Wednesday, 9 September 2020

Wheatears

Sunny spells with variable cloud, 19°, light NNW.

Alan took the long hike today, initially the Bunk line and then Silly Bridge and onto Lollingdon.

The Bunk line was fairly quiet this morning but a Hobby seen.

3-4 Wheatear (at last) around the Silly Bridge area and moving along to fields near Westfield road.

3 Spotted Flycatcher out at Lollingdon and a Peregrine Falcon nearby.

I didn’t get out until this afternoon and hiked out to the Lees then back along the Bunk line.

The Lees area was fairly quiet with a few Yellow Wagtail and Chiffchaff around and a Tawny Owl heard.

The Bunk line was also fairly quiet but as the weather closed in Hirundines started to appear with a large flock of 100+ House Martin over CSW. Then for the next hour or so good numbers of Swallow and more House Martins and then when the sun appeared again it all went quiet.

A few more Yellow Wagtail seen, a possible Hobby and a flock of 120+ Starling feeding in the fields.

Mammals: Brown Hare and Roe Deer.

Dragonflies: Southern Hawker and Common Darter.

Butterflies: Both Large and Small White and a single Speckled Wood.

Than you Alan for the Wheatear pics. Peregrine and Flycatcher pics later.

Wheatear ↕
distant shot

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