July 2024 Summary

• New “Year Ticks” in July 2024: 0

• New “Life Ticks” in July 2024: 0

• Total Species for 2024 so far: 134

The summary for July is simple – no birding at all apart from the back garden. This was due to a combination of wet days, hot days and all the birds laying low in the countryside after the breeding season.

We do continue to have too frequent visits of Ring-necked Parakeets tto the feeders but most of the birds are out in the countryside. At the start of the month there was a flurry of young birds but as the month progressed they all dispersed. We do continue to visitations from the local Sarrowhawk – usually just a flyover but sometimes it lands on the feeder.

Hedgehog activity is good with one every night, two occasionally and three less frequently. I don’t thin anything bothered to use our expensive hibernation box but that’s wildlife for you. Like humans, they are unreliable!