Plenty kicking about this week but not necessarily in front of the camera. The overnight rain on Monday left a puddle big enough to interest the local Wagtails (those not terrorising the local Tesco of course). I ordered a nearby Wheatear to join them. It flatly refused.
Other birds appeared that I don't normally see. Chaffinches for example. Two Kestrels. A Skylark.
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| A Skylark |
Oh, and what is that funny looking thing over there? Cor blimey, it's another bloody patch tick - they just keep on coming!
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That bird (or another) was good enough to stay for a couple of days although remaining elusive while kicking about with the ever growing number of Meadow Pipits.
The Meadow Pipits and Linnets were the main attention of this belter on Thursday...
Still had a few Wheatears knocking about, Reed Bunting briefly, Black and possible Common Redstart and I was pleased to see that the Kingfisher is still about. There are gulls too, but nothing noteworthy unfortunately. A Ringed Plover was feeding with the Wagtails on Friday, here's a picture of an identical bird taken around about this time last year...
That is what last week on the patch was about, all going well next week should produce another patch tick! I reckon that one of those stripey warblers would do it nicely....
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