Sunny, 26º, light SE.
4 hours walking around Lollingdon today, proved quite
reasonable, the hill was relatively quiet, only 1 Kestrel still present, rather than hovering this one sat on top of
the Hawthorns and descended on prey from there, maybe running out of
grasshoppers? In addition, there were 2 Pied
Wagtails that flew over.
Walking along the track by the manor house I saw a Spotted Flycatcher and realised there
was more than just the one, 6 in total all flycatching around the large garden
pond and grounds. Just back up the hill on the north side, I heard a Redstart calling and located it about
200m away in a hedgerow that unfortunately I could not get very close to. Both Whitethroat and Blackcap noted.
Back down in the cattle field there were at least 5 Willow Warbler present in the Oak
trees, a few Chaffinch (16+) and Tits in the surrounding hedgerow and 15
Stock Doves counted in the vicinity.
A female Peregrine zipped
through just above tree top level putting the fear into all and headed towards
the downs and around 30 minutes later a Hobby
was calling on the far side of a field, flew in to a tree and joined another
whilst a third was calling from a tree c50m away. Around 6 Buzzards seen and 4 Red
Kites.
Dragonflies and Butterflies much as previously this week! A Blue Emperor dragonfly in the garden
this afternoon.
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