Pittswood Birds

Oxe-eye Daisy, my first of the ''summer''

Yet more overnight rain only slowly died out during the day, to leave the latter part of the afternoon dry with a few bright spells, but at least it felt a bit warmer today!

Being a bit warmer, and with the odd glimpse of sun, I went over to the Tree Nursery this afternoon with the thought of finding some Damsel / Butterflies. The first thing I saw upon leaving the house was a HOBBY, it was right overhead, but it circled off into the sun, so i only got a crappy photo, plus I had the smaller lens on for Butterfly photography  ;-)

Hobby

Once in the Tree Nursery I made my way around the perimeter, looking for insects, I only found one Butterfly, that was a Green Veined White, but I also found a Large Red Damselfly, and also a Common Blue, the latter being an immature one, so i'm not that sure of its ID.  :-)

Green Veined White

Immature Common Blue Damselfly

Whilst chasing Damselflies I heard the WHITETHROATS, probably three pairs are in the nursery, plus I heard the LESSER WHITHROAT, overhead one of the KESTRELS hunted, and up to a dozen SWALLOWS were zipping around, with a couple of SWIFTS higher up, just passing through.

After not finding too many insects at the Tree Nursery, I had a look around the Greenhouse Grounds and Migrant Alley, but not much was happening here, a HERRING GULL flew over, and I watched the female Kestrel go into the nest box, a BLACKCAP was singing, plus another Whitethroat, whilst out on the paddocks it was mainly LINNETS, Corvids and WOODPIGEONS, with a pair of MISTLE THRUSH.

This CHAFFINCH was seen collecting nesting materials as I searched the Wooded Headland for Turtle Doves, of which none were seen.

Chaffinch

On the walk back home along the lane, I risked my life for a SONGTHRUSH photo, taking this shot from the middle of the lane, the traffic does speed along here!

Songthrush