Yesterday I had my first walk along the river for a few
weeks. First bird was a Kestrel following the line of the river and then a huge
female Sparrowhawk, which spiralled up and then it too followed the river
south. A second Kestrel followed and as I was looking at this I almost missed
an Osprey, again moving south down the river. By the time I got the camera on
it, it was already past (pushed on by a blustery wind)…
Not surprisingly given the recent rain the river was running
very high so there was no wader habitat but I did flush five Snipe and later
saw a Greenshank flying along the river (my first of the year). A group of four
Little Egret were on Big Bend
I also saw my first Sedge Warbler, in rank vegetation on the
far bank, and two Yellow Wagtails. A third Kestrel passed over and then small
number of Buzzards flying high south. As I watched these birds I picked up two
Swift which flew in ahead of the storm clouds. Not a bad morning.
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