A bit of a marathon today between Alan and myself and a lot of birds, approx. 8 hours in the field in total and a good mix of species.
Started off with a Raven flying east over the Church and I guessed Alan was out along the Bunk line as his car was parked up nearby.
We bumped into each other near to Green lane and both agreed that not much was going on. Alan walked off towards the village and I continued along Green lane.
Then the rain came!
Quite a hefty shower and I managed to shelter under a hedge and just got damp but Alan was caught in the open and got somewhat wet.
When the rain cleared the birds started to appear. Alan popped home to change and then took a brief trip out to Lollingdon before coming back along the Bunk Line also another trip to Lollingdon late afternoon.
The rain showers possibly grounded birds that were passing thru and lots of Hirundines on the move most of the day.
Follows is a list of what we found between us today, not everything included.
1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, c30 Black-headed Gull, 100+ Lesser Blackback Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 4 (3&1) Swift, 1+ Sand Martin, c500 Swallow, c120 House Martin, 25+ Yellow Wagtail, 1 pos 2 Common Redstart plus another Lollingdon, 1 Wheatear (Lollingdon), 1 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat (Lollingdon), 1 Garden Warbler, c20 Blackcap, c20 Common Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 15+ Chiffchaff, 1 Raven, 200+ Starling, c20 Yellowhammer.
Dragonflies: Common Darter.
Butterflies: Large White, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown & Small Heath.
Redstart plus a Robin ↕
Whitethroats at a distance
This Yellowhammer kept flying off and returning with food and disappearing to what is a possible nest site. Maybe has young still in a nest. 2nd brood?
Blackcap, always staying well hidden
House Martin courtesy Alan
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