Birds at the Woodland Education Centre in April 2004.

	8th. April	14th. April	19th. April
Long-tailed tit	üMost areas
Great tit	üMost areas	ü	ü
Blue tit	üMost areas	ü	ü
Marsh tit		üSeveral, near classroom, by lake	üTowards Cabin, also Kingfisher Pond
Woodpigeon	üMaple Walk	ü
Raven		üFlew high over lake
Jay	üBehind toilet, in flight		üLake area
Rook	üOverhead lake area
Blackbird	ü	ü
Robin	ü	ü
Wren	ü	ü
Chaffinch	ü	ü	ü
Mallard	üMale, 2 Female, Kingfisher Pond. 1 Male on lake.	üMale, reaching up from lake eating, of all things, new beech leaves from overhanging tree	üLake, Male and Female Kingfisher Pond
Moorhen		üDragonfly Pond	üLake
Grey wagtail		üDragonfly Pond area
Chiffchaff	üMost areas of reserve	ü	ü
Bullfinch	üMost areas of reserve
Treecreeper		üUp wooden steps on left, behind Cabin by Dragonfly Pond.
Goldcrest		üLake area
Mistle thrush	üLake area	ü	üPair, Maple Walk area
Song thrush	üBeech Walk, also green works caravan area	ü	üBy green works caravan
Buzzard	2, near large oak, Bluebell Wood area	ü(Playing games with me!) constantly going to large oak, Bluebell Wood area, no sign of any active nest	üSame area, around oak trees
Blackcap		üMale, beak full of nest material. Path toward Lakeside Classroom from Beech Walk area. Several other males in different locations	üTowards lake, also by Dragonfly Pond

Butterflies seen during April on reserve.

Brimstone, Orange tip (Male and Female by Kingfisher pond), Green-veined white, (Flying off wet meadow into reserve.) Large white, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock (Good numbers), Comma (One or two by cabin but mostly by path towards Dragonfly pond), Speckled wood.

Large red Damselfly, by wooden bench overlooking lake.