After 5 days of adverse weather and few birds the last 2
days have been very active with visible
migration.
A dawn start today produced a Short-eared Owl, 2 Barn Owl
and 2 Little Owl and the sound of Redwing passing overhead, then as
daylight dawned there was a large movement of birds overhead with c1000 Linnet, 300+ Skylark, 300+ Chaffinch,
200+ Goldfinch, 200+ Pied Wagtail, 200+ Wood Pigeon, 50+ Meadow Pipit, 20+ Reed Bunting, 6 Siskin and 1 Brambling,
as cloud cover increased by around midday movement all but ceased.
A ♂
Peregrine, a ♀ Merlin
and 2 Sparrowhawk were very active
during this period and a ♀
Sparrowhawk took a Linnet from a
flock about 5m from me with a thwack and a flurry of feathers, also a Buzzard
in the area!
On the land there were around 20+ Stonechat, 16 Chiffchaff,
5 Blackbird, a Song Thrush, a Black
Redstart and a Yellow-browed Warbler
in the garden.
(missed a Ring Ouzel,
Wood Lark, Firecrest, poss Nightjar and Rustic Bunting).
A couple of Painted
Lady and Red Admiral butterflies
noted today.
Black Redstart
Stonechat
Skylark
Yellow-browed Warbler
Peregrine
Obs curry evening (courtesy Jo Stockwell)
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