A cold, breezy weekend was not conducive to birds (or
birding) but today dawned a little calmer and I went down to the river. Starting
off on the Thrintoft path, no real signs of migrants on the move although there
were definitely more Whitethroats singing.
As I headed back up towards Morton a big female Sparrowhawk drifted
across carrying a prey item and then moments later a superb Hobby flashed in.
It landed briefly in a distant tree where I took this awful picture in very low
light…
And it then powered off over towards the river. Very unusual
here to tick off Hobby ahead of swift.
On the river itself there were three Little Egrets, three
Mute Swans, two Yellow Wagtails and amongst the dozens of Sand Martins
(including these immediately using a fresh area of erosion)…
were my first House Martins of the year…
Any chance of discreet birding ended when I became the Pied
Piper of Hamelin (Lamblin?)!
Earlier in the week a sunny evening gave me a chance to
catch up with one or two butterflies In the Magic Garden…
Comma, Orange Tip and Speckled Wood…
Year list to end of
April: 88 Species
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