Pittswood Birds

The view North from my sky watching position at Migrant Alley this afternoon

There was some well received sunshine for my afternoon walk today, however it didn't seem to bring out the birdlife!  My usual walk to the lakes and back was almost completely birdless, I know afternoons are not the best time to see birds, and there may have been quite a bit of disturbance earlier in the day, but all the same, it was a pretty bad state of affairs. I just hope things pick up markedly for tomorrow mornings full patch walk.

There was one species i'm always glad to see, the LAPWING, 8 of them were out on the Pub Field, strangely, the flock of 40 o 50 Black Headed Gulls that have been here for a couple of weeks, had completely disappeared.

Lapwing - One of the 8 seen on the Pub Field, they are hard to approach without putting them up, so i took this photo from well away.

Whilst finishing the day in my usual place at Migrant Alley, I heard a TREECREEPER calling from the Greenhouse Complex some 30 - 35 meters away, such a piercing call for a small bird, but nothing flew over whilst I was there, apart from the local Corvids, the ROBIN was still beside me at the tall hedge, where a few CHAFFINCH finished of the last bits of wheat grain as well. Its been a real struggle on my patch this week, I feel things can only get better!!

The Robin at the tall hedge.......again, sorry but it's just about the only bird that I got near today!!