Survey of species in the HAM HILL COUNTRY PARK

Yeovil Area Group of the Somerset Wildlife Trust Records
Survey for South Somerset District Council
Species Common Name
HAM HILL COUNTRY PARK
Birds
Key: S = Northern Spur; F = Plateau Fields; V = Witcombe Valley; W = Pit Wood;
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Year Last Recorded
S F V W
Notes
Troglodytes troglodytes Wren 2010 2010 2010 Common, breeds at each site.
Turdus iliacus Redwing √ 2007 Winter visitor.
Turdus merula Blackbird 2010 √ 2010 2010 S, V & W: Common, breeds.
S: 6+ breeding territories 2005.
Turdus philomelos Song Thrush 2010 2010 2010 V & W: At least one breeding
territory at each site 2010.
Turdus pilaris Fieldfare √ 2005 Winter visitor.
Turdus torquatus Ring Ouzel 2006 V: 1 male, March 22 nd 2006.
Turdus viscivorus Mistle Thrush 2006 2005 2010 2009
S: 1 breeding territory 2005.
V/W: 1 breeding territory 2009.
Tyto alba Barn Owl 2008
1 reported during the breeding
season 2008.
Vanellus vanellus Lapwing 1989 Reported in 1989.
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Sources:
1986: Barrie Widden (Yeovil & District Natural History Society).
1989: Ham Hill Country Park Management Plan, Habitat and Wildlife Survey (1989) – Deborah Elton MSc for
the Somerset Trust for Nature Conservation.
2008: Somerset Birds 2008 – Somerset Ornithological Society.
2004 to 2010: Yeovil & District Natural History Society and Katy Menday (SSDC).
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