8 Nov 23

Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve and Broadcroft Quarry Lane

Having dropped the car off for its MOT tomorrow, I walked back home via the butterfly reserve and lane.

It was pretty late in the day, with light fading fast, so I was quite surprised to see a male Blackcap on the reserve and 2 Chiffchaffs at the southern end of Broadcroft Quarry Lane.

Birds Recorded:
1 Kestrel
1 Pheasant
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
2 Stonechat
Blackbird
1 Blackcap
2 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch

A Kestrel along Broadcroft Quarry Lane

The male Pheasant is still present o the reserve.

Also on the reserve are the pair of.......

.............Stonechats.

And a bit of surprise was this male Blackcap also on the reserve.

And at the southern end of Broadcroft Quarry Lane were two Chiffchaffs.


Ted:

A happy dog, he was wondering whether he was getting a walk today.