My afternoon was spent at migrant alley, trying to get some more pics of the migrant Wheatears, and I did get some, but the light was poor. There were also lots of ROOKS about. They follow the lambs, waiting for their tails to drop off, they make a tasty snack! I also saw a pair of BULLFINCH in the hedgerow at Ashes lane, not normally a place I see them, and a pair of LONG TAILED TITS were seen carrying nest material a little further on, spring is definately on its way!
Wheatear
Wheatear
Rook
Rook In Flight
6 comments:
Hi Warren, nice to see the Wheatear perched on the wood, I have only ever seen them in fields running low to the ground. Mike
Good to hear the Wheatear are still around. I might try and spot them on Wednesday when I'm at the college.
Mike,
The Wheatear seem to perch more in the Autumn than the spring, they are in more of a hurry in the spring.
Simon, let me know if you see anything good
Nice pictures of Wheatear Warren - I wonder what goodies await over the next few weeks. I don't keep first and last dates, in fact i am really poor with my record keeping - my blog was partly as a response to that, trying to at least keep a basic record. I am up to 74 species for the year so far I had a quick tot up!
Couldn't find the Wheatears. Was working outside the wood workshops for about 5 hours during the morning, had some good birds fly over. First a Sparrowhawk, then a lone Golden Plover, then a small group of Linnets, and then a Brambling. Surprising what you see when you stay in one place!
Simon,
Some good sightings flying over! The college is under, what I believe to be, a migration flyway, which extends out over migrant alley. Your right in saying its surprising what you see if you stay in the same place, I sit and watch this skyscape regularly - sorry I missed the Golden Plover though!!
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