It was another beautiful day and though the walk was a fairly short one, distance wise, it took quite sometime to cover with lots to see.
Main highlights were:
Lower Horse Paddock: 1 Kestrel, 1 Tree Pipit over, 3 Meadow Pipit, 12+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Whinchat, 8 Wheatear, 1 Common Whitethroat and 100+ Starlings
Bumpers Hump: 1 Blackcap and 2 Chiffchaff/Willow Warblers
Bumpers Quarry: 5 Chiffchaff/ Willow Warbler.
Broadcroft Quarry Lane: 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler and 2 Spotted Flycatcher
Mammals Recorded:
Bunny
Birds Recorded:
Kestrel
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
30+ Swallow
1 Tree Pipit
3 Meadow Pipit
12+ Yellow Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
2 Whinchat
8 Wheatear
Blackbird
Song Thrush
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
11 Chiffchaff/ Willow Warbler
2 Spotted Flycatcher
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
100+ Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
An adult male Yellow Wagtail
A juvenile Yellow Wagtail
I suspect this is a female Yellow Wagtail
And another Yellow Wagtail. Well it was until this hoof photo-bombed my shot!!!
A Wheatear
And it's off.
A Whinchat having a preen
A Meadow Pipit
Whoops, this Kestrel has managed to get hooked up in the electric fence.
Fortunately its non the worse for its misadventure.
A Spotted Flycatcher
This Chiffchaff doesn't have to move far for a meal.
Here it is in action.
And adult Starling, or is it. There is a slight brown cap on its head!!
A juvenile Starling
A few of the 100+ Starlings in the Lower Horse Paddock
Butterflies Recorded:
Large White
Small White
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Red Admiral
Painted Lady
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
Speckled Wood
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Gall Wasps Recorded:
Gall Wasp (Dipoloepis rosaea)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
A very dusty 7-spot Ladybird
General Shot:
Some new arrivals in the Higher Horse Paddock
Ted reminds me of a Meerkat on lookout.
A very thirsty dog and then a paddle