2002 saw a team of bird enthusiasts conduct a bird survey of South Combe Farm (the land around the Frogstone). As well as the obvious expected favourites a few more unusual birds were seen. The moist notable in some senses was a single Cirl Bunting. Several others reports of the species have been made in the last few years and it looks as if this species is slowly working its way up the coast from the South Hams where is has hung on in low numbers for some years.

Cirl Bunting

The Cirl Bunting is one our lost wildlife of the Sid Valley that has returned and could increase in number in the coming years.

Updated Dec 8th 2022

Highest number of each species in a single count

Number of counts: 22. Number of species: 51

SpeciesNo.Area of FarmSpeciesNo.Area of Farm
Barn Owl1
Linnet14
Blackbird11
Long Tailed Tit8
Black Cap5
Magpie7
Black Headed Gull1
Meadow Pipit

Blue Tit5
Mistle Thrush7
Bullfinch3
Nuthatch2
Buzzard4
Peregrine 2
Carrion Crow18
Pheasant3
Chaffinch5
Pied Wagtail1
Chiff Chaff10
Raven4
Cirl Bunting1
Redwing2
Coal Tit3
Robin9
Collared Dove

Rook

Common Gull

Siskin1
Corn Bunting

Skylark1
Dunnock3
Snipe

Fieldfare

Song Thrush7
Goldcrest4
Sparrow Hawk

Goldfinch11
Starling2
Great Black Backed Gull

Stock Dove1
Greater Spotted Woodpecker2
Stone Chat2
Great Tit5
Swallow11
Green Woodpecker1
Swift

Greenfinch2
Tawny Owl1
Grey Wagtail

Tree Creeper1
Herring Gull6
Tree Sparrow

House Martin5
Wheatear1
House Sparrow

Whitethroat2
Jackdaw28
Willow Warbler3
Jay5
Woodpigeon12
Kestrel4
Wren3
Lapwing

Yellow Hammer1
Lesser Black Backed Gull1



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