Ladle Hill

Grid Reference: SU4856

Recent sightings

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
11/06/24Corn BuntingLadle Hill4J Morton
08:00
3 seen 1 heard 2 on wires next to Barley field 1 singing and visible at dew pond next to hill Fort 1 heard singing in field adjacent to Fort.  
10/06/24Meadow PipitLadle Hill1M Taylor
 
10/06/24Corn BuntingLadle Hill5M Taylor
4m, 1. 4 singing males: two on fence on SE side of hill fort, one on top of the hill fort singing from cow parsley, one by dewpond (presumed to be the same as one of those on the fence), one on bush on SW side of hill fort; one bird flew from bush by cairn at junction of footpaths at SU476564.  
07/06/24Corn BuntingLadle Hill1M Taylor
08:00
m. singing in the treeline along the public footpath, opposite the lone tree where I'd seen one earlier in the spring; a short while later, it or another male was singing approx 250-300m further along the footpath at SU484563. SU484566.  
12/05/24YellowhammerLadle Hill2M Taylor
m. around Ladle Hill.  
12/05/24Corn BuntingLadle Hill2M Taylor
one male singing on north slope, another bird seen perched on dead stem on top of hill fort; no sign/sound of the bird previously seen around the dewpond.