The big news is that Hobby has nested in the parish, the
first breeding record. I had found a bird a couple of weeks ago in an area I
hadn’t visited for some months. The bird was very territorial, aggressively
driving off other birds, and I had seen it on every subsequent visit. Then this
week I saw it with one, or possibly two, juvenile birds. I wanted to keep my
distance so I don’t have any decent pics but at least you can see what it is…
Chris Knight texted me this morning to say he had had
Whinchat and Wheatear in Morton. I joined him there, on the path between Morton
and Thrintoft, and we turned up at least four Wheatears, my first of the year…
(a Wheatear amongst wheat ears!)
No sign of the Whinchat unfortunately but in looking for it
we found three very smart Small Coppers…
Nearby the large arable field along school lane held 119
Curlew.
Earlier in the day I had walked along the river, highlights
were single Greenshank and Green Sandpiper, three Snipe, twenty Golden Plover,
two Little Egret and a skein of 26 Greylags. I also had a skein in the week…
We always get these geese over in the autumn but I don’t
know if these are just short range local movements or part of something more
significant.
On Langlands I had my first Little Owl of the year, I
normally record them in every month. I don’t know what has happened to them but
they are missing from virtually all of the traditional sites this year.
Frank found another Small copper…
And we had Roe Deer and an excellent total of seven Hares…
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