Wildlife in and around Winterton
Do you have a story to tell about the wildlife visitors to your garden? Do you have any wildlife photographs that you wish to share?
If so, we’d like to hear from you! Please forward your story or images to clerk@wintertoncouncil.co.uk and, if suitable, we’ll publish them on this page.
Do you have a story to tell about the wildlife visitors to your garden? Do you have any wildlife photographs that you wish to share?
If so, we’d like to hear from you! Please forward your story or images to clerk@wintertoncouncil.co.uk and, if suitable, we’ll publish them on this page.
20th November 2009
Seen in a Winterton garden. Can you identify it?
Response by Pam Dudson:
I think this one is a female Sparrowhawk, it looks too small to be a buzzard (I think the birds of prey I have seen in Broughton Woods, around Winterton and the Humber Bank are Common Brown Buzzards, they are very graceful and lovely to watch as they glide around in the thermals).
28th August 2009
The picture taken is of a Sparrowhawk which often dive between buildings in towns and cities attempting to catch unsuspecting birds. As well as Kestrels and Sparrowhawks we also have the occasionally seen Hobby, a similarly size bird with very pointed wings like a swift. The larger birds of prey to look out for are the odd Common Buzzard (large rounded wings, brown with some hints of white on the underside), the fairly common Marsh Harrier (females and young are brown with a golden head crown and males are light grey with black wing tips) and of course the Barn Owl (white and light sandy colour).
17th August 2008 - Pam Dudson
I have seen three deer this year around the Winterton area. It also seems to be a popular area for Shell Ducks to breed. One night I saw a badger trotting along Appleby Lane, alongside the dyke, towards Winterton. I regularly see birds of prey too now, they are bigger than the Sparrowhawk and Kestrel, I think it is wonderful that we have this wildlife around us. Anyone have any ideas about what type of bird of prey it is please. The ones I have seen have a white pattern under their wing, and they glide about in the air, like common brown buzzards. Thanks.
Could it be a Red Kite? See the RSPB website for details.
7th August 2008
Blackbird image sent in by "anonymous of Winterton":
5th August 2008
Pam Dudson reported seeing a black and white woodpecker in her garden. She isn’t quite sure if it was a Greater or Lesser Spotted one.
Locally we have the Great Spotted woodpecker and the Green woodpecker. Lesser Spotted woodpeckers are very rare and only found in certain locations.
Anon
Information from the British Garden Birds site (http://www.garden-birds.co.uk) states that the Great Spotted Woodpecker is a pied woodpecker:
black with a large white shoulder patch and scarlet underneath the tail. It is much larger than the other British pied woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. The Great Spotted Woodpecker is about the size of a Starling, while the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is more sparrow-sized. The head is black and white: black crown and nape, white forehead, cheeks and throat. The back, wings and tail are black, except for the large white shoulder patches and smaller white spots on the wings. The underparts are whitish-buff with red underneath the tail (undertail coverts). The bill is grey coloured, the legs are grey-green and the eye is red. The sexes are similar except that the male has a red patch on the nape and the female does not. Juveniles have a red crown, pink vent and "blotchy" white shoulder patches. As with other woodpeckers, the stiff tail feathers are used as a prop when it is clinging to a tree, and its toes are specially arranged with two pointing forwards and two backwards. Their flight is very undulating as they completely fold their wings against the body between each series of several flaps.
The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is Europe's smallest woodpecker and is about the same size as a Greenfinch. It is a pied woodpecker like the Great Spotted Woodpecker but lacks the large white wing patches. The head is black and white: black nape and white forehead, cheeks and throat.
The back, wings and tail are black, except for the white bars. The underparts are whitish-buff with darker streaks. The bill is black, the legs are grey-green and the eye is a reddish-brown. The sexes are similar except that the male has a red crown with a black border and the female a whitish crown. Juveniles have some red on the crown and have browner, streaked underparts. As with other woodpeckers, the stiff tail feathers are used as a prop when it is clinging to a tree, and its toes are specially arranged with two pointing forwards and two backwards. The best time to try and see Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers is in late winter and early spring (January to April) when the trees are bare and the woodpeckers are becoming territorial.
Seen in a Winterton garden. Can you identify it?
Response by Pam Dudson:I think this one is a female Sparrowhawk, it looks too small to be a buzzard (I think the birds of prey I have seen in Broughton Woods, around Winterton and the Humber Bank are Common Brown Buzzards, they are very graceful and lovely to watch as they glide around in the thermals).
28th August 2009
The picture taken is of a Sparrowhawk which often dive between buildings in towns and cities attempting to catch unsuspecting birds. As well as Kestrels and Sparrowhawks we also have the occasionally seen Hobby, a similarly size bird with very pointed wings like a swift. The larger birds of prey to look out for are the odd Common Buzzard (large rounded wings, brown with some hints of white on the underside), the fairly common Marsh Harrier (females and young are brown with a golden head crown and males are light grey with black wing tips) and of course the Barn Owl (white and light sandy colour).
17th August 2008 - Pam Dudson
I have seen three deer this year around the Winterton area. It also seems to be a popular area for Shell Ducks to breed. One night I saw a badger trotting along Appleby Lane, alongside the dyke, towards Winterton. I regularly see birds of prey too now, they are bigger than the Sparrowhawk and Kestrel, I think it is wonderful that we have this wildlife around us. Anyone have any ideas about what type of bird of prey it is please. The ones I have seen have a white pattern under their wing, and they glide about in the air, like common brown buzzards. Thanks.
Could it be a Red Kite? See the RSPB website for details.
7th August 2008
Blackbird image sent in by "anonymous of Winterton":
5th August 2008
Pam Dudson reported seeing a black and white woodpecker in her garden. She isn’t quite sure if it was a Greater or Lesser Spotted one.
Locally we have the Great Spotted woodpecker and the Green woodpecker. Lesser Spotted woodpeckers are very rare and only found in certain locations.
Anon
Information from the British Garden Birds site (http://www.garden-birds.co.uk) states that the Great Spotted Woodpecker is a pied woodpecker:
black with a large white shoulder patch and scarlet underneath the tail. It is much larger than the other British pied woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. The Great Spotted Woodpecker is about the size of a Starling, while the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is more sparrow-sized. The head is black and white: black crown and nape, white forehead, cheeks and throat. The back, wings and tail are black, except for the large white shoulder patches and smaller white spots on the wings. The underparts are whitish-buff with red underneath the tail (undertail coverts). The bill is grey coloured, the legs are grey-green and the eye is red. The sexes are similar except that the male has a red patch on the nape and the female does not. Juveniles have a red crown, pink vent and "blotchy" white shoulder patches. As with other woodpeckers, the stiff tail feathers are used as a prop when it is clinging to a tree, and its toes are specially arranged with two pointing forwards and two backwards. Their flight is very undulating as they completely fold their wings against the body between each series of several flaps.
The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is Europe's smallest woodpecker and is about the same size as a Greenfinch. It is a pied woodpecker like the Great Spotted Woodpecker but lacks the large white wing patches. The head is black and white: black nape and white forehead, cheeks and throat.
The back, wings and tail are black, except for the white bars. The underparts are whitish-buff with darker streaks. The bill is black, the legs are grey-green and the eye is a reddish-brown. The sexes are similar except that the male has a red crown with a black border and the female a whitish crown. Juveniles have some red on the crown and have browner, streaked underparts. As with other woodpeckers, the stiff tail feathers are used as a prop when it is clinging to a tree, and its toes are specially arranged with two pointing forwards and two backwards. The best time to try and see Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers is in late winter and early spring (January to April) when the trees are bare and the woodpeckers are becoming territorial.
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