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BRIAN SUMNER.
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No sightings of Roe Deer, Fox, Hare or Badger will be mentioned on this blog throughout the year and links will be removed from other blogs giving the whereabouts of these mammals due to the rising influx of poaching, long dogging and lamping by sick individuals.
BS




Thursday, August 17, 2023

Fly Flatts/ another new migrant.

 

                        Site first, juv Chiffchaff
                            Sev Wheatear present
                                    
                        Willow Warbler


                             


As expected, a foggy start due to the light E>3, clearing to mist and a low cloud base at 12 degrees. Heavy drizzle throughout.
        A check of the compound tree found at last 8 Willow Warblers plus a stranger among them. This warbler was very flighty in the middle of the tree giving me hopes of something mega, but after a lot of waiting around it exposed itself briefly to reveal a juvenile Chiffchaff, a first for this site.
         A good count of Wheatear were on the south bank along with scores of Meadow Pipits but nothing on the water other than the usual geese and 3 Mallard.
        Swallows were heading >SW but no Swift for over 3 weeks now.
Several Osprey on the move now but no visibility for sky watching this morning.

Present :-
2 Kestrel
3 Mallard
Greylag geese
Canada geese
+ usual sp.

Vis Mig
8 Willow Warblers
1 juv Chiffchaff
14 Wheatear
sev Meadow Pipits
1 Oystercatcher
24 Swallow...............>SW
BS