A walk out to Lollingdon hill and back, still muddy but
floods subsiding, a lot of ditch clearing and hedge cutting recently along the
field margins.
A Kingfisher along
one of the cleared ditches probably looking for any larvae etc that may have
been exposed!
A Grey Heron on
one of the flooded fields, several Pied
Wagtail present and both Green
and Great-spotted Woodpecker heard.
Lollingdon Hill was quite busy with two Raven over, at least one Jay
present, twelve plus Long-tailed Tit
foraging in the Hawthorns on the south side.
The south slope held forty Starling, one hundred plus Fieldfare,
twenty Redwing, two Mistle Thrush, a Song Thrush, five Meadow
Pipit, five Corn Bunting
(including one in song), thirteen Pied
Wagtail, five Yellowhammer and
three Goldfinch. Why so many birds
on the south slope I am not sure, maybe the Sheep being present and also insects
around had attracted the birds.
In addition, a flock of fifty Linnet on the top field and two Lapwing flew over.
At one point everything on the south side of the hill
scattered, they saw something that I did not I scanned the area for around five
minutes but saw nothing untoward. The reaction of the birds indicated something
like a Merlin, Peregrine or Sparrowhawk had been seen.
A couple of Roe Deer noted.
A flock of over five hundred Lapwing seen over Haddon Hill whilst driving back from Didcot to Wallingford
this afternoon and two Grey Heron in
the flooded fields at South Moreton at dusk.
The ♀
Muntjac Deer in the garden again
this evening and a Treecreeper and Great-spotted Woodpecker present during
the day.
Redwing
Buck Roe Deer basking in some sunshine
Pied Wagtail
Muntjac in garden again
Starling, Fieldfare and a Yellowhammer
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