Seems I missed some good birds on my travels today with Yellow-browed Warblers at Wakeham and Church Ope Cove. A bit disappointing when you think I spent an hour at each location and didn't see or hear any. Maybe I need a visit to Specsavers and also some hearing aids at the same time!!
So what did I find:
Wakeham Wood: 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch and a Song Thrush. Overhead 3 Siskins.
Wakeham Railway Cutting: 2 Goldcrest
Church Ope Car Park: 2 Goldcrest
Penns Wood: 1 Chiffchaff and 2 Goldcrest
St Andrews Church grounds: 1 Chiffchaff
Church Ope Cove Woods: 1 Chiffchaff
Church Ope Cove: 31 Rock Pipits
Penns Weare: 7 Chiffchaffs, 4 Goldcrest, 5 Long-tailed Tits and a Stonechat. Overhead 1 Skylark, 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard and 1 Kestrel
East Weares: 12+ Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap and 5 Goldcrest. On one of the pools near the beach was a Little Egret. And as I made my way up the side of Grove Cliffs I spooked a deer. A brief glimpse and I'm pretty sure it was a Roe Deer.
Shepherds Dinner: 15 Meadow Pipit and 15 Linnet
Broadcroft Pools: 1 Chiffchaff
Broadcroft Quarry Lane: 3 Chiffchaff
Lower Horse Paddocks: 1 Stonechat and a Pied Wagtail. Overhead 3 Swallows.
A few butterflies about with several Red Admirals, Large Whites and a Peacock.
Nearly every flowering Ivy has Ivy Bees on it. Good numbers of hoverflies as well.
Here are a few images from my walk:
A Blue Tit foraging in the hedgerow along the track at Wakeham wood.
Red Admiral
Harlequin Ladybird form conspicua
Harlequin Ladybird form spectabilis
Harlequin Ladybird form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird. Another form succinea
Harlequin Ladybird. And another form succinea, but a lighter orange.
Do you get a feeling there is a hierarchy amongst the Rock Pipits. He's certainly giving him a look!!!
Looking south along Penns Weare..........
...........where this Buzzard was on his favourite Rock again.
It has been a good year for Red Admirals, so it was nice to see a Peaccock for a change.
Still along Penns Weare and a Stonechat.
Up onto the old Railway Track and the trees and bushes along here were alive with Chiffchaffs.
..........this Little Egret.
In Broadcroft Quarry Lane one of the three Chiffchaffs here this afternoon.
In the Lower Horse Paddock a Stonechat on one of the Brambles.
Stonechat
A short video of the Pied Wagtail having a bathe
Mammals Recorded: 1 Roe Deer and Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded: Gannet, Cormorant, Shag, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, 1 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 31 Rock Pipit, 8+ Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, 2 Stonechat, Blackbird, Song Thrush, 5 Blackcap, 29+ Chiffchaff, 11 Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, 2 Raven, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet, 3 Siskin, Goldfinch and 2 Greenfinch
Butterflies Recorded: 5 Large White, 6 Red Admiral and a Peacock
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) and Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Wasps Recorded: German Wasp (Vespula germanica) and Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded: Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), Hornet Mimic Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) and Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)
Flies Recorded: Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis, 6 form - succinea, 1 form - conspicua and 2 form - spectabilis)
Grasshoppers and Crickets Recorded: Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
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