Ace local ringer Mervyn Greening caught some birds in his mist net today in the wood:

Marsh tit

Nuthatch

GSW (Background nicely in focus)

Saw a song thrush singing just outside the wood. Several GSWs were drumming and briefly saw a calling LSW near the stream again - not sure what sex.

Saw a couple of Roe Deer and a female Sparrowhawk in the wood today. One of the deer was so frightened by a load of hounds in the wood that it suddenly appeared very near to me as I was putting up a nestbox on the edge of the wood.

Saw a Grey Heron in a field being ploughed near the wood. Decent roost of Rooks and Jackdaws in the wood late afternoon - maybe a thousand birds but could be quite a lot more, hard to tell.

Saw a male Peregrine calling, flying about and stooping at something on or near the ground, a few hundred yards NE of the wood. Had a look around where it had been stooping but didn't see anything.

Ravens in wood again today.

Saw the male LSW again by the stream - it called briefly before flying off.

Saw a marsh tit singing, and the male bullfinch again calling at the top of the wood.

Pair of ravens calling in and around the wood. They've been advertising their presence for a few months now so hopefully they will breed in the area.

Flushed a woodcock.

Saw an occasionally drumming male LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER near the stream.

Saw a male sparrowhawk near the stream - perched near me briefly. Elders coming into leaf (photo).

First stinkhorn of 2015!

Saw a grey wagtail on the stream and a female (?) LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER nearby!!

Heard at least one Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming

Saw a male bullfinch in the wood and 6 buzzards arguing over a rabbit in a roadside ditch nearby.