Yesterday was fresh, today was chilly and for the first time this Summer a jacket was needed to keep the wind out. Not very sunny either and by late afternoon heavy rain was falling.
Not a lot about, though I'm sure if I hadn't missed out St Andrew's Church I would have recorded much more.
Main highlight if you're a Sparrowhawk that is, was watching a small flock of 7 Long-tailed Tits by Rufus Castle and then crash bang there were 6. As I was taking shelter under the archway, from a short sharp shower, I was watching the Long-tailed Tits in the Sycamore when out of the blue a Sparrowhawk shot in, grabbed an unfortunate Long-tailed Tit and was gone.
Elsewhere a very vocal Willow Warbler in a Sycamore along the Mermaid Track, where there were several Marmalade Hoverflies. Overhead a few Swallows passed through and as I walked down to Rufus Castle a Raven was "chasing" a pair of Jackdaws. Or so it appeared. Wherever they flew it followed. Bizarre.
Just one Common Blue and a Meadow Brown seen. And trundling along the South-west coast path another Bloody-nosed Beetle.
Here are a few images from this morning.
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Ever wondered how a Bloody-nosed Beetle got its name.........
..........well its from the red secretion it exudes when threatened.
Birds Recorded: Sparrowhawk, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Willow Warbler, Long-tailed Tit (7 then 6), Wren, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Raven, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch.
Also seen: Common Blue, Meadow Brown, White-tailed Bumblebee, Marmalade Hoverfly and Bloody-nosed Beetle