Wednesday, 29 April 2020

A birdy day

Bright at first then clouding up and rain by midday, 12°, light SSE.

Bird of the day was a Common Redstart seen briefly at Amwell Spring before moving off to an area that could not be viewed.

10 singing Yellowhammer between the village and Lollingdon Hill this morning, also a single Reed Bunting in song and 4 Corn Bunting on the Hill with 3 in song.

A lot of Common Whitethroat with 20+ seen and heard, 4 Lesser Whitethroat and good numbers of Blackcap and Chiffchaff.

2 Yellow Wagtail flew north over Lollingdon Hill and 5 Buzzard and several Red Kite enjoying the breeze over the hill before the rain came.

A Kestrel and a Sparrowhawk noted and a distant Raven heard.

20+ Swallow seen with a few local pairs in. One pair were landing in a field and collecting mud for nest building and 2 House Martin seen with Swallows feeding over CSW.

At least 6 Fieldfare and 5 Starling in a flock still present between Amwell Spring and West End.

Alan was seeing the Cuckoo again on the Marsh along with Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and a Swift and Ed Munday noted 2 Swift this morning in the area.

Later in the day there was a flock of 25-30 House Martin and a few Swift between Church road and CSW and a Yellow Wagtail overhead. Per Alan.

Corn Bunting
 Reed Bunting
Yellowhammer
Lesser Whitethroat (AD)
Common Whitethroat
Swallow
A few farms have sprayed poison!

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