Dawn Chorus in Maiden Erlegh LNR

On Sunday 10th May, 18 brave souls rose earley (a 6.00am start) to join a walk about the Maiden Erlegh local nature reserve, led by Ray Reedman of the Berkshire Onrithological Club. We spent a couple of hours walking through the wooded areas, and around the lake and were rewarded with a multitude of sounds that were identified by Ray. We were also lucky in a few actual sightings of some of the birds, the highlight probably being a good view of a Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming away for a while.

During the walk, we were also treated to a nice view of a pair of foxes in the playing fields, some cormorants sunning themselves in the trees by the lake, and a common tern feeding over the lake.

The complete list of birds heard and seen is given below in the order we heard/saw them. Each bird has a link through to the RSPB website where you can find links to listen to the birds songs, and see pictures / videos of the birds in action.

Wood Pidgeon	Robin	Blackbird	Wren
Song Thrush	Green Woodpecker	Great Tit	Chiffchaff
Blue Tit	Stock Dove	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Magpie
Jay	Jackdaw	Long Tailed Tit	Blackcap
Chaffinch	House Sparrow	Collared Dove

The EEG would like to give many thanks to Ray for getting up early, especially as he had a long days trip to Dungeness the previous day!