It was a pretty decent day weatherwise, but whether I left it too late or there weren't too many about, but the best I could do on the Spring migrant front were 1 Swallow and 5 Chiffchaff. In fact were there were many Meadow Pipits and Linnets yesterday passing up the island, today I recorded none.
Birds Recorded:
1 Buzzard
2 Pheasant
Herring Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
1 Swallow
2 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Blackbird
5 Chiffchaff
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
1 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
A Common Buzzard soaring over The Windmills.
It then paused to "hover".......
.........over a large patch of grass.......
............before flying off and landing........
............on this telegraph pole
This Pheasant was waiting patiently for some spilt grain from a lady feeding her ponies just a few metres away
Just a handful of Chiffchaffs today. This one along Weston Street
7+ Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
3 Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
12+ Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
And a Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipe)
1 German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
My first German Wasp (Vespula germanica) this year.
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
A Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Not that easy to see but there has been a landslip here recently on this stretch above West Weares.
Ted:
Well this is a turn up for the books. Me waiting for Ted!!!
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