A short skywatch over migrant alley produced HERRING and LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL and a GREY HERON, and around the edge of the maize field a KESTREL hunted. 48 species was a good total for June, and had either of the geese showed up or the Long Tailed Tit 50 would have been easily achievable.
whilst watching the garden, I saw the first SPOTTED FLYCATCHER this month, on a fence over on the sheep pasture to the front of the house, I havn't seen this species since seeing pair in the college grounds, back in mid May. Also had the good fortune of seeing a Kestrel alight at the very top of the tree that overhangs my garden, it dived down after a BLUE TIT fledgling but missed!
Kestrel Hunting over my garden.
It didn't get a meal............this time.
The only Damselfly to be seen was this Common Blue (thanks Steve).
4 comments:
You must have a good garden Warren, you see some good stuff in it. I've tried for a few years to create my own garden meadow but it usually ends up in failure. I just can't give it the time it needs.
Hi Warren....are you sure that is not a Common Blue Damsel rather than an Azure? What does everyone else think?
Steve,
actually I did think it was a common blue! but i was being lazy and just assumed it was an azure. I even looked in my dragonfly book, and still went for azure. I agree with you though ;-)
amazing photos of the kestrel warren we saw one on the ground only 10yards from us at hartlakebridge today i love being so close too raptors it allways happens when i dont have a camera with me
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