Sunny spells and light to heavy showers of rain and hail, 9º,
light to fresh NW, chilly in the wind.
Arrived on the hill just as a hail storm hit so stayed in
the car for around 20 minutes until it passed.
Our first sighting was a high flying Red Kite and a Sparrowhawk
in an aerial sparring contest overhead, whirling around and diving at each
other as if in play, also a few more Red
Kite and Buzzards in the air as
the sun appeared.
At least 8 Wheatears found
on the hill but may have been more as the sheep were quite mobile and the
Wheatears were getting quite agitated (alarm
calls heard) . Subsequently moving out of the way to fly up in to
the hawthorn bushes so it made them difficult to count, also a single Fieldfare on the hill feeding. Sorry
Michael could not find the Stonechat but may still be in the area in a more
sheltered spot.
A Corn Bunting
and a Yellowhammer seen on the
northern side and around 30 Fieldfare
and Redwing in the fields below but
could not see all of the field so may have been more and a Mistle Thrush heard, also 2 Chiffchaff
singing.
2 Grey Heron seen
and a Kestrel around the horse
paddocks and a ♂ Peregrine flew over the hill on our way back to the car.
Grey Heron
Another Wheatear pic
And now for something completely different (& waiting for a good caption!)
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