Siskin are surprisingly scarce in the village but about this
time each year I nearly always get the odd bird dropping into the garden. This
year was no exception…
And as usual it was there for a few minutes and then not seen again. I also added Red-legged Partridge to the year list with a bird flying into the solar farm.
In terms of summer migrants Chiffchaffs have arrived in some
numbers with at least 11 singing birds
counted this weekend…
And Chris had a single Sand Martin on the river.
Otherwise it has been exceptionally quiet although I did have a mouse’s-eye view of this Kestrel…
On the botany front I have added a couple of plants to the parish list. The first was Siberian Bugloss (or Great Forget-me-not) found on a roadside bank.
This is a naturalised garden plant. This might also be the case with the second find, some large drifts of Sweet Violet…
But given the setting I think it is as likely they are
genuinely wild plants. Today I found a colony of the white-flowered form of the
same species…
I'll finish with the only other flying thing of note, this massive Globemaster doing (very!) low circuits over the village this week...
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