Cloudy, 17º, light to moderate SE.
A few hours on the hill today and the following noted:
A Great-spotted
Woodpecker working the Hawthorns on the south face and a Cuckoo heard a
couple of times but not located, a Kestrel
hunting and at least 6 Red Kite and
a Buzzard.
A Lesser Whitethroat
heard singing and at least 6 Common
Whitethroat noted, also 4 Blackcap,
2 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellow Wagtail and Corn
Bunting and Yellowhammer at
around 6 of each.
Small flocks of Swift
regular overhead with several Swallow and
2 House Martin.
A steady flow of mainly Rooks
and some Jackdaws backwards and
forwards over the hill and feeding on the pig fields around 200+.
A Mistle Thrush
carrying food seen on wires over one of the fields to the north of the hill and
a pair of Lapwing still present in
the area.
The Great Tits in
the garden have fledged at least 3 young today, seen being fed by the parent
birds.
Butterflies today were Speckled Wood, Green-veined White, Small White and a Large White.
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| Corn Bunting |
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| Yellowhammer |
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| Kestrel |
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| Kestrel |
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| Kestrel |
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| Great-spotted Woodpecker |
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