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South Penquite Farm

Buteo buteo - Buzzard


Birds
"...from Blue Tits to Buzzards..."

In 2005 a survey of breeding birds was undertaken on the farm by Peter Floyd-Spong BSc Hons which was funded by Natural England under their Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund. Using the following criteria, the number and status of breeding birds on the farm was established.

1). Possible:

  • Where birds are seen using the habitat;
  • Singing males are heard during the breeding season;
  • Where a pair is observed in a suitable nesting habitat.

Phoenicurus phoenicurus - Redstart.2). Probable:

  • Permanent territory presumed through various territorial behavioural patterns, song or aggression;
  • Courtship and display;
  • The pair observed visiting a possible nesting site;
  • Agitated behaviour or anxiety calls by the adult birds;
  • Actual nest building or excavation of a nest hole.

3). Confirmed:

  • Distraction display;
  • Used nest or eggshells present; Recently fledged young;
  • Adults seen entering or leaving nest site;
  • Adults carrying food for the young;
  • Nest with eggs;
  • Nest where young birds are seen or heard.
English nameLatin nameBreeding proved
Grey heronArdea cinereaNo
BuzzardButeo buteoYes
KestrelFalco tinnunculusYes
Herring GullLarus argentatusNo
Tawny OwlStrix alucoNo
KingfisherAlcedo atthisNo
Great-spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorNo
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaYes
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisYes
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaNo
WrenTrogladytes trogladytesYes
DipperCinclus cinclusYes
DunnockPrunella modularisYes
RobinErithacus rubeculaYes
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusNo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelusYes
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusYes
BlackbirdTurdus merulaYes
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaYes
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusNo
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaYes
Coal TitParus aterYes
Blue TitParus caeruleusYes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusNo
MagpiePica picaNo
RavenCorvus coraxNo
ChaffinchFringilla ceolebsYes
LinnetCarduelis cannabinaYes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisNo
GreenfinchCarduelis chlorisNo

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Dominic & Cathy Fairman
South Penquite, Blisland, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 4LH

thefarm@bodminmoor.co.uk
Tel: 01208 850491
Fax: 0870 136 7926