21 Dec 22

Old Quarry Lane, Wakeham Meadows, The Windmills, Watery Lane, Reap Lane Barn, Blacknor, Wide Street and Inmosthay.

Today was a good day all round. Firstly the car was in for a full service, at a local garage in Inmosthay and was £60 cheaper than I thought it would be.

But the best part was when I went to pick it up. I had decided to take Ted on a long walk to Inmosthay, via Reap Lane, in the hope of seeing my first ever UK Cirl Bunting there.

It was pretty hard work trying to locate it, but eventually I did and had great views of it, though the light was pretty poor for any decent photos.

Birds Recorded:
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
30+ Meadow Pipit
6 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
6 Stonechat
Blackbird
2 Redwing
3 Song Thrush
1 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
60+ House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
1 Cirl Bunting

Below are a few photos of Meadow Pipits




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A pair of Stonechats (male on the right)

Spot the Redwing in the tree!!

Here it is.

Below are a few photos and videos of my first ever UK Cirl Bunting.
It has been at Reap Lane for about 4 days now, so I was pretty pleased to see that it was still about.








The Cirl Bunting in slow-motion


General Shots:

Reap Lane Barns in the centre of the frame, where the Cirl Bunting is often seen in the mornings.

However and having walked all around the fields I eventually found the Cirl Bunting south of Reap Barns feeding alongside a pair of Stonechats, a few Goldfinches and 8 Meadow Pipits


Ted:
A few Ted's again.