Also in the valley were two cetti's warbler, a stonechat and more chiffchaff.
Of birds very few are indigenous; the jackdaw, blue solitary thrush, spectacled warbler, the robin, kestrel and the herring-gull.
A rather elusive warbler in the trees in the garden turned out to be Blyth's Reed.
We have homely genera, even among the true Passeres, occurring there - such as Alauda, Acrocephalus, Motacilla and Pratincola, while the Cisticola madagascariensis is only distinguishable from the well-known fan-tailed warbler, C. schoenicola of Europe, Africa and India by its rather darker coloration.
The woodland supports a diverse breeding bird community, including hawfinch and wood warbler.