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| Common Tern second screen (c) P. Barker |
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| Kestrel Wash and brush up All pics (c ) P. Barker |
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| Juvenile Whitethroat (c) P. Barker |
Well it still doesn’t feel like high summer, better this weekend than last, but
still breezy with occasional showers.
There were a few more waders about with
a Green Sandpiper on the second scrape on Greenaways in addition to the two seen
during the previous week on Ashgrave. A
Greenshank was reported on Friday and
heard on Sunday. There are still one or two
Lapwing chicks on Big Otmoor and
there are at least seven fledged juvenile
Redshanks together and moving around
the scrapes. A
Little Ringed Plover was also present on the Big Otmoor scrapes.
One of the scrapes has drained down well and is showing a lot of attractive mud
for passage migrants. Unfortunately there was no sign of Fridays reported
Knot. I have also heard of a summer plumaged
Black Tailed Godwit that was seen on Saturday on Big Otmoor
Many warblers are singing again and the
Grasshopper Warbler in the
usual spot by the feeders was showing well on Sunday morning.
Lesser
Whitethroats are again very vocal along the bridleway and on the path to the
second screen. A
Cuckoo seen on Sunday morning may be the last adult that we see
this year.
A juvenile
Kestrel gave excellent views beside the path to the
second screen and offered great photographic opportunities as it went through a
complete preening session after a bath. It seemed unafraid and showed amazing
flexibility in the way that it managed to service all of its different feathers
even those that seemed most difficult to access.
Hobbies continued to hunt actively over Greenaways and it was very pleasing to
see at least five
Turtle Doves in the carpark/Roman road/cattle pen
areas.
There were many more dragonflies about but the cool breezy conditions
have meant that there are still not as many Butterflies on the wing as we would
expect for early July, a warm, still and sunny day will bring them out in great
numbers......should we ever have such a day again!
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| Large Skipper (c) P. Barker |
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| Red Admiral (c) P.Barker |
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| Hobbies left overs (c) P. Greenaway |
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| Dragonfly nymph ? (c) P. Greenaway |
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