20 Jun
2024
20 Jun
'24
8:16 a.m.
Hello All,
I have seen the Spotted Flycatcher nest today, it is indeed on the downpipes of the Data
Centre in Morgan. I saw two fully feathered chicks, they look ready to fledge.
Thanks,
Sabine
From: Neil Rawlings <neil.rawlings(a)outlook.com>
Sent: 18 June 2024 10:13
To: Sabine Eckert <se3(a)sanger.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: Treecreeper [EXT]
Thanks, Sabine. I'm glad to hear the Spotted Flycatchers are back: I didn't see
them when I did my survey in mid-May. The Nuthatch sighting is interesting; they are not
common birds in Cambridgeshire, which is the least forested county in England. I also
thought the Wetlands were overgrown and the lakes difficult to see into; I did have a male
Tufted Duck.
Neil.
From: Sabine Eckert <se3@sanger.ac.uk<mailto:se3@sanger.ac.uk>>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 8:36 AM
To: Neil Rawlings
<neil.rawlings@outlook.com<mailto:neil.rawlings@outlook.com>>
Cc: Christopher Adamson <ca14@sanger.ac.uk<mailto:ca14@sanger.ac.uk>>; Lee
Outhwaite
<lee.outhwaite@wellcomegenomecampus.org<mailto:lee.outhwaite@wellcomegenomecampus.org>>
Subject: RE: Treecreeper [EXT]
Hello Neil,
Here's the map for yesterday's bird survey. Thanks to Chris who came along and
helped.
Points of note: the wetlands is so overgrown that we couldn't see any waterfowl (just
heard a moorhen).
It was fairly quiet, with blackbirds, wrens, blue tits and LTTs observed feeding young.
No starlings on the lawn, but about 50 jackdaws.
There were surprisingly few feral pigeons around this time.
The highlight was spotted flycatchers, one bird territorial next to the Morgan Building
(the nest might be on the Data Centre downpipes again), and observed to have a tussle with
another flycatcher.
No bullfinches.
A nuthatch was heard near the East Lodge, and another is regularly near the Tennis Court
Suite (not on the map).
The badger sett at the water treatment facility looks deserted, which could account for
the number of rabbits around.
Thanks,
Sabine
From: Neil Rawlings
<neil.rawlings@outlook.com<mailto:neil.rawlings@outlook.com>>
Sent: 10 June 2024 12:16
To: Sabine Eckert <se3@sanger.ac.uk<mailto:se3@sanger.ac.uk>>
Cc: 'wetlandscommittee(a)wellcomegenomecampus.org'
<wetlandscommittee@wellcomegenomecampus.org<mailto:wetlandscommittee@wellcomegenomecampus.org>>
Subject: RE: Treecreeper [EXT]
Thanks for the E-mail, Sabine, and a nice photo to boot. Checking back on my records, I
last had evidence of breeding in 2018 when I saw a pair and there was a singing male. A
pair were seen entering split in willow tree trunk near the Ford in 2016, and it was way
back in 2013 when there was confirmed fledging: an adult and two juveniles.
Neil.
From: Sabine Eckert <se3@sanger.ac.uk<mailto:se3@sanger.ac.uk>>
Sent: Friday, June 7, 2024 12:05 PM
To:
wetlandscommittee@wellcomegenomecampus.org<mailto:wetlandscommittee@wellcomegenomecampus.org>;
Iain Webb <Iain.Webb@wildlifebcn.org<mailto:Iain.Webb@wildlifebcn.org>>
Cc: 'Neil Rawlings'
<neil.rawlings@outlook.com<mailto:neil.rawlings@outlook.com>>
Subject: Treecreeper
Hello, we had a fledgling treecreeper outside the G102 entrance this morning, probably
stunned after a collision. It was well enough to try to escape. I stuck it to the oak
tree, and it had moved away when I checked later.
A nice record for the campus breeding birds list.
Thanks,
Sabine
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