It was a shame I wasn't able to leave the cottage this morning, as just under a mile away there were 5 Yellow-browed Warblers, dozens of Chiffchaffs and a Ring Ouzel in the small copse at Thumb Lane.
So in the hope of seeing/hearing my own Yellow-browed Warbler, I set up camp for an hour this morning in the back garden.
Well I didn't record any but I certainly timed it right as several Chiffchaffs and 3 Blackcaps passed through. Also noted were dozens of hirundine, Pied Wagtails, Meadow Pipits and finches heading in all directions overhead. There was certainly a good vismig (Visible Migration) this morning.
Birds Recorded:
3 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
12+ Sand Martin, House Martin, Swallow
10+ Meadow Pipit
6 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
3 Blackcap
7+ Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
12+ finches sp.
Below are a few photos of the 3 Common Buzzards circling overhead
Below are a few photos of the seven or so Chiffchaffs which passed through the garden.
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
A few unidentified flies
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Caterpillars Recorded:
Large White
........the background you can hear a Robin singing, a Chiffchaff and a Great Tit calling, plus a Chaffinch calling as it passed over the garden.
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Below are a few photos of the Blackcaps which passed through the garden this morning. There were two females and a male.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Large White
Bees Recorded:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) comes into land on this Passion Flower (Passiflora sp.).
Also on this Passion Flower (Passiflora sp.) was a Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum), plus a few Common Flower Bugs (Anthocoris nemorum) running about.
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
A few unidentified flies
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
Common Flower Bug (Anthocoris nemorum)
These are.............
.....................Common Flower Bugs (Anthocoris nemorum) on Passion Flowers (Passiflora sp.)
Caterpillars Recorded:
Large White
On this Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) are the caterpillars of the Large White butterfly. In..........
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