Pretty quiet on Lollingdon hill this morning with just a Common Redstart, a Kestrel and a few small flocks of Swallow moving thru when I got a call from Alan to say he had just found a Pied Flycatcher along the Bunk line.
Trekked all the way back and met Alan in the area where it was recently seen, only to find it had flown across the field to the hedgerow on the other side of the field. A quick scan picked it up just briefly before it disappeared again. After around 30 minutes Alan decided to check closer to CSW and I stayed put hoping it would turn up again.
After around 10 minutes Alan phoned to say he had just found a Common Redstart along the hedgerow. Shortly after that the Pied Flycatcher appeared back on its original area, so I waved Alan back and we managed to watch and photograph the bird for the next hour of so. Tony Williams also arrived on scene as it was his first for Cholsey and only the 3rd record in recent times for the parish.
Other birds present were loads of Swallow (20+), a few House Martin feeding over the cows and 10+ Yellow Wagtail, plus Jay, Grey Heron and Common Whitethroat.
Mammals: Brown Hare.
Butterflies: Large White, Small White, Comma, Speckled Wood & Meadow Brown.
Pied Flycatcher courtesy Alan
Pied Flycatcher
Muntjac in garden
Pied Flycatcher courtesy Alan
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