With the forecast of rain by 10:30am, it was a quick cuppa of coffee and out of the cottage by 8:30am. The first thing I noted was how cold it was, especially in that north-easterly wind which was gusting at around 40mph. Not nice at all.
Despite the wind there were a few migrants about with most in Bumpers Lane Quarry where it was pretty well sheltered. In the quarry were singles of Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap and Chiffchaff all singing.
Elsewhere there were 2 Common Whitethroats and a Lesser Whitethroat in the butterfly reserve.
Birds Recorded:
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
1 Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
2 Collared Dove
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
1 Song Thrush
1 Garden Warbler
2 Common Whitethroat
2 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
1 Greenfinch
A lone Stock Dove in Bumpers Lane Quarry
Along Broadcroft Quarry Lane was this Song Thrush
Also in the quarry was this............
............... Lesser Whitethroat rattling away, plus a Chaffinch calling.
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
An Early Mining Bee on an Alexanders
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
American Winter-cress (Barbarea verna)
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
Cowslip (Primula veris)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis)
Pale Flax (Linum bienne)
Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Wall Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana)
Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum)
American Winter-cress (Barbarea verna)
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
Cowslip (Primula veris)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis)
Pale Flax (Linum bienne)
Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Wall Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
Wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana)
Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum)
American Winter-cress (Barbarea verna)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis) and Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis) in the Lower Horse Paddock
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) along Broadcroft Quarry Lane
A very watery sun and very........
............windy as well. The House Sparrows chirping away, don't seem to be bothered about it.
Ted looking a bit windswept
