Pittswood Birds

Both the LESSER WHITETHROAT and CUCKOO called early this morning, and as I passed through the college grounds I noted the SONGTHRUSH and BLACKBIRD were on the lawns feeding newly fledged young, I stayed and watched for a few minutes, but work was beckoning.
On the way home I saw 43 LINNETS in a feeding flock, in one of the paddocks, quite surprising as I thought they would have dispersed to breed.
The rest of the afternoon was spent around the lake area and migrant alley. On my way to the lake area I came across a Vixen and here two cubs, she darted off into the field, being mobbed by a CARRION CROW as she did so, and her two cubs continued ''playing'' for a few seconds, not realising I was there. I got a few photo's, but it was very dim, and only one reasonable pic came out of it.
At the lakeside scrub a TURTLE DOVE purred, and a GARDEN WARBLER sang, along with BLACKCAPS, CHIFFCHAFFS and WHITETHROATS but no surprises today.
A walk over to migrant alley for some skywatching was disappointing, a few SWIFTS, GREY HERON, SPARROWHAWK and KESTREL were seen and SWALLOWS fed low over the recently cut pasture. A Lesser Whitethroat sang for most of the time I was there, from the Headland to the north of Migrant alley.


This patch of Red Campion and Forget -me-not, looked nice in the dappled shade, a piece of ground the Strimmer missed.

One of the fox cubs, not a very good picture but you can make it out -just

Another Beautiful Demoiselle sparkled by and alighted to be photographed