Birds at Brandy Hole Copse

Page under development. Species list currently comes from Working Party bird surveys on 19th March 2024 and 8th April 2025. Photographs and further information to be added.

The following birds have been identified in or from the Copse. Do let us know, if you come across any we've not listed.

  • Blackbird
  • Blue tit
  • Carrion Crow
  • Chiffchaff
  • Firecrest
  • Goldcrest
  • Goldfinch
  • Great tit
  • Grey Wagtail
  • Gull: Herring Gull
  • Gull: Mediterranean
  • Jackdaw
  • Jay
  • Long-tailed tit
  • Mallard
  • Magpie
  • Nuthatch
  • Robin
  • Rook
  • Siskin
  • Stock Dove
  • Thrush: Mistle Thrush (predated egg found 8th April 2025)
  • Thrush: Song Thrush
  • Tree Creeper
  • Woodpecker: Greater Spotted Woodpecker
  • Woodpecker: Green Woodpecker
  • Wood pigeon
  • Wren

Blackbird

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen)
  • 19th March 2024

Blackcap

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen - small field)

Blue Tit

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen)
  • 19th March 2024

Carrion Crow

Recorded:

  • 19th March 2024

Chiffchaff

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025
  • 19th March 2024

Firecrest

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (heard)
  • 19th March 2024 (seen)

Goldcrest

Recorded:

  • 19th March 2024

Goldfinch

Recorded:

  • 19th March 2024

Great Tit

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen)
  • 19th March 2024

Grey Wagtail

Recorded:

  • 19th March 2024 (seen)

Gull: Herring Gull

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen/heard from)

Gull: Mediterranean Gull

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen/heard from)

Jackdaw

Recorded:

  • 19th March 2024

Jay

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen)
  • 19th March 2024

Long-tailed Tit

Recorded:

  • 19th March 2024

Mallard

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen, female at Cops Pond)
  • 19th March 2024

Nuthatch

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen; east of Centurion Way)
  • 19th March 2024 (seen)

Robin

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen)
  • 19th March 2024 (seen)

Rook

(There's a rookery in oak beside Brandy Hole Lane, west of the WW2 anti-invasion blocks.)

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen)
  • 19th March 2024 (seen)

Siskin

Recorded:

  • 19th March 2024

Stock Dove

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (seen, nest high in oak cavity on southern bank, east of Centurion Way)
  • 19th March 2024 (seen)

Thrush: Mistle Thrush

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025 (egg shell found - predated)

Thrush: Song Thrush

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025
  • 19th March 2024

Tree Creeper

Recorded:

  • 19th March 2024 (seen)

Woodpecker: Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025

Woodpecker: Green Woodpecker

Recorded:

  • 19th March 2024

Wood Pigeon

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025
  • 19th March 2024

Wren

Recorded:

  • 8th April 2025
  • 19th March 2024