At long last a break in the weather, with wall to wall blue skies, lots of sunshine and lighter winds.
Just a few highlights today with the following birds all in the Lower Horse Paddock: 2 Stock Dove, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Pied Wagtail and 4 Stonechat.
No insects recorded other than the German Wasps in Bumpers Lane.
Birds Recorded:
1 Buzzard
8 Herring Gull
2 Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
3 Meadow Pipit
2 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
4 Stonechat
Blackbird
2 Song Thrush
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
When you've got an itch, its good to have a good scratch. Behind are two more adult Herring Gulls canoodling.
This Herring Gull is "Worm-charming". As it foot-paddles, it produces vibrations that mimic the sound of raindrops, which in turn entice worms to the surface. And that is exactly what happened in this video. More on foot-paddling Gulls Here.
Two Stock Doves
Also in the Lower Horse Paddock were this juvenile male Pied Wagtail and a...
.........a juvenile female.
#1 - male
#1 - male
#1 - female
#1 - female
#2 - male
#2 - female
#2 - female
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A female Blue Tit in Broadcroft Quarry Lane
This is Carrion Crow has found a tasty Garden Snail
And very carefully prizes it out of its shell
A female Chaffinch watching me and Ted walking up Broadcroft Quarry Lane
And she wasn't alone as this Goldfinch was watching us as well!!
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
A head on view of one of the German Wasps leaving its nest in Bumpers Lane
And a side profile of one.
Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana)
Pampas Grass. Still looking good considering the gale force winds we have had over the past week or so.
Looking south down towards the Lower Horse Paddock from the Butterfly Reserve.
Ted:
Hmm what's going on here.
Yes Ted, I'm not holding the lead, as you yanked it out of my hand. On my way.