The only ‘guaranteed’ bird I hadn’t seen this year was
Spotted Flycatcher so when Jim and Sue rang to say they had one in their garden
I shot round. There was no sign but after a slightly nervous wait it reappeared…
It was later seen singing in a tree in the rectory garden. This is my 100th species of the year – well behind
last year (mainly reflecting the drying up/draining of the remaining wader
habitat in the parish).
On Tuesday evening the Magic Garden was alive with
Willow/Chiffs and I counted at least 20 very actively feeding in the trees
around the lake. I presume these were migrants passing through and yesterday
evening I only found a single bird.
More surprisingly I had a singing Reed Warbler. Was this a
bird singing on passage or the one from earlier in the year?
Talking of warblers we have now received details of the
French-ringed Blackcap trapped in the Garden in May. It was caught in October 2016 in Villeton, a small community in south-west France down
towards the Pyrenees.
Insects continue to fascinate/frustrate but here’s a couple
of identifiable hoverflies. Great Pied or Pellucid…
And Episyrphus baltreatus…
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