Cloudy, 15º, light NW, a couple of light rain showers.
4 hours on Lollingdon hill today saw an unusual and
impressive movement of Common Swift
with 1500+ flying north also 100+ House
Martin, a feeding movement or something else?
There were Swifts in the air for the whole 4 hours with
flocks of up to 50+ and the odd 1 or 2 passing over. Also as far as I could see
both east and west I could see Swifts moving so there may have been more. They seemed to be pouring off the downs and were at varying altitudes feeding as
they passed overhead.
Apart from a flock of 30+ the House Martins were just 1’s
and 2’s mixed in with the Swifts.
Also a Hobby flew
north, a Black-headed Gull flew west
and a Quail heard calling from a
field to the south west of the hill.
On the walk out the Lapwing
were still present and 2 pairs of Yellow
Wagtail around and 36 Stock Dove
noted in the Lollingdon area.
Common Whitethroat,
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Corn Bunting,
Yellowhammer, Linnet, Skylark all
singing and a few Swallow around.
A Willow Warbler
still in song around the Bullshole.
A Common Spotted
Orchid found in the garden today.........an upside of the gardeners not
cutting the grass for 5 weeks!
Few butterflies around today given the weather but Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood and Red Admiral all seen.
Common Spotted Orchid
Common Whitethroat
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