A quiet day out there today, 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Yellowhammer and a flock of 18 Mistle Thrush on the hill and little going on elsewhere.
A Great Blackback Gull flew over the hill, part of a large numbers of Gulls flying towards a field that was being ploughed near the pig fields. Approx. 700 Gulls present in the area.
A flock of around 30 Yellowhammer and Reed Bunting near Little Lollingdon and 5 Kestrel seen between the village and Lollingdon and a few more Meadow Pipit around.
Mammals: Brown Hare & Short-tailed Vole.
Dragonflies: Common Darter.
Butterflies: just a few Large White & 1 Speckled Wood.
A report passed on to me by Alan from and observer who saw a Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary on Cholsey Marsh in June. It was roughly around the time of the Marsh Fritillary sighting. As it is a very unlikely sighting in these parts we wonder if someone locally is breeding Fritillaries and releasing them?
Yellowhammer
Chiffchaff⬍
Buzzard, Red Kite & Carrion Crow
Love that one of the chiff chaff!
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