (Matthew Best)
6 Fallow Deer Between Southward Triangle and Preston (Matthew Best)
1 Short-eared Owl High Peaks (Matthew Best)
Sunday 4th February 2024
32 species including 2 Stonchats and a singing Mistle Thrush Four Barrows track (Four Barrows Monthly Walk)
Saturday 3rd February 2024
1 Woodcock, 1 screeching Barn Owl Four Barrows Track (8pm) (Matthew Best)
Sunday 21st January 2024
23 Lapwing flooded fields next to the B4192 at New Barns (Matthew Best)
Friday 19th January 2024
3 Lapwing flooded fields next to the B4192 at New Barns (Matthew Best)
Thursday 18th January 2024
21 Lapwing flooded fields next to the B4192 at New Barns (Matthew Best)
Wednesday 10th January 2024
2 Peregrines on the church tower (Matthew Best)
Sunday 7th January 2024
27 species on the four barrows monthly walk (Four Barrows monthly walk)
Sunday 31st December 2023
2 Woodlark Next to Love's Copse (Matthew Best)
Thursday 14th December 2023
Merlin, 2 Raven and 1 Stonechat Track to High Clear Down (Emily and Matthew Best)
Wednesday 13th December 2023
Stonechat Four Barrows Track (Matthew Best)
Thursday 7th December 2023
Woodcock Four Barrows Track (Matthew Best)
Wednesday 6th December 2023
Raven Track to high clear down (Matthew Best)
Sunday 3rd December 2023
Heron, Treecreeper, Mistle Thursh, Goldcrest, Stonechats Four Barrows Track (1st Sunday of the month Four Barrows walk)
Peregrine Church tower (Matt Best)
Wednesday 22nd November 2023
3 Siskin, Great Spotted Woodpecker and 2 Raven Aldbourne (Matthew Best)
18 Lapwing, 2 Sonechats Giant's grave (Matthew Best)
Wednesday 15th November 2023
Siskin Love's Copse (Matthew Best)
Friday 10th November 2023
Barn Owl St Michael's Church (St Michael's Church automated Peregrine camera)
Sunday 5th November 2024
36 species, Four Barrows Walk (Four Barrows Bird Walk)
Saturday 28th October 2023
Firecrest Crooked Corner (Matthew Best)
Perergrine St Michael's Church (Matthew Best)
Thursday 26th October 2023
2 Stonechat and 1 Jay Track to High Clear Down (Matthew Best)
Wednesday 11th October 2023
Garden Snails Ridgeway near Shipley Bottom (Michael Rouse)
1 Marsh Tit, 1 Woodlark, 1 Nuthatch and 1 Jay Love's Copse (Matthew Best)
Monday 9th October 2023
Small White and Red Admiral Aldbourne (Ros Oswald)
Sunday 8th October 2023
Red Admiral Four Barrows (Ros Oswald)
Friday 6th October 2023
Comma Aldbourne (Nick Josephy)
Wednesday 4th October 2023
Red Admiral and Speckled Wood Aldbourne (Ros Oswald)
Tuesday 3rd October 2023
2 Red Admiral Snap (Ros Oswald)
Sunday 1st October 2023
3o species including 1 Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear and 1 Peregrine, Four Barrows Walk (Four Barrows Bird Walk)
Sunday 23rd April 2023
Orange-tip butterfly, garden on South Street (Emily Best)
Friday 21st April 2023
Sparrowhawk hunting sparrows, Whitley Road (Alan Phizacklea)
Thursday 20th April 2023
2 Ringed Ouzels, High Clear Down (Jon Beresford)
Wednesday 8th February 2023
Blackcap male and female with blue tits and long tailed tits Kandahar garden (Nick Whelan)
Peregrine roosting on south window of church tower (Matt Best)
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Long tailed tits, blue tits and squirrel Kandahar garden (Ros Oswald)
Wednesday 25th January 2023
1 Lapwing, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Hares and 2 Roe deer High Clear Down Track (Matthew Best)
Sunday 1st January 2023
31 Species of birds and 3 Roe deer Four Barrows track (1st Sunday of the Month Four Barrows walk)
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