Sunday, 25 March 2018

25th March

A glorious day today and a real feel of spring with the first (unidentified) Bumble Bees, a loud chorus of toads in the Magic Garden and  lots of birds in song including Chiffchaff (with one in the garden too), Curlew, my first Corn Buntings of the year and at least three Reed Buntings…


A flock of Yellowhammers were feeding near a pile of old pallets…


I would have had some better shots only as I took this one a bloody great rat appeared below it so that was the end of that session.
Other birds today included Grey Partridge (first for the year) Little Egret and three Snipe in the Bottom Fields, three Buzzards over Greenhills, a group of 40 Redwings in the Magic Garden and around 60 Fieldfares feeding around the remnant flood pools.


If these pools last into April they should really attract some birds but today the only waders were four Oystercatchers and a handful of Lapwings.
As I walked along the ‘avenue’ on Greenhills Lane there was an exceptionally loud metallic noise, it turned out to be this…


This Great Spot was using the mobile phone mast as its drumming post. Fantastic noise but the forces acting on its head must have been phenomenal.  

2 comments:

  1. The thought of the noise from the drumming on there gives me a headache!!

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  2. Hi Pam, I knew someone who woke up in panic to hear their gas boiler about to explode. It turned out to be a woodpecker using the outside vent cover as its drumming spot!

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