Sunday 29 September 2013

Friday and Sunday

Not a lot to report over the last two visits ,was out by 8am on Friday and in general the feel of the patch was very quiet.
Pied Wagtails continue to trickle south , 5 seen heading south.
In the hedges were 8 Chiffchaff but very little else. Overhead 30 plus Skylark and 50 plus Meadow Pipits were followed by just 11 Swallow today.
The saviour of a generally quite walk was a  superb Wheatear found in a recently seeded field.
The best of the rest were Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 102 Starling, 3 Buzzard, Kestrel, Grey Heron over. Sunday was more of the same really , with 2 Tawny Owls calling at 4.40am .So by 7.30am I was out with Willow.
On pasture were 40 plus Meadow Pipits today and Pied Wagtails still keep passing over with 7 today. 54 Swallow over with the largest flock being 40 plus. In the fields were 20 plus Skylark and a flock of 60 plus Rook.
 In the hedges were just 3 Chiffchaff , Bullfinch , and 3 Linnet. As I was almost home I saw a very distant flock of birds , they looked very like Fieldfare but were so distant I could not make a firm ID. Lets hope that the East winds which are dropping all sorts of goodies all over the east coast , bring something nice over to us.