A farmland walk out to the Lees and Lollingdon had all
weathers......from rain, warm sun, cool wind etc, birdwise saw quite a few
Hirundines passing over in excess of several hundred Swallow and House Martin.
2 Wheatear present on a freshly ploughed
field near the Lees and a Corn Bunting
in the long dyke, 6 Yellowhammer, a
few Linnet and several Juv Green Woodpecker seen, 8 Chiffchaff noted including 1 on
Lollingdon hill with a small flock of Long-tailed Tits.
A Hobby seen in
Lollingdon and 5 Kestrel seen
overall and up to 10 of each Red Kite
and Buzzard.
Many Gulls around following various ploughs or loafing in
fields also overhead and again Lesser
Blackback Gulls, Black-headed Gulls
and a few Common Gulls noted.
Several Roe Deer
noted.
A few Small White
butterflies and several Common Darter
dragonflies seen.
Wheatear
Juv Green Woodpecker
Gulls following the plough
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| Paul Chandler |
All quiet on Lollingdon Hill
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