Sunny spells, 20º, light SE.
A 4 hour walk out to the Lees and around to Lollingdon, an
unexpected surprise was a Turtle Dove
that flew south over Lollingdon Hill. The first I have seen in the parish for
several years!
So far, we have identified 5 probable breeding pairs of Yellow Wagtail in Cholsey quite widely
spread out. Let us hope they are successful, one female seen carrying nesting
material today.
Blackcaps, Whitethroats, Chiffchaffs, 1 Garden
Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat in
the area, 9 Sedge, and 2 Reed Warblers
along the “reedy ditch”!
Quite a few Reed
Buntings mainly in Oil seed rape fields and Linnets, Yellowhammers
and Skylarks frequent and 6 singing Corn Buntings.
A Family of 5 Stoats
seen.
3 Blue Emperor dragonflies
seen hawking a flooded edge of a crop along with 1 Large Red Damsel and 6 Azure Damsels.
Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Large Skipper, Meadow Brown,
Small and Large White, Small
Tortoiseshell, Comma, Peacock, 1 Green-veined White and a Small
Copper.
A family of newly fledged Wrens in the garden today at least 3 young and 2 adults!
Nice Stoat pics :-)
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