I set off out in sunny, calm conditions, but cloud soon bubbled up and the wind started to blow again, making it feel chilly. I visited the College Grounds first again this morning, via the Tree Nursery, Pub Field, and Migrant Alley, collecting the usual species along the way, but it was a lot harder to find them today for some reason. It wasn't until I was returning home and walking through the Greenhouse Complex that I had anything noteworthy in the book when I saw two just fledged BLACKCAPS, another species to join the successfully bred list.
The walk to the lakes and scrubby woods was also a quiet affair, (I hope June isn't going to be like this! ) The most noteworthy birds were two NUTHATCH'S seen along the footpath from the Wet Woods to the Lakes, i'm sure they have fledged young with them but I couldn't find them. On the water a pair of CANADA GEESE had three goslings with them, and a pair of GREYLAG GEESE had six much older goslings, one of the COOTS was again seen, and 4 MALLARDS made up the waterlife. In the Scrubby Woods, two more Backcap families were seen, at least 2 young in each, plus a CUCKOO was heard. Walking home a HERRING GULL flew over, and a LESSER WHITETHROAT was seen along the Ashes lane territory, the first for a while, but even that only made a poor day total of 44 species.
I was out again for most of the day, dodging a few showers, but managed to add a few more species to the list, both KESTREL and HOBBY flew over Migrant Alley, as well as a GREY HERON, and a LITTLE OWL called from the Greenhouse Copse, a JAY was finally also added to the list, making for a more respectable 49 for the day.
The camera was in action for much of the day, with this LINNET posing nicely.
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The best June bird species tally is 68, achieved last year, the average total for June is 63.5, it will be a challenge to beat it!