A circuit from Ainderby through Langlands, along the river
and back home this morning totting up a respectable 52 species. Despite the
cold, Spring definitely felt in the air with a dozen Skylarks singing,
woodpeckers drumming...
And the first Oystercatcher on the river, almost a fortnight earlier than last year.
I was pondering the lack of birds of prey sightings when a
Peregrine launched itself from a riverside tree. It did an effortless turn and
then powered back around the bend sending the local Rooks into a frenzy. I assume
this is the bird which has been seen intermittently along the river this
winter. Unfortunately I only managed one distant shot….
As I walked up towards the village a cracking male Merlin
drifted in and then powered low over the houses and away towards Thrintoft.
This is one of only a handful of sightings in the parish and a bird I didn’t
see last year. This is possibly the bird reported in their garden by a villager earlier this year.
Other sightings included six Goosander, Great Black-backed
Gull, two pairs of Grey Partridge, Grey Wagtail and a flock of 24 Lesser Redpoll in what
has been a really good winter for the species (but I still haven’t seen a
Linnet this year!)
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