Jay
A colourful previously resident breeding species to the woodlands of the reserve. Maximum of 4 seen.
20/10/95 - 3 birds.
27/01/96 - 3 birds.
1997 - Present.
14/03/98 - 3 birds.
??/10/99 - 3 birds collecting acorns.
09/12/99 - 3 birds.
08/01/00 - 3 birds.
02/11/03 - 3+ birds
16/04/04 - 3 together
2005 - up to 3
24/02/06 - 4 birds
2008 - up to 3 birds in November/December but not otherwise recorded.
2009 - Only winter records of mainly singles
2010 - Up to 3 in winter and spring, but none through the summer.
2011 - 19 records of 1 or 2 through the year
2012 - 24 records of 1 or 2 birds apart from 4 flying over on 05/10. None in June or July in a year when there has been a big influx from abroad.
2013 - 16 records of 1 or 2 birds, none in May or June.
2014 - 11 records of up to 3 birds
2015 - Only 5 winter records of 1 or 2 birds
2016 - 6 records of 1 or 2 birds in April and September
2017 - Only singles reported on 05/02, 01/03, 31/03 and 05/10
2018 - Only singles reported on 11/06 and 02/10. This used to be a resident bird, but it doesn't look that way any more.
2019 - Only singles on 23/11 and 02/12
2020 - Only 1 sighting of a single bird on 25/04
2021 - Only 1 sighting of a single bird on 14/10 (KGH)
2022 - Only 1 sighting of a single bird on 24/01 (KGH)
2023 - 2 over together on 07/04 (KGH). 1 on 23/05 and 1 on 24/10