Julian Amey of Thornhill Crescent was part of the original co-oporative that saved Barnsbury Wood from a plan to turn it into housing. He also knows a thing or two about birds. At my request, he wrote a list of the birds he's seen and heard in Barnsbury Wood and here it is below fyi with pics and audio clips of birdsong. Barnsbury Wood is open all year round on Tuesdays from 2.00 to 4.00 p.m., and in the summer (July to September) it also opens on Saturdays from 2.00 to 4.00 p.m.
Song thrush
Currently frequenting Barnsbury Wood, for the first time I can remember (we arrived in 1984) we have a Song Thrush which can be heard singing loudly with its distinctive clear 'cheep cheep and then a trill' - quite different from the more usual musical warbling of the blackbirds. I also saw the thrush in the upper branches of the lime tree this weeknd - it is noticeable by its light brown plumage and speckled breast.
Chaffinch
We also had two chaffinches over this weekend, and although I have occasionally seen them before, they now seem to be more frequent visitors. They have pink breasts and a white flash in their browm wings.
Dunnock
We also now have resident dunnocks, which look rather like robins without the red breast and they forage in the undergrowth.
Wood Pigeon
Carrion Crow
Magpie
Jay
Jackdaw
Greater spotted woodpecker
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Blackbird
Robin
Wren
Blue tit
Coal tit
Long tailed tit
Great tit
Redwing (winter visitor)
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