Another lovely day, but it is getting harder and harder to find anything of real interest. Even the large flock of Long-tailed Tits seem to have vanished. All that is around at the moment are two small parties of around 8 and 5 at Penns Wood and Wakeham Railway Cuttings respectively.
At least the Firecrests are putting in a good appearance with 2 in Penns Wood, where there were also 2 Chiffchaffs, and there were 2 more Firecrests at the back of the cove with just 1 Chiffchaff putting in an appearance here.
I spent a lot of time along the railway cuttings in search of the "Eastern" Lesser Whitethroat seen there yesterday. Sadly it is very elusive and I think it will be a case of being at the right place at the right time, if I'm going to see it again.
On the beach there were just 4 Rock Pipits, but there are one or two Wrens now starting to appear. The latter in and out of the boulders & large pebbles in search of any insects lurking about.
Other birds of interest were a Siskin and Sparrowhawk over Penns Wood, and 2 Ravens and a Kestrel over the cove
Here are a few images from today:
A Kestrel over Church Ope Cove.
On the beach just 4 Rock Pipits. In fact I couldn't find a single Kelp Fly, which might explain the low number.
................Girdled Snail on the Alexanders.
Mammals Recorded: Grey Squirrel
Birds Recorded: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, 4 Rock Pipit, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Firecrest, 13 Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, 2 Raven, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, 1 Siskin and Goldfinch
Fish Recorded: A deceased Dogfish
Wasps Recorded: German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Snails Recorded: Girdled Snail (Hygromia cinctella)
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