Cloudy, hazy, 10º, light NE. Quite a contrast from
yesterday!
A little chilly and cloudy today and subsequently no
butterflies on the wing, however 2 largish Thrush flocks around Lollingdon with
a flock of c300 birds feeding in fields to the west of the hill and another of
c200 birds in fields to the north. Mainly Fieldfare
with small numbers of Redwing and Starlings, also a small number of Redwing in the trees on the north side
of the hill.
Around 100 Lesser
Blackback Gulls still loafing around the floods but nothing else with them.
Around 5 Red Kite
soaring around over the hill and a single Kestrel
in the vicinity, a couple of high flying Greylag
Geese circled the hill twice as though looking for somewhere to set down and then flew off east, and a singing Corn Bunting on the power lines over the fields.
A singing Chiffchaff
in the trees on the north side and a Treecreeper
close by, 3 Grey Partridge in one
of the sheep fields and a Grey Heron
also in the area.
Chiffchaff
Treecreeper
Robin in full song
Greylags
Kestrel
part of a Thrush flock
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| A Peacock butterfly photo taken in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire over the week end. The warm weather reached northern England also. Courtesy Tony Chaplin. |
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