Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Raptors

Bright at first then clouding up, 6°, light SW.

A bit of a Raptor theme today during a walk out to Lollingdon and back.

26 Red Kite, 14 Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, 4 Kestrel, 3 Peregrine Falcon and a single Merlin.

The Peregrines flew west over Cholsey Church, a large female and a much smaller male and what looked to be a young bird and a male Merlin that zipped thru out at Lollingdon.

Other than that there were reasonable numbers of Thrushes around as usual, 4 Great-spotted Woodpecker and 3 Green Woodpecker.

Muntjac Deer, Roe Deer and Brown Hare also seen.

The usual suspects in the garden again today plus Treecreeper, Nuthatch and Coal Tit. TW has both male and female Blackcap visiting his garden.

 2 of the 3 Peregrines ↕

 Green Woodpecker soaking up some sun.
Long-tailed Tit (1 of around 20 in the Church yard)
Treecreeper in the garden (courtesy Loren)

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