Sunday 11 August 2013

A new day and a slightly altered cast of birds as the slow progression into Autumn continues. Overhead 20 plus House Martins and 9 Swallows were feeding and buzzing around the local nest sites.
In the hedges evidence of a bit of migration with 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 very brightly coloured Willow Warbler and a good count of 6 Spotted Flycatcher , the usual 5 family members in their usual haunts and another individual feeding from another hedgerow. A male Sparrowhawk  made a run over the hedges .
 A Cormorant flew upriver and 3 Buzzards including the vocal juvenile were soaring about. The first adult Pied Wagtail for some while paused briefly on overhead wires.
 The best of the rest were 7 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Greater Spotted Woodpecker,2 Skylark.