Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Otter & Redstart

Mainly sunny, 26°, light NW.

The find of the day has to be a video of an Otter in a garden in Church Road.

A busy Lollingdon hill today. 3 Common Redstart seen (1m & 2f/juv). Present in the same hedgerow were, several Chiffchaff, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 singing Corn Bunting, 3-4 Yellowhammer, 4 Blackcap, 2 Yellow Wagtail and 2 Great-spotted Woodpecker. A flock of c12 Long-tailed Tit passed thru, accompanied by several Blue and Great Tit plus a few more Chiffchaff and a Lesser Whitethroat.

Nearby, a Little Owl, 5 Mistle Thrush and a couple more Yellow Wagtail.

Earlier in the day Alan & Bryan Wyatt saw 2 Oystercatcher circling around over the Bunk Line.

Dragonflies: Banded Demoiselle & Brown Hawker.

Butterflies: Small Skipper, Large White, Small White, Common Blue, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood, Marbled White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet & Small Heath.

Otter courtesy Richard Broughton
Distant shot of one of the Redstart
Blackcap (f)
Little Owl & Stock Dove
Long-tailed Tit

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