Saturday 3 October 2020

A Wet One

Rain and rain with a lull after midday, 13°, light S.

Both Alan and I took the opportunity to get out along the Bunk line during a break in the rain. Most fields very soggy and some with laying water.

Lots of geese still around with 250+ Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose and around 40 Egyptian Geese (26 on the gravel pit) present in several fields.

Also a Grey Heron, 60+ Black-headed Gull, 3 Lesser Blackback Gull, c12 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 100+ Starling and several Meadow Pipit and Skylark.

2 Blackcap, 5-6 Chiffchaff, a Great-spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 12 Yellowhammer, c6 Reed Bunting and good numbers of Goldfinch.

Once the rain stopped a steady light passage of Swallow and House Martin, all heading south east towards where the cloud was clearing.

And distantly a flock of 60+ Lapwing and 100+ Golden Plover high over Cholsey hill all moving south east.

Dragonflies: 1 Southern Hawker.

                                  Black-headed Gull with worm
Egyptian Geese
Canada, Greylag and Egyptian Geese

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