tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23179910292394702562024-03-13T14:38:47.007-07:00Back In BirdlandA diary of my wildlife encounters.
By Mike Lawrencemike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comBlogger576125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-54956410650454165122022-11-03T08:29:00.001-07:002022-11-03T08:29:22.502-07:00What a month October turned out to be...despite Covid !<p style="text-align: center;"> The month turned out to be a productive one and an eventful one too, with migrants on the move, mild weather and to add a back problem that keeps flaring up and to top it off Sarah and I both got Covid ! It was a month to remember for sure.</p><p style="text-align: center;">October started with a few sightings of Swallow and House Martins. Skylarks were passing over the house in small groups or single birds, on the sea the Red throated divers were increasing. On the 2nd there were lots of groups of House Martins heading west, increasing numbers were also seen further up the coast too. A fox was seen hunting on the cliff slopes, pouncing on presumably voles or mice.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEhpWUfhjA0b0EksG4HYQX_aMz25ONWSfDwzT8xvBwCsCU7U3D8I4u0QXHQHqF_PgaCd5SLDStGqfy6ejE8qsIXazniwzzdeVt1CyL2jBVkyOoiKvfWOP2CvuYGE8hHq-ixAf1nEoK2RI982eKId3ElUPnxNzDTSV3UTseuUAvJJ9scCyo80BrSok-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="2000" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEhpWUfhjA0b0EksG4HYQX_aMz25ONWSfDwzT8xvBwCsCU7U3D8I4u0QXHQHqF_PgaCd5SLDStGqfy6ejE8qsIXazniwzzdeVt1CyL2jBVkyOoiKvfWOP2CvuYGE8hHq-ixAf1nEoK2RI982eKId3ElUPnxNzDTSV3UTseuUAvJJ9scCyo80BrSok-" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also saw my first Stonechat of the autumn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz5iBTNNqBOewIWI1XfUsJd_rC0eWT_jGDs1dqGKFHuz-THU8ZiuXFoM1-bIg6rIqLqQY4CZaJuRZ1OeFNqdUGnPao1r6N35EdPGuoBFsQ74NUbJRdNECyOnjLwF_3yBNRmF8wZtx9j0HwT0hxur8jjdW1kznHSPWqPHNtojAZeYnpjcm5aAe-4HEe" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1613" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz5iBTNNqBOewIWI1XfUsJd_rC0eWT_jGDs1dqGKFHuz-THU8ZiuXFoM1-bIg6rIqLqQY4CZaJuRZ1OeFNqdUGnPao1r6N35EdPGuoBFsQ74NUbJRdNECyOnjLwF_3yBNRmF8wZtx9j0HwT0hxur8jjdW1kznHSPWqPHNtojAZeYnpjcm5aAe-4HEe" width="320" /></a></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 9th I saw a Hobby fly past the house, with so many house martins about it wouldn’t go hungry!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had a single goose fly towards the house from the sea and it turned out to be a White fronted Goose, just the second time I had seen that species on the Trimingham patch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMIaIvYPpJP4ygrklBJTnL38sTsiEcoxh_qT2G8SGItD32LaBbcGJD3zH96Yu6--oB62wfdpb0ggM5CRApG93vPMzVeeMT1KyaPX4seQx5PaVU6-WN2rHdVSB1MitfLOmx1_46EZ9ZraRSnuX50HJUszGQdPZPmgLcO2mwsinDDBMG01H3oRbDAv8r" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1475" data-original-width="2317" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMIaIvYPpJP4ygrklBJTnL38sTsiEcoxh_qT2G8SGItD32LaBbcGJD3zH96Yu6--oB62wfdpb0ggM5CRApG93vPMzVeeMT1KyaPX4seQx5PaVU6-WN2rHdVSB1MitfLOmx1_46EZ9ZraRSnuX50HJUszGQdPZPmgLcO2mwsinDDBMG01H3oRbDAv8r" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the weather holding out there were still butterflies coming to the garden along with Hummingbird Hawkmoth and Brimstone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHh6v-Mw4HV3fHYx905dSyF-HcBKGhuPivnrt5vMUvxoEvkLoSSYZtp4oapik4J1MVv0yR3C8UpsK7SXzuVph6CuL3s-hE3KM8QvT4w7E3CdjRATlwtxlnTZEGxSVLqiXi7koUUgjIl3t6MgEghFG1gxQVqvGlATNdLBjStF7Wdk2dVaqTvIZ98mnY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1999" data-original-width="1539" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHh6v-Mw4HV3fHYx905dSyF-HcBKGhuPivnrt5vMUvxoEvkLoSSYZtp4oapik4J1MVv0yR3C8UpsK7SXzuVph6CuL3s-hE3KM8QvT4w7E3CdjRATlwtxlnTZEGxSVLqiXi7koUUgjIl3t6MgEghFG1gxQVqvGlATNdLBjStF7Wdk2dVaqTvIZ98mnY" width="185" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A Basking Shark was reported heading east from Cley, so I spent a while scanning the seas in hope of connecting but unfortunately I was not to be lucky. A lot of finches moved along the coast during the second week along with Pipits and a count of 12 Blue tits in the garden was a great sight, no doubt dropping off on their migration to feed up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">House Martins were still being seen passing into the second week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2MoRcjmV7bdQN7SNMjqSJ1odFG9IwnGgH9wpN6gdidUTXsm5uy5JA2XVpKO1JwmydKj45SQjPDZ3HaywPyLPx4la-5_0K8rKUuZvSERcj1Rsu9D8ntJHi7NytzrpuVtVj6dVykebcMn7-fapLIFC4Jwku6TRuEJ4n1al9Ex5T3Oq4IMr-OLyq0tKN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="1000" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2MoRcjmV7bdQN7SNMjqSJ1odFG9IwnGgH9wpN6gdidUTXsm5uy5JA2XVpKO1JwmydKj45SQjPDZ3HaywPyLPx4la-5_0K8rKUuZvSERcj1Rsu9D8ntJHi7NytzrpuVtVj6dVykebcMn7-fapLIFC4Jwku6TRuEJ4n1al9Ex5T3Oq4IMr-OLyq0tKN" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitc-pQeB24hewxQqkWCtjJuUVexlrP67MUIxhsUd57qQ3nK2_ZEknDS2-ty3XM7DQhvo6xtydspGRVe4TKV6zi0I49OxmKh6VZx1UWewSlg6PZC7PbXewCDcIXeSp8XBsvI296RRAqNhOGNce2IAFIWXTMFk_9z0xEzNQt9jU-bQ2Kmuj-tVT2Q8Dw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1000" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitc-pQeB24hewxQqkWCtjJuUVexlrP67MUIxhsUd57qQ3nK2_ZEknDS2-ty3XM7DQhvo6xtydspGRVe4TKV6zi0I49OxmKh6VZx1UWewSlg6PZC7PbXewCDcIXeSp8XBsvI296RRAqNhOGNce2IAFIWXTMFk_9z0xEzNQt9jU-bQ2Kmuj-tVT2Q8Dw" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 13th whilst on the morning dog walk we saw an estimated 500 or more Starlings passing over in groups! Also noticeable were an increase in Blackbirds, mostly 1st winter birds ( plumage is more dusky black and the bill colour is black unlike the bright adult bill colour) and Mistle thrushes were seen and heard a lot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWyhzkUyUA6W07l7apy_vhIsjb6q5y1nsAvUzG9bvJKXAQD-ziwEdayqBIIeBk8LBC4QqNMhOuK8a-qeoEursfSqBA4wPF2oFtI_OT2GS30L3121pTqGY31vIV7CUTG4OkwWOZGAB5trjgUA7zip9PmtQExo2z6rhG5CXFUiHzLPoXnk3sY0fXeUJ6" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1513" data-original-width="2219" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWyhzkUyUA6W07l7apy_vhIsjb6q5y1nsAvUzG9bvJKXAQD-ziwEdayqBIIeBk8LBC4QqNMhOuK8a-qeoEursfSqBA4wPF2oFtI_OT2GS30L3121pTqGY31vIV7CUTG4OkwWOZGAB5trjgUA7zip9PmtQExo2z6rhG5CXFUiHzLPoXnk3sY0fXeUJ6" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Redwing started to flock across the sea, and I could see increasing numbers from the 14th to the 19th, the biggest group of around 50 or so was soon to be beaten the very next day on the 20th. The worsening weather greeted the hundreds of thrushes that were seen coming in off the sea and flying straight to cover for rest and feeding, the garden was alive with blackbirds, the odd song thrush but mostly all redwings. A group of 30 Lapwing was a decent number and probably the largest I’d seen from the garden. As the weather cleared somewhat, I picked up on a Black Redstart that was feeding around the rear of the garden and alighting the neighbouring roof tops, my second sighting of one of these from the garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYUHk0q7hakMAzwFC9d63HyF_ezrsfIv2sMnoc9T5FTGFOmI39pR5oo0Pe5g9TNuMrWZ5VqAyHDLZEnYq0bG2fnBEL-tN-KdlXtUoZUb_GLc-8LlHYMQqsXOv07vE2uE8161Pc_LY57V1elX9fvegKEKnxQSHf8-9VX5WC9ygpGox-9mRvzDfUnlIa" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1544" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYUHk0q7hakMAzwFC9d63HyF_ezrsfIv2sMnoc9T5FTGFOmI39pR5oo0Pe5g9TNuMrWZ5VqAyHDLZEnYq0bG2fnBEL-tN-KdlXtUoZUb_GLc-8LlHYMQqsXOv07vE2uE8161Pc_LY57V1elX9fvegKEKnxQSHf8-9VX5WC9ygpGox-9mRvzDfUnlIa" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The ever increasing flock of small birds in the clifftop field, made up of around 400 or so Linnets and a hundred or so Chaffinches, I also saw a lot of Meadow Pipits and a couple of Brambling mixed in. A lovely sight watching them all take to the air.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW9bz_sseOsqhF7nta305QainwdQcllGDGduojukXXBKQrhgtsW6LgOInWL2xkzn9Lv8rMlaDO89JNQRTMhPlGAMjwvUkaQbm-Bd0Zm8VGK9muy48SWgEBZuhWK_bVv5DMkVY-FCIO6ZDcrG6lBSAFVBXmIjD0hBFHk7yV3GZIDdy11020gua2CWX1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="1000" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW9bz_sseOsqhF7nta305QainwdQcllGDGduojukXXBKQrhgtsW6LgOInWL2xkzn9Lv8rMlaDO89JNQRTMhPlGAMjwvUkaQbm-Bd0Zm8VGK9muy48SWgEBZuhWK_bVv5DMkVY-FCIO6ZDcrG6lBSAFVBXmIjD0hBFHk7yV3GZIDdy11020gua2CWX1" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8bVicywKSz91M9mV7uwfGt4ynPIUZIbXLnKm3LLv34heZPge7Nuk0NEhXeclnoLOw0NnT9-R-_dpoY1kOWcfaC3AVlyRXZE-rU9Tba0gD0-W6p42-TQflnr4kPPA5J6Kv76JBV71s0sArPuyBNlGeLwOu6r4BOSaDWMizgOXQ0yl2m1Svs59haZ-o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3572" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8bVicywKSz91M9mV7uwfGt4ynPIUZIbXLnKm3LLv34heZPge7Nuk0NEhXeclnoLOw0NnT9-R-_dpoY1kOWcfaC3AVlyRXZE-rU9Tba0gD0-W6p42-TQflnr4kPPA5J6Kv76JBV71s0sArPuyBNlGeLwOu6r4BOSaDWMizgOXQ0yl2m1Svs59haZ-o" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioXFjsfLVSAZZVPjfwAX4FI7dGIfLowaMRenbF-738Sxkc8dVXNvOahg3TaFAUE5980FXimu6a3FaiqEkNHoRjDx0VYP_jUWXNC8zbj7055mcKb-ejGky378oawNtvszykSHBH_0APp7HmlhEYeNK3oyNHlJVr9D1T0ufPiBYMbGwu-Kyl-cMZLNZB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="900" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioXFjsfLVSAZZVPjfwAX4FI7dGIfLowaMRenbF-738Sxkc8dVXNvOahg3TaFAUE5980FXimu6a3FaiqEkNHoRjDx0VYP_jUWXNC8zbj7055mcKb-ejGky378oawNtvszykSHBH_0APp7HmlhEYeNK3oyNHlJVr9D1T0ufPiBYMbGwu-Kyl-cMZLNZB" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 21st I got word of a Yellow Browed Warbler along Church Road, so I headed out to try and get a sighting of a favourite little bird. I spoke to the finder before he left me to search on my own, unfortunately I did manage to find the bird, so I presumed it had moved on, but I would check over the next few days just in the hope it was still around. A worthy substitute was a lovely little Firecrest which sort of made up for not seeing the warbler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_JOB3bJY3vEAVI66r5zxMxWWv6vSPV8c7uRXocb-MewSSgL0esKNdhLgZTDSqOOpIUd-O-Z1OYXjCIYG7yUk-JreiVSQnJp2J6TXDxLB8K9Q8V6O0u_W2TneADPlUdKF2prsOVUMp-yQPKzxLLW617bGnvv73ekXRmimHH51a78bpBTXDK8cR5LmP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="567" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_JOB3bJY3vEAVI66r5zxMxWWv6vSPV8c7uRXocb-MewSSgL0esKNdhLgZTDSqOOpIUd-O-Z1OYXjCIYG7yUk-JreiVSQnJp2J6TXDxLB8K9Q8V6O0u_W2TneADPlUdKF2prsOVUMp-yQPKzxLLW617bGnvv73ekXRmimHH51a78bpBTXDK8cR5LmP" width="170" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4JtWrdwyakhCubgZGscC3VPNqoJdH01ON84IcksTKFHxYmGZFYG1rE97GbG3LCDVVjon9b4WF707YSagUqpSQSCgYdNSblweoOjSLT-rKtX19OeRQLhYYrXFX7LgaaBQDusxch3B3V3H2rgYwAlYuW7lalDKKfMU9SbuOx9d-DiFNXjsbOVNskJw0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="800" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4JtWrdwyakhCubgZGscC3VPNqoJdH01ON84IcksTKFHxYmGZFYG1rE97GbG3LCDVVjon9b4WF707YSagUqpSQSCgYdNSblweoOjSLT-rKtX19OeRQLhYYrXFX7LgaaBQDusxch3B3V3H2rgYwAlYuW7lalDKKfMU9SbuOx9d-DiFNXjsbOVNskJw0" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitShhCHlazg55hAW-S34he3DAWFph2irDkMuDh7Qz8eBBLWPpmVE5SNwdqchddrjWJpUIDfo69rpWYiAUzdUJIOTk7zsnMs6SNG0pKz7P4AXhyKiBTJWOKnr2U3Eo6-_yS50Yi6eRiSFPlz6dBMWAglJkleD8PJcK3cMHQJyPD0H8F-kvq-Mp5KH9c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="800" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitShhCHlazg55hAW-S34he3DAWFph2irDkMuDh7Qz8eBBLWPpmVE5SNwdqchddrjWJpUIDfo69rpWYiAUzdUJIOTk7zsnMs6SNG0pKz7P4AXhyKiBTJWOKnr2U3Eo6-_yS50Yi6eRiSFPlz6dBMWAglJkleD8PJcK3cMHQJyPD0H8F-kvq-Mp5KH9c" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqT73jiBcg2i_DDTESS4XB7MCq-ldvd42_k45z0aMHXruTXUPqUwVP5W7iFuUdApFlnF-RTl6I-zp_t9xdOwMMoyUkN_bc2PkPtHK-sDpqBTD99Hrqfyf5ebtcvGhvil8B_2UY8w-gb5HAOssjfA5gIMuf0ssN4nnEwaGQLrpXuXl7MdMjlbZoELR7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1000" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqT73jiBcg2i_DDTESS4XB7MCq-ldvd42_k45z0aMHXruTXUPqUwVP5W7iFuUdApFlnF-RTl6I-zp_t9xdOwMMoyUkN_bc2PkPtHK-sDpqBTD99Hrqfyf5ebtcvGhvil8B_2UY8w-gb5HAOssjfA5gIMuf0ssN4nnEwaGQLrpXuXl7MdMjlbZoELR7" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUhgElJK_1-ikyDXgpst8nyRxr-K1P-r_EGQ9cr1d5yslz9nkZFidMxIw6aCB1eEFALM2UtshLsfXaiJYuYZAdpaPYOhyIJqL0GOTM0rl3r08rl1m-hj6NSh-3FbjbRF7Ian6HOfPOagEyQ2trwzwxJYjuJBzViE7mi3HgrDZXcl-Q6vIOUiF7lugk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUhgElJK_1-ikyDXgpst8nyRxr-K1P-r_EGQ9cr1d5yslz9nkZFidMxIw6aCB1eEFALM2UtshLsfXaiJYuYZAdpaPYOhyIJqL0GOTM0rl3r08rl1m-hj6NSh-3FbjbRF7Ian6HOfPOagEyQ2trwzwxJYjuJBzViE7mi3HgrDZXcl-Q6vIOUiF7lugk" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On the next day whilst Sarah and I were cutting up wood at the bottom of the garden, Sarah noticed 1 couple of Buzzards over the clifftop, then sighting 3 more large birds coming into view from the coast and heading straight overhead, these 3 turned out to be Ravens! Typically I had no camera to hand but what a great sight to see 3 pass over the garden. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On the 24th I stepped out of the house early morning, the skies were dark and grey and low cloud, I then glanced up and to my surprise saw a Swift bird flying past, I eagerly went to get my binoculars for better views but the light was making it just a silhouette, but even so seeing a swift at this time of year immediately got me thinking of a Pallid Swift, a scarce swift that regularly visits our shores, usually at this time of the year or into November, and usually after our common swifts have long departed. A few hours later I heard a report of a Pallid Swift being seen at Sheringham! Surely it must have been the bird I saw from the garden?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Over the next couple of days birds were still moving over, Canada Goose and Barnacle geese were the first of the autumn, a single snipe flew in from over the sea. On the 25th a report of a Pallas’s Warbler in the clifftop wood was too good a bird not to go and see. The last one I had seen was a bird I found along Church road which showed well, this bird on the other hand was very elusive, giving itself up to a few people high in the tree canopies I had to wait nearly an hour before it called above my head in the tree top, 3 times it called giving itself away, before we caught a brief glimpse of it moving around feeding and then it vanished. I had to leave shortly after but it stayed elusive for the remainder of its stay that afternoon and was not seen the next day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And now back to the Pallid Swifts, there now appeared to be up to 4 birds that were ranging between Sidestrand, Overstrand, Cromer and Sheringham, they just never seemed to push this far along the coast, but I was hopeful, indeed there were a lot of Pallid swifts that had ventured into the Uk with the mild weather we were experiencing. Then on the 28th I watched 2 swifts approaching the house! The light wasn’t particularly great but better than last time and indeed I could now see that they were Pallids. I could now definitely add this to the Trimingham Patch and Garden Lists. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY11TBEFqteQ-BRTe0Xj3UFGxRFiBmCGjbQGiLVzh7p8EcFQBqp0Q9GHW1jRbqBK6PxgD-hH8RLwAINLySta6H-E5Bs2TalYCO7IvX1MFhhd-8DKHsK0XVwLCbPbQTfUqNXaIBXzXeAuuTWQlyGFT7TCRXaZT_Q6NvmeSvNqF9w1E5m4V4hfvJy9zb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="1583" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY11TBEFqteQ-BRTe0Xj3UFGxRFiBmCGjbQGiLVzh7p8EcFQBqp0Q9GHW1jRbqBK6PxgD-hH8RLwAINLySta6H-E5Bs2TalYCO7IvX1MFhhd-8DKHsK0XVwLCbPbQTfUqNXaIBXzXeAuuTWQlyGFT7TCRXaZT_Q6NvmeSvNqF9w1E5m4V4hfvJy9zb" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">They didn’t hang about, moving off over towards the sea to feed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The last time I had put out my moth trap was the 2nd July 2021 ! With reports of migrant moths being seen around the UK I decided to give it a go and although the damp was so heavy I thought it had rained overnight, I managed to get a fair amount of moths in the trap and added 2 new species for the garden list, one was a migrant moth that I hadn’t seen before, so I was pleased. The Garden Moth list now stands at 255 macro species.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8IkmwmnEj1vQc3VM838RGTxV-zDVm0gF3QEROsz3MnNGNX3zETuNQpbRvZShHFaiASpVbAmoqHtmQfJPdMZzoRw4SyFlWC4ygkltVnXzoS7tDEdgRhU7YhjwgcVJABFvGomfGXMG4EiS54Wi1yq-q3s7FnzTPArn1z3XQ3gAUK1fqGLYZK9LKgv5W" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1000" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8IkmwmnEj1vQc3VM838RGTxV-zDVm0gF3QEROsz3MnNGNX3zETuNQpbRvZShHFaiASpVbAmoqHtmQfJPdMZzoRw4SyFlWC4ygkltVnXzoS7tDEdgRhU7YhjwgcVJABFvGomfGXMG4EiS54Wi1yq-q3s7FnzTPArn1z3XQ3gAUK1fqGLYZK9LKgv5W" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mallow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3fpESlfWWNgjWmHYcPDP2GF3dZ3x9UoETfoOlZFnSW1ZFQe-xogwGOj8kgHmuIhltFtjZ0jJBsjBD6aW6xtdVjm161TlrJW9-RDIMXYyQOQR1Y80YDE9rurvkQW47dV7fCEX9xxW8hlVNnsVHQoCWEw2nACZaOb0Up4hbPW_hLzu6_aN0u3fP6qv2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3fpESlfWWNgjWmHYcPDP2GF3dZ3x9UoETfoOlZFnSW1ZFQe-xogwGOj8kgHmuIhltFtjZ0jJBsjBD6aW6xtdVjm161TlrJW9-RDIMXYyQOQR1Y80YDE9rurvkQW47dV7fCEX9xxW8hlVNnsVHQoCWEw2nACZaOb0Up4hbPW_hLzu6_aN0u3fP6qv2" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scarce Bordered Straw</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This brings me to the last day of October, Sarah shouted at me from the garden….SWIFT ! I got out into the garden in a hurry to see another sighting of a Pallid Swift drifting past the garden, the light was somewhat better than previous encounters and this time Sarah bought the camera to hand in time for a photo or two before it drifted off east along the coast. What a month that turned out to be, and the Trimingham Patch Bird list now stood at 192 species and my garden bird list stands at 120 species.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRMjfpjgbPS6TzJm5wFmtcFQZ9idG5jU_GVzTrNIRZExKcFI1ZIte032ph5ZYPHBmVXYdZYJoBipOA6sdiXaUZTon731AlesdWdDHaGM9xl-k9ROoWf8XansKNMHn1bLB4AhhfCDGSCFISUfQNfEeqrrmkbpVZL7ytp4IGLWw959pMksEtFPzO4-Lf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="987" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRMjfpjgbPS6TzJm5wFmtcFQZ9idG5jU_GVzTrNIRZExKcFI1ZIte032ph5ZYPHBmVXYdZYJoBipOA6sdiXaUZTon731AlesdWdDHaGM9xl-k9ROoWf8XansKNMHn1bLB4AhhfCDGSCFISUfQNfEeqrrmkbpVZL7ytp4IGLWw959pMksEtFPzO4-Lf" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div></div><br /><br /></div></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div></div><br /> </div><br /><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></p>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-21793839254897761832022-10-05T06:38:00.000-07:002022-10-05T06:39:47.649-07:00The Geese Return !<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small;">September '22</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">I was able to get out on the first day of the month and already it seemed as though birds were on the move, the weather was obviously favourable. There were one or two Pied Flycatchers still present, but still preferring the tree canopies to feed in and staying hidden for most of the time.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmMt2mOvk1D2rXP9IqcZhxFrOsw5gxj9MJTlbFgpcTD7E01eV1Q8eU2gIGXaQ1z-ulOtoHqi4Poa1EEQlEabXVu4oHRUTQCDeF_v5nCEz7ojrLOMEMFYtOUHWLX1VPCyf_5ybZJMnbKCcP-XcEuornP_9QsWQAtjjL_Ey7dDA9EsECtOSs6VhoE3K9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1549" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmMt2mOvk1D2rXP9IqcZhxFrOsw5gxj9MJTlbFgpcTD7E01eV1Q8eU2gIGXaQ1z-ulOtoHqi4Poa1EEQlEabXVu4oHRUTQCDeF_v5nCEz7ojrLOMEMFYtOUHWLX1VPCyf_5ybZJMnbKCcP-XcEuornP_9QsWQAtjjL_Ey7dDA9EsECtOSs6VhoE3K9" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was most pleased to see 2 or 3 Garden Warblers on the same day too, a pretty plain looking bird and one that can be quite elusive and hard to see, so imagine my delight to photograph them eating elderberries!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieWKqoKvk7timgz3kkPnI61Oycc2JYxI20ZWJvXEeDBApvZRuGSKvk0BxfssYoELC3ZnYqKc8Ap999x_kFCHb3GfKpHFig-w_HAN19T2skV3Bun0HNc9k8ZSBh3LOMJVW4YsvC6_bA7g6m5avAiqPJWrBlEApk1HM4scOf2YwXJAEieyrEja3DISY7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="2000" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieWKqoKvk7timgz3kkPnI61Oycc2JYxI20ZWJvXEeDBApvZRuGSKvk0BxfssYoELC3ZnYqKc8Ap999x_kFCHb3GfKpHFig-w_HAN19T2skV3Bun0HNc9k8ZSBh3LOMJVW4YsvC6_bA7g6m5avAiqPJWrBlEApk1HM4scOf2YwXJAEieyrEja3DISY7" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfCFTQJqskiOKYgKbWvoM9BGcZhE7WBM-YUWvS6nfVU_PQ_tZVfiRUlp3zmSLZTX80nxaY6LNYdtoMtK_wc9hUQvVdLHuNbxiX1KeGrveEUvy80kIxD4IihptN7BugADAzLjKJboVBMnSyth2cKizaLvDGbPxwlR8Fj5q2p_9jFqRSoV6wn86joBYC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2412" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfCFTQJqskiOKYgKbWvoM9BGcZhE7WBM-YUWvS6nfVU_PQ_tZVfiRUlp3zmSLZTX80nxaY6LNYdtoMtK_wc9hUQvVdLHuNbxiX1KeGrveEUvy80kIxD4IihptN7BugADAzLjKJboVBMnSyth2cKizaLvDGbPxwlR8Fj5q2p_9jFqRSoV6wn86joBYC" width="199" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHmjjg_CgNBxkh50YSPZw5Ncftuh7NiLQrfFPQIgTSp5rn2deWIA9YGgNZMp025CJAPleauioSjyLZbShMmNZ2QCp5CKEe7js0M6nLpF7BHQPsN7hRK4LDvuelN_ZiGkcqFcUiE9W4eo8uDL0S-Qb7KkyAt72y8CQn8koC2lLnJMvlkqm8ueZikbLr" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1409" data-original-width="2000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHmjjg_CgNBxkh50YSPZw5Ncftuh7NiLQrfFPQIgTSp5rn2deWIA9YGgNZMp025CJAPleauioSjyLZbShMmNZ2QCp5CKEe7js0M6nLpF7BHQPsN7hRK4LDvuelN_ZiGkcqFcUiE9W4eo8uDL0S-Qb7KkyAt72y8CQn8koC2lLnJMvlkqm8ueZikbLr" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Garden Warbler</div><div class="gmail_default">Notice the large eye and the greyish collar, an elegant bird though. There were a few Chiffchaffs moving along the hedgerows busily feeding. Buzzards and Red Kites were seen heading along the coast, Med Gulls were still showing in large numbers overhead and on the sea. And a Peregrine flew past the garden, it's been a while since I had seen one go over.</div><div class="gmail_default">On the 3rd Sept, I watched 8 Bee-eaters head over Church Road heading west, despite them leaving the quarry they were still moving around not quite ready for the journey south, but some time later I heard of a report of the group over Minsmere, Suffolk so they were heading in the right direction!</div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ3Klh3I1gMnlPxzIWjz8wQEgtZrXnSh4uJloTgK6t-J45ZzdHxLQck0weRgOms7mabSytNKBi7UtKfumUP0S2DLPrgjS3ary7XozMoY5Bv5alkjWzai1uVNlmWFL8XJ4GWcDMxH42iGhrzQ7sTnuYwl9c6cKVCgG5h43yK-hk6uYo_1dw_nSk7Wao" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1500" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ3Klh3I1gMnlPxzIWjz8wQEgtZrXnSh4uJloTgK6t-J45ZzdHxLQck0weRgOms7mabSytNKBi7UtKfumUP0S2DLPrgjS3ary7XozMoY5Bv5alkjWzai1uVNlmWFL8XJ4GWcDMxH42iGhrzQ7sTnuYwl9c6cKVCgG5h43yK-hk6uYo_1dw_nSk7Wao" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="gmail_default">Male Blackcap</div><div class="gmail_default">A couple of male Blackcaps fed on elderberries and blackberries after I watched the Bee-eaters pass over, a single Pied Fly was still hanging around too.</div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgd2PAznLSiToBvgOTkMIcBOf7KIvDldHNbIVu7v8S91Iw9TMN21Thoe7CVJORZiq6XfZkV5qW32cVgcTb1263QHGnF7TYQLpBedG8eCRhHIyp-azVUalDnv2TbwxQg-brSdaryPyvsi7TKVvKCexiRSF4YHv_Bj5-wCWO3fFhURmiZ7iDAAcrkIJWc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1700" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgd2PAznLSiToBvgOTkMIcBOf7KIvDldHNbIVu7v8S91Iw9TMN21Thoe7CVJORZiq6XfZkV5qW32cVgcTb1263QHGnF7TYQLpBedG8eCRhHIyp-azVUalDnv2TbwxQg-brSdaryPyvsi7TKVvKCexiRSF4YHv_Bj5-wCWO3fFhURmiZ7iDAAcrkIJWc" width="320" /></a></div><div class="gmail_default">Pied Fly</div><div class="gmail_default">On the 5th the warblers kept moving through, I had a couple of Lesser Whitethroat, a Hobby passed over the garden heading south, along with 15 or so Buzzards heading in the same direction. On the 6th Golden Plover and Whimbrel were seen over the garden heading along the coast. On the 14th, after seeing a Grey Wagtail pass over the garden I decided to do the rounds. A group of mixed birds moving through the trees included Goldcrest, Blackcap, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Long tailed tit and Coal Tit.</div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHKKdpdsF3m3C1AJynGCaMA9jMc099HRX1g0mA2EsScZSl0YhmXMaxhzk7QsnmGGWJhNuT9WD73VqHx6BnAlRfCkJrrwwo71qCID5xS7HP3WLEFZs4arr95Yr8SMnn37Yk_EOoJwab1lfO7Z3qEz4SoYZiVg3aBi0wq2QdvhMSEZ6fF3-8Oj7PT_hX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1200" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHKKdpdsF3m3C1AJynGCaMA9jMc099HRX1g0mA2EsScZSl0YhmXMaxhzk7QsnmGGWJhNuT9WD73VqHx6BnAlRfCkJrrwwo71qCID5xS7HP3WLEFZs4arr95Yr8SMnn37Yk_EOoJwab1lfO7Z3qEz4SoYZiVg3aBi0wq2QdvhMSEZ6fF3-8Oj7PT_hX" width="320" /></a></div>Goldcrest</div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhk799ImyUQlJlJu5lEmIbZpNr2nDgpeXhuQG7MBuOSAYFPgvs4F0YUbij-zKnlCTGNPPUKwl_gr-J64e3-IQhnu5KseZoi94ngN1JOq2svbHy6Q6viHN5QCl8RFpewp3TQ_X4U3aTuuHA2ayqNG6xsuVhdpF7O4SvE40gIHCSqLgpsSKkdZli10moP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1610" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhk799ImyUQlJlJu5lEmIbZpNr2nDgpeXhuQG7MBuOSAYFPgvs4F0YUbij-zKnlCTGNPPUKwl_gr-J64e3-IQhnu5KseZoi94ngN1JOq2svbHy6Q6viHN5QCl8RFpewp3TQ_X4U3aTuuHA2ayqNG6xsuVhdpF7O4SvE40gIHCSqLgpsSKkdZli10moP" width="193" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Long tailed tit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht_Gb2W_9njC3P75q8eFH70HvyLDE6CMbC_FyfWtUmHVVn9Vh4_lR1OYBJ2MrPCIo4IOa3B__qrjwqkZ_Oo9esP623m-O3xrBOwDbHQfcNzP85KOZnys72aCuwtKX0NG15nVvunfFUINdH4m-ZwNvFN7v7i2ONhU8MYruh84NWKs1vZK71-kd0UPS3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2000" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht_Gb2W_9njC3P75q8eFH70HvyLDE6CMbC_FyfWtUmHVVn9Vh4_lR1OYBJ2MrPCIo4IOa3B__qrjwqkZ_Oo9esP623m-O3xrBOwDbHQfcNzP85KOZnys72aCuwtKX0NG15nVvunfFUINdH4m-ZwNvFN7v7i2ONhU8MYruh84NWKs1vZK71-kd0UPS3" width="320" /></a></div><div class="gmail_default">Chiffchaff</div><div class="gmail_default">It can be tricky watching little warblers flitting among the leafy canopies, that was no exception on the 14th, there were a lot of Chiff/Willow warblers along the lanes. The chiffchaff if calling could be labelled, the Willow warblers were a lot brighter yellow in the plumage and normally paler legs than the chiffchaff darker leg colour, but some willows may show darker legs and paler feet! The bill on the chiffchaff (top image) is darker than the paler orangey bill on the willow (images below) and the supercilium (stripe over eye) is yellower and longer on the willows. </div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHfd-Ub9m0T9bCLLmXtBv2bMyJYaedS5Wcz1VaPuFxScIG-eUo93Aa9w1lESrCmQQaDPBwBra5PQK9kxDh0IGP12kBGvgZT1yEmQo-mtOlDBsdoXEUx_hC5DdWKCLciVCyuWcll02RQPnHmZckr_x9dJlAQZQwxhthnB4DOyy94z3xcbLmT5xDalmj" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1906" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHfd-Ub9m0T9bCLLmXtBv2bMyJYaedS5Wcz1VaPuFxScIG-eUo93Aa9w1lESrCmQQaDPBwBra5PQK9kxDh0IGP12kBGvgZT1yEmQo-mtOlDBsdoXEUx_hC5DdWKCLciVCyuWcll02RQPnHmZckr_x9dJlAQZQwxhthnB4DOyy94z3xcbLmT5xDalmj" width="319" /></a></div>Willow Warbler<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhu4ZpmrdQ_NU2CL6M3nSg8uUrfQXcZsrRqNX1n-saa49TDM60PxPSOoIrZBiMn69SDZ6IifeC5D_focDLxAV5hJOv9JrlC46jyfV_s6Res4XHFf_P3aZqnHSoWgkZLfXZY8tXRkhfeVO9vVxb7-3QmzjaJZuEAXAQYHprcdGFILIT6vU1k_0H72ZU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhu4ZpmrdQ_NU2CL6M3nSg8uUrfQXcZsrRqNX1n-saa49TDM60PxPSOoIrZBiMn69SDZ6IifeC5D_focDLxAV5hJOv9JrlC46jyfV_s6Res4XHFf_P3aZqnHSoWgkZLfXZY8tXRkhfeVO9vVxb7-3QmzjaJZuEAXAQYHprcdGFILIT6vU1k_0H72ZU" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKGhyjO1EFg8eFuoCQTFFSwiTpw-IztJyaAXeSakP-31ijouWr-vYQrrxfEnNGaY884byM2H3vCFNafKt8kJpPcKo1sxABbRr5Pjsg9ADcQJbsKFqzqn5vnBC0qT6JNvQ6RoA-z3ucdkQYvGVBMbGJFQxVMYblvUXqG2h0GS9t0o4IQsyNmDPQ0UG-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="2068" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKGhyjO1EFg8eFuoCQTFFSwiTpw-IztJyaAXeSakP-31ijouWr-vYQrrxfEnNGaY884byM2H3vCFNafKt8kJpPcKo1sxABbRr5Pjsg9ADcQJbsKFqzqn5vnBC0qT6JNvQ6RoA-z3ucdkQYvGVBMbGJFQxVMYblvUXqG2h0GS9t0o4IQsyNmDPQ0UG-" width="320" /></a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br /></div>And to add to the tally of birds a Common Redstart fed along the lane edges, when it wasn't being chased off by a Robin that is.</div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxmWscqOXE2sDovHlqfLQLhg3pT2QbiGrdoHFvB1iKbQfAEIZlFRwd9MTYUkdRZFy52Bijf76rAUvW2HNHbpnz-zTCwG9kmM5f9hSrO5pVQc3wChKNVkSyU5zUQfhiWHHuLdVzq1w0fmm1Gt9ypHUgKMv4ZWHf7StUmY_ZbNy6MN_Mhh7IyLwmbtdI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="1931" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxmWscqOXE2sDovHlqfLQLhg3pT2QbiGrdoHFvB1iKbQfAEIZlFRwd9MTYUkdRZFy52Bijf76rAUvW2HNHbpnz-zTCwG9kmM5f9hSrO5pVQc3wChKNVkSyU5zUQfhiWHHuLdVzq1w0fmm1Gt9ypHUgKMv4ZWHf7StUmY_ZbNy6MN_Mhh7IyLwmbtdI" width="320" /></a></div>Common Redstart</div><div class="gmail_default"><br /><div class="gmail_default">On the 19th a familiar sound was heard and a sign of autumn's arrival.</div><div class="gmail_default">The Pink Footed Geese had returned!</div><div class="gmail_default">By the end of the month we were seeing hundreds pass over every day, how nice to hear them moving over us again.</div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgujAm9VEnX2ekDBYRSW-00QMmCxLN5DDAkZMaGXyhgVba4P6NnuYcIxvc5TdS5qaDrcOSkUOr5bH_EC4OCfT3M3og85Pa8OgQ1iXeyrBXyJOdPmmpqLTh24HG3sFK-QBuwO0teT-nOpPPSNY488lRRj69TQ9Gr0u0SM2aazHvMRFfbGT3I_GGkyUnw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="2000" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgujAm9VEnX2ekDBYRSW-00QMmCxLN5DDAkZMaGXyhgVba4P6NnuYcIxvc5TdS5qaDrcOSkUOr5bH_EC4OCfT3M3og85Pa8OgQ1iXeyrBXyJOdPmmpqLTh24HG3sFK-QBuwO0teT-nOpPPSNY488lRRj69TQ9Gr0u0SM2aazHvMRFfbGT3I_GGkyUnw" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="gmail_default">On the 20th I was able to get my 190th bird species for Trimingham !</div><div class="gmail_default">News of a Red Flanked Bluetail at the Kearns site was just too awesome a bird to not see anywhere. I had what was a brief probable sighting, but just a silhouette before having to leave the site. I then went back in the afternoon to try and see this bird, it had been seen alighting the fence on a couple of occasions but never when I was able to see it. A bird that is very similar in shape and size as a robin, being a 1st winter/female type bird it will appear as a little brown shy elusive bird, but with decent views the blue tail, white throat patch and orangey red flanks can be seen...if you're lucky that is. After around 3 hours I finally grabbed a decent close view of this beauty, the throat patch, flank colour and tail all seen perfectly, but as I was going for the camera it was chased away by a Robin out of sight. But I had been able to get a decent view so couldn't be happier, it was not seen the next day!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default">This was the 3rd Red Flanked Bluetail I had seen in the UK and all elusive. These images I took below are of a bird at Salthouse back in 2014. You can see the size and shape, blue tail and in the second image the white throat and orangey/red flank.</div><div class="gmail_default"><img alt="image.png" class="CToWUd a6T" data-bit="iit" data-image-whitelisted="" height="319" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-a:r8373914726326106948&th=1839db90d8f5a670&view=fimg&fur=ip&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8v3EAfKnQ-2Fn52FW3qE51KyKme1qgpioJF7H1sYWNchVwFni9SvP5vqinCvSYwvP9dTLDqjbmtYmSXEkFf6o-edz0az1fSHrv1oPxwph38nyWdpbEcIwGkH0&disp=emb&realattid=ii_l8sp62ub1" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC9452-Red Flanked Bluetail.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-bit="iit" data-image-whitelisted="" height="315" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-a:r8373914726326106948&th=1839db90d8f5a670&view=fimg&fur=ip&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ85vJTLPa7BqnymzxXw3-jjqmxt-UUTCv0G5ae8pzQ5pQAU0V5ySoI7vIeL01hvrSj_apABIqGxqd2z9_z6fPHOfMXh2qwQQMZKFpaaj27bYkLMHbV86h0h33k&disp=emb&realattid=ii_l8spsdtl3" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">The weather started to change for the worse as the month drew on with strengthening winds and rain, but when I managed to get out I was able to see my first Brent Geese and Red throated divers of the autumn. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNY4vY44AN4rT3QbspztQpzf6L1H6sxaa3UXNLWcvxmdlN4eQkMQPk1Y8EX6MopqdKbVmNDpqueufSzO31IP1gGXp9r2cUXnluwfR5awzgICO8zL6rBFr3Qz9ezYDdycf2FsZaBo4zLC6aFLDodcFHt7SLTuQ1EYENq9zykRAwVsEtkzCJ2FOKrqm5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="2000" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNY4vY44AN4rT3QbspztQpzf6L1H6sxaa3UXNLWcvxmdlN4eQkMQPk1Y8EX6MopqdKbVmNDpqueufSzO31IP1gGXp9r2cUXnluwfR5awzgICO8zL6rBFr3Qz9ezYDdycf2FsZaBo4zLC6aFLDodcFHt7SLTuQ1EYENq9zykRAwVsEtkzCJ2FOKrqm5" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihixpnQvRv5sPM2XH51JJ0232vUKOcxGKPKuwuiJHfhP9s635DeSzv87nrKN86lLhxeu90ECFfcCoPyYIP4b__vWs2N8WCg0612khygLuEcHOczAc0nzM-xRkJUXuBuqZJXWqliEcRab_-odQxi2fPzKHqiilbmyq-YM25vce1QSVb3ay8we1GPVJZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2187" data-original-width="1999" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihixpnQvRv5sPM2XH51JJ0232vUKOcxGKPKuwuiJHfhP9s635DeSzv87nrKN86lLhxeu90ECFfcCoPyYIP4b__vWs2N8WCg0612khygLuEcHOczAc0nzM-xRkJUXuBuqZJXWqliEcRab_-odQxi2fPzKHqiilbmyq-YM25vce1QSVb3ay8we1GPVJZ" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Willow Emerald Damselflies were once again seen in the garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkw80ksXSDviS1J7ZpgPekdO70580yWXePiJu4oGQzbc4uSUSiH1xmHOKU7K0eqhl0BWQM67fk1IpZts21uBNYMX-lu3CDM0x5SKzADYRzV2f3pRE2VZse_5a5P94w-syDEcEHXyY78yXnVy9jVWhnR2uiJ3iWygbrhjoTlzlHkwaIyGkvU_PONuRB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="1500" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkw80ksXSDviS1J7ZpgPekdO70580yWXePiJu4oGQzbc4uSUSiH1xmHOKU7K0eqhl0BWQM67fk1IpZts21uBNYMX-lu3CDM0x5SKzADYRzV2f3pRE2VZse_5a5P94w-syDEcEHXyY78yXnVy9jVWhnR2uiJ3iWygbrhjoTlzlHkwaIyGkvU_PONuRB" width="320" /></a></div><div class="gmail_default">The 2 male Blackcaps were replaced by 2 female ones.</div><div class="gmail_default">And a second sighting of a Peregrine Falcon as it flew southeast past the house.</div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTXECdjcQcIIh342Y4uaZOyGVc4bnKn_cQgLTm77TVDjy47wd0SJ6EIacohvrnHhnNO5G35ykXAZ446QkxGvCoYw6LBrEf3qU7qAK3eXZP2TkQSrQk0wFttwEMc3JdTmiJkfw6JJQcYbKjj6e6mIAmInuAbmjDWUz97acynRz6B_p2ROIqa6ALFFBU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1662" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTXECdjcQcIIh342Y4uaZOyGVc4bnKn_cQgLTm77TVDjy47wd0SJ6EIacohvrnHhnNO5G35ykXAZ446QkxGvCoYw6LBrEf3qU7qAK3eXZP2TkQSrQk0wFttwEMc3JdTmiJkfw6JJQcYbKjj6e6mIAmInuAbmjDWUz97acynRz6B_p2ROIqa6ALFFBU" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi678er7fHOBgmOONgLBQ4L3WoOFbS9lp8BoqalljuRrzmvBIdn1I6Ec6s16vZg1PH76qgwP68eq6Cc-WB5B34U1Sy8pDzTlGTzhN_PLOSZURK0bTn2p8KT010-gvTSkUOK-PDBmoJ1ebxfruIhH60NQeDWIrD_r9thMdfYoVQvoto3TEfEjfRl2LM1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi678er7fHOBgmOONgLBQ4L3WoOFbS9lp8BoqalljuRrzmvBIdn1I6Ec6s16vZg1PH76qgwP68eq6Cc-WB5B34U1Sy8pDzTlGTzhN_PLOSZURK0bTn2p8KT010-gvTSkUOK-PDBmoJ1ebxfruIhH60NQeDWIrD_r9thMdfYoVQvoto3TEfEjfRl2LM1" width="320" /></a></div><br />What a month!</div><br /><br /></div><br /></div><br /><br /></span></div></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /></div></div><br /><br /></div><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-90794844146132069392022-09-12T04:50:00.005-07:002022-09-12T04:50:49.314-07:00August and Bee-eater Watchpoint closes.<p style="text-align: center;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 24px;">August 2022</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Bee-eater watchpoint closed on the 26th with chicks successfully fledged. The first chick flew from the nest on the 16th. I was lucky to watch 9 birds, including young, calling and feeding as a group overhead before they headed high south. </strong></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-9084 aligncenter" height="209" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug1-300x136.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug1-300x136.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug1-768x347.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug1.jpg 1000w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="461" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: center;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Credit: Fabian Harrison. RSPB LiveCam Images</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9085 aligncenter" height="264" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug2-300x171.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug2-300x171.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug2-768x437.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug2.jpg 900w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="463" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: center;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Credit: Fabian Harrison. RSPB LiveCam Images</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9086 aligncenter" height="268" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug3-300x170.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug3-300x170.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug3-768x436.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug3.jpg 900w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="473" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: center;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Credit: Fabian Harrison. RSPB LiveCam Images</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">And so my nightshift volunteering came to an end, but not without some excitement, on one shift myself and Sue, RSPB staff, scared off a badger foraging around on the nesting slope! A bit too close for comfort. And on the final night whilst patrolling around the quarry checking on noises myself and Fabian found 3 Badgers actively feeding around the quarry, mostly feeding on blackberries and digging for insects we still monitored where they went, and with 2 foxes in the area it was a busy send off.</strong></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9087 aligncenter" height="724" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug4-215x300.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug4-215x300.jpg 215w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug4-733x1024.jpg 733w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug4-768x1073.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug4-1099x1536.jpg 1099w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug4.jpg 1431w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="519" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">On one evening the moon was so bright it illuminated the thick carpet of mist across the landscape, it looked like a scene from a far off country, what a moment that was. I managed to finally see a Barn Owl in the quarry, making that 3 species of owl seen whilst on shift.</strong></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9088 aligncenter" height="333" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug5-300x158.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug5-300x158.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug5-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug5-768x403.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug5-1536x806.jpg 1536w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug5.jpg 2000w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="632" /></p><h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 25px 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Other stuff in August</strong></h4><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">During the first half of the month there were plenty of insects in the air, this brought down a lot of Sand Martins low over the gardens to feed on them, the agile and fast movements left me in no doubt not to try photographing them !! A Pied Flycatcher on the 11th was the first of a few to turn up, but in all they remained pretty elusive and kept to the tree canopies. Whimbrel continued to pass over during the month and an increase in Red Kite sightings started.</strong></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9090 aligncenter" height="276" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug6-300x186.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug6-300x186.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug6-1024x633.jpg 1024w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug6-768x475.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug6.jpg 1200w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="445" /><img alt="" class="wp-image-9091 aligncenter" height="279" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug7-300x185.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug7-300x185.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug7-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug7-768x472.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug7.jpg 1200w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="452" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">I tried to get out as much as possible with things already moving through. I managed to seawatch a couple of times, I opted for the telescope rather than the camera as I knew I would be scanning further afield. One species that was reported passing through on a number of days were Manx Shearwaters. This was a bird I hadn’t seen before on the patch so I was eager to connect and would you believe it……as soon as I raised my eye to the scope searching between the flags a group of 3 Manx Shearwaters drifted past, a new and very welcome patch tick which now stands at 189 bird species seen at Trimingham. The rest of the seawatch was productive too with Great Skua, Arctic Skua amongst others. Sadly a couple of gannets that had succumbed to bird flu no doubt drifted past, a sad sight to see.</strong></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9092 aligncenter" height="241" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug8-300x164.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug8-300x164.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug8-1024x560.jpg 1024w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug8-768x420.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug8.jpg 1500w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="441" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Red-Legged Partridge</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Dunlin over the garden was a new garden tick.</em></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9093 aligncenter" height="251" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug9-300x171.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug9-300x171.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug9-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug9-768x438.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug9.jpg 1100w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="441" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pied Flycatchers</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9094 aligncenter" height="494" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug10-236x300.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug10-236x300.jpg 236w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug10-804x1024.jpg 804w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug10-768x978.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug10.jpg 1000w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="389" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9096 aligncenter" height="457" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug11-268x300.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug11-268x300.jpg 268w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug11-914x1024.jpg 914w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug11-768x860.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug11-1372x1536.jpg 1372w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug11.jpg 1786w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="408" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: center;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Hornet Mimic Hoverfly graced the garden.</strong></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9097 aligncenter" height="270" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug12-300x161.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug12-300x161.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug12-1024x548.jpg 1024w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug12-768x411.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug12-1536x822.jpg 1536w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug12.jpg 2000w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="503" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Female Blackbird Sunbathing, this helps with conditioning their feathers and probably helps eliminate parasites on the feathers.</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">On the 20th Sarah and I watched 4 Swifts feeding in the last light along the cliffs, the next day I saw 2 which are looking like the last ones I’ll see. There was also a lot of bat activity during the evening of the 20th, we had a few close encounters around our ears, but great to experience.</strong></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Med Gulls were noticeably increasing in numbers and most on the sea or catching insects overhead were these. We then saw a Brimstone butterfly in the garden which was most likely the same individual which continued to return most days.</strong></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9098 aligncenter" height="425" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug13-279x300.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug13-279x300.jpg 279w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug13-951x1024.jpg 951w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug13-768x827.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug13-1426x1536.jpg 1426w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug13-1902x2048.jpg 1902w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug13.jpg 2000w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="395" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9099 aligncenter" height="319" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug14-300x212.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug14-300x212.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug14-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug14-768x543.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug14-1536x1085.jpg 1536w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug14-2048x1447.jpg 2048w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="451" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">And for the first time I had 2 Hummingbird Hawkmoths feeding side by side.</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">2 Curlew over the garden made a change from the usual Whimbrel sightings. I also had a flock of around 16 Turnstones pass over too which was a new garden tick for me and took my tally up to 119 species seen from the garden.</strong></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">And lastly to Damselflies and Dragonflies. I managed to see a pair of Willow Emerald Damselflies in the garden, both attached and ovipositing. I had seen a few previously but not a pair together, such a beautiful green sheen to them and so delicate.</strong></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9100 aligncenter" height="491" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug15-246x300.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug15-246x300.jpg 246w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug15-840x1024.jpg 840w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug15-768x936.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug15-1260x1536.jpg 1260w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug15-1680x2048.jpg 1680w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="403" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">And now to Hawkers. I saw two species in the garden, Migrant Hawker and Southern Hawker. I was glad I had a camera to hand when I found the Southern, I think this may be a first for the garden or at least possibly the first to be photographed?</strong></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9101 aligncenter" height="389" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug16-300x241.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug16-300x241.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug16-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug16-768x617.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug16-1536x1233.jpg 1536w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug16.jpg 1999w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="484" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Migrant Hawker</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">You can see the difference on the tail with the Southern Hawker, the 3 distinctive Blue sections at the tip of the tail really stand out on this male.</em></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-9102 aligncenter" height="435" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px" src="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug17-300x266.jpg" srcset="https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug17-300x266.jpg 300w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug17-1024x908.jpg 1024w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug17-768x681.jpg 768w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug17-1536x1362.jpg 1536w, https://trimingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aug17-2048x1816.jpg 2048w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="491" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Southern Hawker</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"> </p>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-14522579446841622522022-08-03T04:04:00.003-07:002022-08-03T04:05:28.093-07:00Bee-eaters continue to wow. July 2022<p style="text-align: center;">Bee-eaters.</p><p style="text-align: center;">It was great to hear that during July the habits of the Bee-eaters changed and there were numerous comings and goings bringing in food to the nest holes....this meant one thing and that was the chicks had hatched. Followers of the live web cam may have seen up to 3 birds entering the hole recently so there is a lot of feeding happening in both chambers which is great news. I have been volunteering a lot doing night shifts keeping an eye on the nests . On one evening after turning up myself and a RSPB staff member Josh watched a Long eared owl fly over the field and drop into the quarry. We located it in a tree being frantically harassed by a pair of Blackbirds, it didn't hang around too long especially when they started swiping at its head!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsYs82Ocn5bcoutNXg5oeniJsbcLOL05FFuclcC3ZsGd4b1xuaxtzMwYk_k3KzVRk0wFfd_2TM455k5nN2b3RxH_DfGIF0MGOZXrOMLKadoVClJzENDjhF4dFwe5p1qB07W4fHLAC8YpiakMFi3EZv4w19rf05ptpRDr-d7H6NUQuI3XMM4YX0h75/s2037/_DSC4120-Bee-eater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="2037" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsYs82Ocn5bcoutNXg5oeniJsbcLOL05FFuclcC3ZsGd4b1xuaxtzMwYk_k3KzVRk0wFfd_2TM455k5nN2b3RxH_DfGIF0MGOZXrOMLKadoVClJzENDjhF4dFwe5p1qB07W4fHLAC8YpiakMFi3EZv4w19rf05ptpRDr-d7H6NUQuI3XMM4YX0h75/s320/_DSC4120-Bee-eater.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Other news in July.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNuy4TawOnFlCFt4FTU_ijmX4utqTMZJe7S__IvxNeyyrAwhPkBoFBAYFXVqHGEqoO3p85FKvAZPSlMVdt3u5uJqtOy_xiZzWKslvj6AlhMdcbd_35S-H-9ycbI31_zMIVTKA98CUb5NoAPUdiiKx5pST85jqMbzD0pgXCEYW3lykUs0qFnGAjCVH/s2000/_DSC4087-Hare-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2000" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNuy4TawOnFlCFt4FTU_ijmX4utqTMZJe7S__IvxNeyyrAwhPkBoFBAYFXVqHGEqoO3p85FKvAZPSlMVdt3u5uJqtOy_xiZzWKslvj6AlhMdcbd_35S-H-9ycbI31_zMIVTKA98CUb5NoAPUdiiKx5pST85jqMbzD0pgXCEYW3lykUs0qFnGAjCVH/s320/_DSC4087-Hare-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This Hare cut a lovely image sat in the daisy patch.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjTlPzVNVgpRS1dn-L3rFjtRjuAWhx3ZoNgT6_NHzD3cKRlbgVAcT2YmLLeBP9iJkSWJ-Khpgdqh1dU56H4KjPKN-R-Fa_kPdli01Yrw9v-bN6kl0DaNrLOXR9oG1mvKJLWJEPbLIdqHwAahZ0WUcgQ-r8nIAd1x09ye9neLncU69zq3GDCkd8GxE/s1999/_DSC4100-Hare-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1999" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjTlPzVNVgpRS1dn-L3rFjtRjuAWhx3ZoNgT6_NHzD3cKRlbgVAcT2YmLLeBP9iJkSWJ-Khpgdqh1dU56H4KjPKN-R-Fa_kPdli01Yrw9v-bN6kl0DaNrLOXR9oG1mvKJLWJEPbLIdqHwAahZ0WUcgQ-r8nIAd1x09ye9neLncU69zq3GDCkd8GxE/s320/_DSC4100-Hare-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGGUQvhipLXLfNHgwEqgbdmaZhS-vgLAPy9pMrSI6A7jtNBxLiBOiELjVO9jqEhxcA18V0j5D67tlX_8EE8idXt_b72niB2ms7XiJYUq-hIN_d3Wh4_01QfFe9O2hRTXBQ5ePjBV7zuYOVKjDtcrfTn8K3oNLCl_Fn3mHwcbY7DNsTRFFldMDBUnp/s2000/_DSC5119-Male%20Blackcap-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1691" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGGUQvhipLXLfNHgwEqgbdmaZhS-vgLAPy9pMrSI6A7jtNBxLiBOiELjVO9jqEhxcA18V0j5D67tlX_8EE8idXt_b72niB2ms7XiJYUq-hIN_d3Wh4_01QfFe9O2hRTXBQ5ePjBV7zuYOVKjDtcrfTn8K3oNLCl_Fn3mHwcbY7DNsTRFFldMDBUnp/s320/_DSC5119-Male%20Blackcap-.jpg" width="271" /></a></div>The male Blackcap was still visiting the garden feeding on the suet blocks and on one occasion brought the female along too. Over the last week or so I haven't seen either birds so could be on another brood or moved on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">During the month I have seen Oystercatcher pass over the garden, a couple of groups of Whimbrel over, the first group numbering 16 and then the following sighting had 12 birds in. On a warm evening Sarah and I ventured along to the end of the village near Middle Street to listen for Great Green Bush Crickets, a local friend had already heard one calling from this spot and we met him there and sure enough it was calling loudly, but too tucked into the scrub to see anything though.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFk_2ZKEnQlv5Pj1pxVttj_iYVazFSiTgpBHMsHZxmqUR36aGZpdxeRd1_2cDADMI9qcmFsf2Jq4HaDtpI6zVKxahwE0Zu9oLsznhRHnpP39NAJzTgCJocUqA4iGP4cD8BGfU5kZb83bkYNsrInnC3UzeGONet-X-yJ6FgAWiQFpv22sA82LWLm_7n/s2000/_DSC5279-White%20Letter%20Hairstreak-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="2000" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFk_2ZKEnQlv5Pj1pxVttj_iYVazFSiTgpBHMsHZxmqUR36aGZpdxeRd1_2cDADMI9qcmFsf2Jq4HaDtpI6zVKxahwE0Zu9oLsznhRHnpP39NAJzTgCJocUqA4iGP4cD8BGfU5kZb83bkYNsrInnC3UzeGONet-X-yJ6FgAWiQFpv22sA82LWLm_7n/s320/_DSC5279-White%20Letter%20Hairstreak-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This is possibly the first White Letter Hairstreak butterfly I have seen in the garden ? I know I have seen Green Hairstreaks but I'm sure this is a first. Although slightly worn you can distinguish the white letter "W" on the lower hindwing, and a lovely bright orange edging too.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ku54aCJVlYuji2rTj2UnWxen1qQ8P_VAf1EJj64QRcWwz7X7V2ewTjmB-9qKzzKX6FY08xmoxxjpCQ7eQhDY4gB8AHLCrWqKesX4w277VdONg6bpJ9d5uO56j1IVTnpGJULBC_aPi_rmKPtsoZnrj9-RRHK0XGkm8WEiiF_J7ik5d6bh8FKmE0MM/s2000/_DSC5391-White%20Letter%20Hairstreak-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1475" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ku54aCJVlYuji2rTj2UnWxen1qQ8P_VAf1EJj64QRcWwz7X7V2ewTjmB-9qKzzKX6FY08xmoxxjpCQ7eQhDY4gB8AHLCrWqKesX4w277VdONg6bpJ9d5uO56j1IVTnpGJULBC_aPi_rmKPtsoZnrj9-RRHK0XGkm8WEiiF_J7ik5d6bh8FKmE0MM/s320/_DSC5391-White%20Letter%20Hairstreak-.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZq2pGUY2E6pSrZ6eZ_M3LTyQ6R9zfsTYpCvu0i6NchDi2K-ERLHjBDyj2maqkVY1a1JIgHCZHjF4dqhKdAp5gIcJ26xMQgKAEVnYtc0S_bBLQ2hU8IrBVfkYtAbo-3FQ773YlRlpLJJYLCQMo1n0muD8sx2hj_ripjKxc_7HMc4KNC45XueGHxsp/s2000/_DSC5357-White%20Letter%20Hairstreak-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="2000" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZq2pGUY2E6pSrZ6eZ_M3LTyQ6R9zfsTYpCvu0i6NchDi2K-ERLHjBDyj2maqkVY1a1JIgHCZHjF4dqhKdAp5gIcJ26xMQgKAEVnYtc0S_bBLQ2hU8IrBVfkYtAbo-3FQ773YlRlpLJJYLCQMo1n0muD8sx2hj_ripjKxc_7HMc4KNC45XueGHxsp/s320/_DSC5357-White%20Letter%20Hairstreak-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-55841315530704579102022-08-03T03:50:00.001-07:002022-08-03T03:50:39.282-07:00Trimingham Put On The Map ! June 2022<h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #141412; font-family: Arial; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 22px 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Trimingham Put On The Map !</strong></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>As everyone will be aware now, Trimingham has been made famous by the arrival of Bee-eaters. And it has kept me busy too ! It started on the 5th June when 4 Bee-eaters were found at the Gimingham end of the village around the Kearns land. It was very soon evident that they were staying around the quarry off Middle Street and the hope of breeding became the main concern. The site was then kept an eye on by local birders whilst the RSPB were contacted and things started to be put in place to protect these beauties. It was a surreal feeling having Bee-eaters calling and passing over the garden, what a sight to behold. A few days later I counted 5 birds over the garden ! This 5th bird had joined the main 4 from somewhere, and this was promptly followed by a 6th bird joining the flock in the quarry, these two additions had been seen moving up along the coast from Sea Palling. One of these new birds had a large chunk out of its wing so could be easily identified wherever it ventured.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYWSfvaiWPXeNH2cOeCkvbYfUYXhipamsGpq2YNLJ01C5AJMhgIR52IQIZK23g1iESxZwYzAaEZY3yMKugomqvl3zz9JNKs4kccwMr0xnsrFWGIc05aY7MHDFIsu7fLxfcBYBKlmiPT8LlSIy8S8yRUwE1oi4qH8AP-lTeJAQs8CXtCukTrwLNT0NF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2362" data-original-width="3306" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYWSfvaiWPXeNH2cOeCkvbYfUYXhipamsGpq2YNLJ01C5AJMhgIR52IQIZK23g1iESxZwYzAaEZY3yMKugomqvl3zz9JNKs4kccwMr0xnsrFWGIc05aY7MHDFIsu7fLxfcBYBKlmiPT8LlSIy8S8yRUwE1oi4qH8AP-lTeJAQs8CXtCukTrwLNT0NF" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwTYy4WKLLgFP9i1UTcGdFAbrN945lTw2csjoFvK6Ml5ikk3nWj2g_wJlU8G3yKVFlZgtSkjbxKzbGxM4sfAG4awtJuDrsA428w3uKh9IForwXxrSYeZuT7X5VeQybochoFMP0LvSBOTOHRQHIgGnCxU5-hhhOWHjZOLapElpfhESDcWOGhD118qxx" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="1000" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwTYy4WKLLgFP9i1UTcGdFAbrN945lTw2csjoFvK6Ml5ikk3nWj2g_wJlU8G3yKVFlZgtSkjbxKzbGxM4sfAG4awtJuDrsA428w3uKh9IForwXxrSYeZuT7X5VeQybochoFMP0LvSBOTOHRQHIgGnCxU5-hhhOWHjZOLapElpfhESDcWOGhD118qxx" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>It finally went public when it was announced on Springwatch, since then volunteers have been assisting the RSPB with manning the car park and viewing area. I have been lucky to take part in the volunteering too, I kept watch on the site normally from dawn until the day shift crew turned up around 8am and then I have been assisting with night shift watches, what a spectacle it’s turned out to be with news crews, visitors turning up from all over the country and numbers well into the thousands.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvHxrWMH-D3MytJvhOcx9-RkPC0qCYMTkG5GsfJGguYcCfkgsV5FZn0rm_Qi7PdNEezO0RDAvzAaRUryERkSQhFui0gtdZ3lORnA6o9aDfzeQB8ce5oVhCi-xD0ja1o8AeUeWqQEEwYKLopQaxiWf6zRMLl4S1VFV4uc7i1_9w2z5CFgFN6036NSY7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2003" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvHxrWMH-D3MytJvhOcx9-RkPC0qCYMTkG5GsfJGguYcCfkgsV5FZn0rm_Qi7PdNEezO0RDAvzAaRUryERkSQhFui0gtdZ3lORnA6o9aDfzeQB8ce5oVhCi-xD0ja1o8AeUeWqQEEwYKLopQaxiWf6zRMLl4S1VFV4uc7i1_9w2z5CFgFN6036NSY7" width="240" /></a></div><br /></b><b>How lovely starting your day off with glorious sunrises and Bee-eaters.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Later in the month it was joined on its feeding forays by a young fledged bird, it would stay close to the male before heading for the cover of the clifftop trees. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAYNeWRm3qehu9moNZ4zBJ-cb2vX1bSaOu2E1l58Ul-tUFKFNKJ9nAPEUDYyR9f5CNNauaI_8PQXHyRe-_i6B_MWexCvA_lgiFhHvy_PqZ85-9YRfjfcBZuhUZE3IS4yeK02yb_BLjKmhd4nINMHXWjSbBcz4N6OlD_swRf6CJe_7XxMOu0BuwVw3A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1250" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAYNeWRm3qehu9moNZ4zBJ-cb2vX1bSaOu2E1l58Ul-tUFKFNKJ9nAPEUDYyR9f5CNNauaI_8PQXHyRe-_i6B_MWexCvA_lgiFhHvy_PqZ85-9YRfjfcBZuhUZE3IS4yeK02yb_BLjKmhd4nINMHXWjSbBcz4N6OlD_swRf6CJe_7XxMOu0BuwVw3A" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>With the warm spells the numbers of butterflies increased, we started to see Ringlets and Meadow Browns by the end of the month. Small Tortoiseshells seemed numerous. Common Spotted Orchids could be seen along the clifftop path and slopes.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvCaHAEvGpWzTmGkVSJRRMynYxFpMBWT0JJaB9wp1zDBhqxUrD-bBhwDD1lgIVz5sxqkwjTLSh-ZL_rgBVaN_chPoaLZECDFEsO8pvd0Yf4qxQ284xixYnugN1QNvOM_LC-f5cZilAwTBfuvzbhifhUZ5GEPAnL5kMBl1rx1nPH-231A5vgKeX0iOP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1605" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvCaHAEvGpWzTmGkVSJRRMynYxFpMBWT0JJaB9wp1zDBhqxUrD-bBhwDD1lgIVz5sxqkwjTLSh-ZL_rgBVaN_chPoaLZECDFEsO8pvd0Yf4qxQ284xixYnugN1QNvOM_LC-f5cZilAwTBfuvzbhifhUZ5GEPAnL5kMBl1rx1nPH-231A5vgKeX0iOP" width="193" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 12th I watched 6 Red Kites pass over the house all together, an unusual sight at this time of year I hadn’t seen before with them all heading to the west.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A group of 4 Med gulls passed over the house, two adults and two younger birds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBwBR74ZOsxVke8Rez2aA__P5pTaEp8e09auSsM2FOx0IaIhJOaFrUEQU5b1uO9_f0QgL0cA-Qh1Jt1IKozUbLxeWIO3PtOYSqMhxUja4OPEvNUXOHfwQemWJVUIDm5H7VAD5zDV0se-3ETe74moLYFv20BUdF39VV8xVvgbycBeQpC76gY8efUgVf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1481" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBwBR74ZOsxVke8Rez2aA__P5pTaEp8e09auSsM2FOx0IaIhJOaFrUEQU5b1uO9_f0QgL0cA-Qh1Jt1IKozUbLxeWIO3PtOYSqMhxUja4OPEvNUXOHfwQemWJVUIDm5H7VAD5zDV0se-3ETe74moLYFv20BUdF39VV8xVvgbycBeQpC76gY8efUgVf" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDP-rf_LyMpHJNqvQ2quuOtK_YBZLFv4_ZAaza78iJBMraqidHGPtYZbcX3YvM34oZ16-xNicFpyMs2w2dctXEcXPOaY0WyPbzdo-IuN9-pZj2eBn_M8gpiMXoKUmXrMfWTQ-9ngSvRNZpKdYFKTE2ALnIzMJEllFUkr8erJSXf37JmC4WHpEm3wph" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1337" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDP-rf_LyMpHJNqvQ2quuOtK_YBZLFv4_ZAaza78iJBMraqidHGPtYZbcX3YvM34oZ16-xNicFpyMs2w2dctXEcXPOaY0WyPbzdo-IuN9-pZj2eBn_M8gpiMXoKUmXrMfWTQ-9ngSvRNZpKdYFKTE2ALnIzMJEllFUkr8erJSXf37JmC4WHpEm3wph" width="165" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And lastly Hummingbird Hawkmoths, there was a large influx of these little beauties in the garden throughout the month, with numerous sightings through the day they had to be different individuals, I could tell by some photographs, state of the wings, these were not all the same moth and I heard a report of 15 in one nearby garden. A very good year for these little moths.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW1jz2NEFm8W1Waj8TH1QP_rGs7MJ2pONHZ8c9Ki6dUq_vot25K5tXjb1frGrTugzOG9Y1JcSEVVqdq7pr5UUOKsc9BR_qcOFDdDsLNxnVUsZa5ab-FcP5z6iqKcnJikuJ1iFhZ4Pnm0X5DVQKp4jAQKcW1Mo9ZlczjRlE6szSJfsCtoeAaw66toSn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3167" data-original-width="2692" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW1jz2NEFm8W1Waj8TH1QP_rGs7MJ2pONHZ8c9Ki6dUq_vot25K5tXjb1frGrTugzOG9Y1JcSEVVqdq7pr5UUOKsc9BR_qcOFDdDsLNxnVUsZa5ab-FcP5z6iqKcnJikuJ1iFhZ4Pnm0X5DVQKp4jAQKcW1Mo9ZlczjRlE6szSJfsCtoeAaw66toSn" width="204" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaMTSsscKVnlCVJ78SUyeNOkk8uBZc_2YZuic_pd3CwKHrwFDbv2JY8ZDEDSdR7HPLVQrx3ZaP-KYaxqArrLWr2ylF6imkLCZNEVVKcFkzfV7s3725yTBr5m8KifMMPxaTmWEP1qWAUPV7FEnsTXfgjWKB3OtEvjvaN58HjFVWvRIRBC8J-uJdPMUD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1999" data-original-width="2871" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaMTSsscKVnlCVJ78SUyeNOkk8uBZc_2YZuic_pd3CwKHrwFDbv2JY8ZDEDSdR7HPLVQrx3ZaP-KYaxqArrLWr2ylF6imkLCZNEVVKcFkzfV7s3725yTBr5m8KifMMPxaTmWEP1qWAUPV7FEnsTXfgjWKB3OtEvjvaN58HjFVWvRIRBC8J-uJdPMUD" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div></span></div>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-59856394446377102012022-06-06T00:18:00.005-07:002022-06-18T04:26:57.393-07:00Bee-Eaters in Trimingham. Sunday 5th June 2022<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiik4gReKwnV8J2hKd3xPhOt98bMOUWgcUQ70CwoMolnKLDja5rjq7I_8wbm2BbngwC_iIloKu2dysX7TYSnPXkVMmPzXHMgdislRRieBronRMr5K2FsOljS1UgDClCpJEOe7SI0cle0KKGzgUxTM4Iya5yhFAFckoohT4u6DBFHgo5tkCSDjEqiV7E/s3092/_DSC1325-Bee-eaters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="3092" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiik4gReKwnV8J2hKd3xPhOt98bMOUWgcUQ70CwoMolnKLDja5rjq7I_8wbm2BbngwC_iIloKu2dysX7TYSnPXkVMmPzXHMgdislRRieBronRMr5K2FsOljS1UgDClCpJEOe7SI0cle0KKGzgUxTM4Iya5yhFAFckoohT4u6DBFHgo5tkCSDjEqiV7E/s320/_DSC1325-Bee-eaters.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday 5th June 2022</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When Andrew Chamberlin found 4 Bee-Eaters not far from my doorstep I couldn't resist to get up there quick and hope to connect. This was only the second time I had seen Bee-eaters in the UK, the first was a fly past not long after moving to Trimingham and now once again in Trimingham my second encounter consisted of 4 birds !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They were very vocal and showed on a few occasions as they actively fed, the weather was awful and so images needed brightening against a dull grey sky. 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May 2022<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruPV2hLJVpVbONhc-ygKXu3t-JjJPlHNcG8xaVvFmlybpUX9Cllq11AXCvanahENTsNSOmGRfQ5Gg4QC2MhT5EfW1LNPAPOg-vMgCznI_Xi5Rmy1P2i1joOzUoVaQmrF0gi_jYndSYMg-Wroz7MFtRoYSmhCtfr7hHILoIhEt88dJogZGPb-C2pLr/s1000/_DSC0736-Swift-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1000" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruPV2hLJVpVbONhc-ygKXu3t-JjJPlHNcG8xaVvFmlybpUX9Cllq11AXCvanahENTsNSOmGRfQ5Gg4QC2MhT5EfW1LNPAPOg-vMgCznI_Xi5Rmy1P2i1joOzUoVaQmrF0gi_jYndSYMg-Wroz7MFtRoYSmhCtfr7hHILoIhEt88dJogZGPb-C2pLr/s320/_DSC0736-Swift-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I am so happy once I see Swifts back in our skies again, on a couple of days they were streaming past the house continually, great sights.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9XSzfQJwXQaiqB5THmeEdhxaA4ALYnF0ZlETOMq2DYRIUdb4jz59YyGp_yf6nnTWGQ4NqmBrE__IQ5i7nSyMhS1OtL8y9owBzSFMqLI76GeD4k0uX_id-okOmoR3A3drOPhZkkWTgymK5dq4OVHmn3ZGgMMDbu-fCoGySFxWipf244T3qRtW9z_q/s1000/_DSC0741-Carrion%20Crow-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="1000" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9XSzfQJwXQaiqB5THmeEdhxaA4ALYnF0ZlETOMq2DYRIUdb4jz59YyGp_yf6nnTWGQ4NqmBrE__IQ5i7nSyMhS1OtL8y9owBzSFMqLI76GeD4k0uX_id-okOmoR3A3drOPhZkkWTgymK5dq4OVHmn3ZGgMMDbu-fCoGySFxWipf244T3qRtW9z_q/s320/_DSC0741-Carrion%20Crow-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Every morning, it seemed, large groups of Crows and a few Rooks would all head east along the coast, then some would return west later, presuming they were the same birds maybe on a feeding trip to somewhere locally ? </div><div style="text-align: center;">On one morning dog walk we located a Hybrid Carrion/Hooded Crow feeding in a field with crows between Trimingham and Gimingham. More similar to a Hooded crow except that the grey coloured parts were too dark and not the pale light tones a true bird would show.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A female type Siskin visited the feeders in the garden, and later in the month a Male bird also fed in the garden, so I am presuming there are breeding birds around somewhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWAaxfwjKCOsvwKSafe1D4XIW-BAq2CSPPej8Vc3Y_fzLzWz019U3dOhZbgLPFbOrHjNPXoqR6bTD0HvP1WTxJ6WMcregNjzcykVqaZh1CB-nx4l05W5A_vKXSqAijrKU-XvnAnZhKlVMAZ4DIv3R5WJa3xtWfrZzrbSsk7O1ygwERA-LC_WFL5OT/s1200/_DSC4773-Siskin-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1200" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWAaxfwjKCOsvwKSafe1D4XIW-BAq2CSPPej8Vc3Y_fzLzWz019U3dOhZbgLPFbOrHjNPXoqR6bTD0HvP1WTxJ6WMcregNjzcykVqaZh1CB-nx4l05W5A_vKXSqAijrKU-XvnAnZhKlVMAZ4DIv3R5WJa3xtWfrZzrbSsk7O1ygwERA-LC_WFL5OT/s320/_DSC4773-Siskin-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8LLWQOGVnCWVy5f07n7XsjEx5j66_KVqmZ4l-1TC8HuYZbGVlhOHVakQdoPd6njNI-d0nJgEZ3J6582_EhaHpQ3XU844HJ0mR3W4LmjksVBB56g5I4vEOIcSE5XV5Xh8jA9m06VHlI5dshwWl3gEydz1ZZmZVnn6zMo4IarfVWxluPjb_tGvNlDo/s1200/_DSC4792-Siskin-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1200" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8LLWQOGVnCWVy5f07n7XsjEx5j66_KVqmZ4l-1TC8HuYZbGVlhOHVakQdoPd6njNI-d0nJgEZ3J6582_EhaHpQ3XU844HJ0mR3W4LmjksVBB56g5I4vEOIcSE5XV5Xh8jA9m06VHlI5dshwWl3gEydz1ZZmZVnn6zMo4IarfVWxluPjb_tGvNlDo/s320/_DSC4792-Siskin-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As the month got going there were a lot of Jays being seen moving along the coastal areas north of here, I saw quite a few groups of birds heading over. In the second week of May I walked into the garden and heard my first Cuckoo of the year calling from the churchyard, it didn't hang about as I couldn't locate it when I checked but then Sarah had heard one calling near the village hall so it must of been the same bird still moving further. A quick flyby Hobby past the house was the only sighting all month, fingers crossed the weather warms and I may see more pass over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNj5cpL6yewzEp6v8bIXWkIZ0g3zOWPwOspg4GDsLjo40BJkyUEnlK0JYXdElx0c25ptXp6bc-kco5b1pXrU1h1F2QwJJdiqfQx3pwE6IVmxw0a6_URBDJF9hOjVNEbbr_u4aKiEyRRautGVyZngAoOIFovQUNTrS1nj8hAIEqYP0LdC4itKzeJIJS/s1200/_DSC0814-Common%20Whitethroat-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1200" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNj5cpL6yewzEp6v8bIXWkIZ0g3zOWPwOspg4GDsLjo40BJkyUEnlK0JYXdElx0c25ptXp6bc-kco5b1pXrU1h1F2QwJJdiqfQx3pwE6IVmxw0a6_URBDJF9hOjVNEbbr_u4aKiEyRRautGVyZngAoOIFovQUNTrS1nj8hAIEqYP0LdC4itKzeJIJS/s320/_DSC0814-Common%20Whitethroat-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Common Whitethroats still sang from all over the place, some would be very confiding and watch you pass by just feet away whilst singing away. I wanted to see a Lesser Whitethroat, I was still waiting!, and eventually saw one as we returned from a dog walk one morning, and typically it perched in full view knowing I hadn't got my camera..ha ha!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I did catch up later and get a few photos</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVYfTnxDnGnySKKIsvh9b5OXoQARRM7qWAV1GyVV1RXFenB2x9ozbY0igu5OMk66FB0oT1SNTiJREgaxMGQHbBxVXkjmzEVinVSM2iX6J4oKjDBDBufozmleGANiGiBormT58wuRjranUmvJjxQxcYSlHOqWTgO5XeyUFt0PG8t09udnYNjcSbFwt/s1200/_DSC0827-Lesser%20Whitethroat-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1200" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVYfTnxDnGnySKKIsvh9b5OXoQARRM7qWAV1GyVV1RXFenB2x9ozbY0igu5OMk66FB0oT1SNTiJREgaxMGQHbBxVXkjmzEVinVSM2iX6J4oKjDBDBufozmleGANiGiBormT58wuRjranUmvJjxQxcYSlHOqWTgO5XeyUFt0PG8t09udnYNjcSbFwt/s320/_DSC0827-Lesser%20Whitethroat-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lesser Whitethroat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HC0_kqe7uxUYvDTwtmlVXMQ2xeQY_ZKLGYQm8u0IoRpMN4O66IB6QOcxbaY_fXQzXFFZ9_RLgWhyzFJaHtkT1lY6wdNqC0hZLTsAEQEnFNxVfanIGedBQoP8AYDRmoprJeHGxCBTgi8Ixc7EKoGhI_R-LDzzSIDr_OiOtWrNyc5RgAbfvaR9MaW2/s1200/_DSC0828-Lesser%20Whitethroat-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1200" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HC0_kqe7uxUYvDTwtmlVXMQ2xeQY_ZKLGYQm8u0IoRpMN4O66IB6QOcxbaY_fXQzXFFZ9_RLgWhyzFJaHtkT1lY6wdNqC0hZLTsAEQEnFNxVfanIGedBQoP8AYDRmoprJeHGxCBTgi8Ixc7EKoGhI_R-LDzzSIDr_OiOtWrNyc5RgAbfvaR9MaW2/s320/_DSC0828-Lesser%20Whitethroat-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZEU8vdAKNEHXZLLRsTHU6_SPpbZfJ11-DTsuqpQ0hpL0rF9r-Y7LKdl3E_Urds8ohpZ5YTfyJtdgQoGgmLH0I5Zp0ifgpo6-NC_rPY-sLpQbHSi2iLVAgJGf-XNFjJA1PxzgG7FhtNrrcKX3mkKCplwXKTd4goRdPY9ehs9wWUrDQY2gmt1qoQwp/s1000/_DSC0775-Chiffchaff-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="1000" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZEU8vdAKNEHXZLLRsTHU6_SPpbZfJ11-DTsuqpQ0hpL0rF9r-Y7LKdl3E_Urds8ohpZ5YTfyJtdgQoGgmLH0I5Zp0ifgpo6-NC_rPY-sLpQbHSi2iLVAgJGf-XNFjJA1PxzgG7FhtNrrcKX3mkKCplwXKTd4goRdPY9ehs9wWUrDQY2gmt1qoQwp/s320/_DSC0775-Chiffchaff-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Chiffchaffs could be heard every day and whilst photographing the Lesser Whitethroat one came down low enough for me to grab photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYkv4p4mQnmSPXi4A3HNiBmZIOcZJoqxXIBKKp-S-tSApk3qIuzTkd8Up-gImB544eX4saJAFPm2ttZOE2Lkbc0D2C7Oeh2BjYokP6MjDC3JhdCSnvCkkYH8aUVM_aPjQRzn9phonvxmjbkF2y9FYB3Ovdg9m2jyqUcbPhxjhk5Gd2nwGzz9BxeMI/s1000/_DSC0786-Chiffchaff-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="1000" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYkv4p4mQnmSPXi4A3HNiBmZIOcZJoqxXIBKKp-S-tSApk3qIuzTkd8Up-gImB544eX4saJAFPm2ttZOE2Lkbc0D2C7Oeh2BjYokP6MjDC3JhdCSnvCkkYH8aUVM_aPjQRzn9phonvxmjbkF2y9FYB3Ovdg9m2jyqUcbPhxjhk5Gd2nwGzz9BxeMI/s320/_DSC0786-Chiffchaff-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Through the second half of the month you may have seen a mini invasion of Painted Lady's through the gardens. It wasn't on the scale that they sometimes arrive in but it was still numerous nonetheless. They are a quick flying butterfly sometimes disappearing as soon as you notice them, but lovely to see when they stop to feed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Scxuc4vuggv1JV9cPZzB32rMNLbE8d4sVIpXQo3GK5DRW65uuKCiEzRR5qwSDRgiKfv9wEm8-n8QqDOtYFg91HZEvw7HSiwOXhNn33uMiMb0Wx4ucjr2WQkHI1tICWoUvJCdmdvVYYBnFyktnV5-H6UNqK7XGDg041cC22UD7XzjXZsplekFHqiR/s2795/_DSC4829-Painted%20Lady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2795" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Scxuc4vuggv1JV9cPZzB32rMNLbE8d4sVIpXQo3GK5DRW65uuKCiEzRR5qwSDRgiKfv9wEm8-n8QqDOtYFg91HZEvw7HSiwOXhNn33uMiMb0Wx4ucjr2WQkHI1tICWoUvJCdmdvVYYBnFyktnV5-H6UNqK7XGDg041cC22UD7XzjXZsplekFHqiR/s320/_DSC4829-Painted%20Lady.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Xwsz0Fagb1mkKwoECANVYV1piv5Gjhzol4E9fX-woN8J4XSqHrlUPoDe-bv58KmNgAUbGeC_2FTHAE09fDWEkWVVn58OpgF6wjjTW0JNzHl_ZkOkz3kMoHVf9bd5CvgorKYM7wZOHa02D1fEidxfltbaNoTtluEjI1Qjy7s5H8W_Xroqg2T_9CU3/s3000/_DSC4896-Painted%20Lady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Xwsz0Fagb1mkKwoECANVYV1piv5Gjhzol4E9fX-woN8J4XSqHrlUPoDe-bv58KmNgAUbGeC_2FTHAE09fDWEkWVVn58OpgF6wjjTW0JNzHl_ZkOkz3kMoHVf9bd5CvgorKYM7wZOHa02D1fEidxfltbaNoTtluEjI1Qjy7s5H8W_Xroqg2T_9CU3/s320/_DSC4896-Painted%20Lady.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Puss moth was asking for trouble when I found it in the middle of the lane, so it was quickly moved to a safer spot where it rested until night before moving away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWv_gL8Qdy50SoiZiBjz3Qyjr5_cx6NeYxB3H7C55izB1p5m5lJ73BjGqGic3_dn5T_W8m88JAbUvkHiY2hhme7zPFY5TY1PmzDGrjv2S_qQowN6YD_SbvNsYg2MbcXHC09RQniL02tHBGW34n7KpEh1kNIrthUc4LZID239WvAxMumJJspAHdPar/s2262/IMG_20220519_085054075_HDR-Puss%20moth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2262" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWv_gL8Qdy50SoiZiBjz3Qyjr5_cx6NeYxB3H7C55izB1p5m5lJ73BjGqGic3_dn5T_W8m88JAbUvkHiY2hhme7zPFY5TY1PmzDGrjv2S_qQowN6YD_SbvNsYg2MbcXHC09RQniL02tHBGW34n7KpEh1kNIrthUc4LZID239WvAxMumJJspAHdPar/s320/IMG_20220519_085054075_HDR-Puss%20moth.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And lastly the Early Purple Orchids. This year Sarah and I counted more plants than ever and they seemed to be widening the stretch they occupy which would be lovely to see a populated bank in years to come, sadly though on another walk past we found that most of the flowers had been cut and taken away. Not a happy sight to see and one I hope doesn't happen again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHiwY-NbuipB_S4IeTv77j-_764zGhAH19oNvqlUhERLbx3KpgtJ-cMS78-oNq0-GlhngL9Sp1qWLleAfmcpfU09hr_VRPniWQ1GQA9R16C51wcGcedn1wlO9UdeX8t9y7mK5tN3ysOC-nWjbm3VC_9WsHMgZ-ZVZh0lv2Vk_USsV3ntq7VC-6AC4/s2000/IMG_20220515_085922315-Early%20Purple%20Orchid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHiwY-NbuipB_S4IeTv77j-_764zGhAH19oNvqlUhERLbx3KpgtJ-cMS78-oNq0-GlhngL9Sp1qWLleAfmcpfU09hr_VRPniWQ1GQA9R16C51wcGcedn1wlO9UdeX8t9y7mK5tN3ysOC-nWjbm3VC_9WsHMgZ-ZVZh0lv2Vk_USsV3ntq7VC-6AC4/s320/IMG_20220515_085922315-Early%20Purple%20Orchid.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTeA_BmZUVn1R_ylrtGPY3BPRl1SluUZU55XZwdq8NSHuzR532to-E_gf3qfonw7Qk4IjFtX6QASyxZGMmKv0Mak2xTHhGmp7YSRoM9D8VogN9-cMVu2Q_aAuNnm4BCgk0RCKjNTCqB3rg0LsHWRsv2dnu2_qBTOARxVPv2IQbf_37o9f2QmxBlmA/s2000/IMG_20220515_085940172-Broken%20Early%20Purple%20Orchids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTeA_BmZUVn1R_ylrtGPY3BPRl1SluUZU55XZwdq8NSHuzR532to-E_gf3qfonw7Qk4IjFtX6QASyxZGMmKv0Mak2xTHhGmp7YSRoM9D8VogN9-cMVu2Q_aAuNnm4BCgk0RCKjNTCqB3rg0LsHWRsv2dnu2_qBTOARxVPv2IQbf_37o9f2QmxBlmA/s320/IMG_20220515_085940172-Broken%20Early%20Purple%20Orchids.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /> </p>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-81097471812380927522022-05-11T09:52:00.005-07:002022-05-11T09:52:38.631-07:00April 2022<p style="text-align: center;"> April 2022</p><p style="text-align: center;">Spring had finally arrived as we moved into April, a lot of birds were on the move and because it was decent weather a lot of migrating birds probably headed straight to their breeding grounds, missing out on stopping here. The male Brambling was still visiting the garden during the first week but seemed to have moved on after that, but not before having its picture taken.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXz2mxqcpqAdLbXeCz_N-St6lt57gNhLNMnppXj-Rrx1UvfMTVdJK_R3X82p49BFQn0u5eHdjp3ZX5BwnbNrRnLOYJDw33fkBK69-ZE1Uo8COaLG1aHvGRhgIFiR5FHa6y9xSoly7Jb0I7L42dXf5zVJ-QWwmLhRI0FFBXzHVVS5-rrUWB4uOGeC2/s900/_DSC4660-Brambling-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="900" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXz2mxqcpqAdLbXeCz_N-St6lt57gNhLNMnppXj-Rrx1UvfMTVdJK_R3X82p49BFQn0u5eHdjp3ZX5BwnbNrRnLOYJDw33fkBK69-ZE1Uo8COaLG1aHvGRhgIFiR5FHa6y9xSoly7Jb0I7L42dXf5zVJ-QWwmLhRI0FFBXzHVVS5-rrUWB4uOGeC2/s320/_DSC4660-Brambling-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4jaxShXnkSpJTVVjrwInkpF2sC5fRQuisyOzc5X-liZKtX817h5fsCy5x_lqtkg7oPS9SCdq3i4JVA3C8C1-xbC3LKrWOZAnpZhMhw7SdeKlc-qGMKN1aB8mgrxIWqT1WpPKkzkVcFS2iXHnkAskfMJH2JzAD7thmL1DGz5A7_f-tYqEkeWiKMfY/s2212/_DSC9313-Long%20tailed%20tits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2212" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4jaxShXnkSpJTVVjrwInkpF2sC5fRQuisyOzc5X-liZKtX817h5fsCy5x_lqtkg7oPS9SCdq3i4JVA3C8C1-xbC3LKrWOZAnpZhMhw7SdeKlc-qGMKN1aB8mgrxIWqT1WpPKkzkVcFS2iXHnkAskfMJH2JzAD7thmL1DGz5A7_f-tYqEkeWiKMfY/s320/_DSC9313-Long%20tailed%20tits.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The garden birds were still busy as ever and some were attending to their nest and young by the amounts of food they were carrying. The Long tailed tits didn’t seem to have started nesting yet as they could be seen together every day together, always making their presence in the garden known by their trilling calls.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rGQ3Hcpi9ivGZrMxkk-IQZpjyfoVWRh5SHDl37cP5A2NVpn-EgqBz74S8ekcL6oQZyY7HXExRfM8tbzHKlkG6O6NBg5OK3NoemDYTYCDiNcuPuV9BIzkOE5tVoXndK-UW5UOSihWGo7U6kmRydC_L_IU2vqlWFnDJ6EYSBbwCdHxl3nOBjeLS3Eg/s900/_DSC9280-Long%20tailed%20tit-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="900" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rGQ3Hcpi9ivGZrMxkk-IQZpjyfoVWRh5SHDl37cP5A2NVpn-EgqBz74S8ekcL6oQZyY7HXExRfM8tbzHKlkG6O6NBg5OK3NoemDYTYCDiNcuPuV9BIzkOE5tVoXndK-UW5UOSihWGo7U6kmRydC_L_IU2vqlWFnDJ6EYSBbwCdHxl3nOBjeLS3Eg/s320/_DSC9280-Long%20tailed%20tit-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Dunnocks, normally 4 of them, busily displaying and trying to impress the female, they were forever chasing around the garden and on the lawn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSKWMGwdec_Z4ThHyMkiL3D8AWKi1IRiyJZgAF6kLLCJJceE0tyR6j8KkxrspAesTHs5F8HNDL4AIS9nC6qJr_Hq7jvGoqz-Rwa7Yw71vO6rdLMMqySkL1KBXsiywxneD1CJFhQbhes5i0dtg7Lo0k8k77w7h0f5heXkLUmkcLlzj9K5suvYX9mvb/s900/_DSC9332-Dunnock-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="900" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSKWMGwdec_Z4ThHyMkiL3D8AWKi1IRiyJZgAF6kLLCJJceE0tyR6j8KkxrspAesTHs5F8HNDL4AIS9nC6qJr_Hq7jvGoqz-Rwa7Yw71vO6rdLMMqySkL1KBXsiywxneD1CJFhQbhes5i0dtg7Lo0k8k77w7h0f5heXkLUmkcLlzj9K5suvYX9mvb/s320/_DSC9332-Dunnock-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On the 11th 2 Curlew flew over the garden. The 12th was a great day, on the morning dog walk I finally caught up with a Wheatear this spring, and this male was in the company of a female bird too, extra bonus. 2 Swallows started of a slow trickle of birds heading up the coast, so nice to see them back again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">With two species in the bag for the year as it were’, the 12th was far from over. During the afternoon whilst scanning the skies from the garden I glanced just behind me to see a large raptor spiralling high, once I got my eye on the bird there was no mistaking I was watching an Osprey! It slowly spiralled higher and further out to sea towards Sidestrand, what a bonus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcugtmu8GcT5XUfNb5TFymXOkRbCMcy-1nG2x-Gc5Fxf3WnF9NjlMtqfOsNeFDw3oHG6rCoKDfak_Bn1ucmABQ4jLSjZy1iy2g-1T3Q393_zhVGSttAZuShzkmUYREaQ4b9vvsPj5nOgEbGBglv0RN9hV-vyFAlLT5iA19fTDRUawMfE17-mEIuVWA/s900/_DSC9563-Osprey-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="900" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcugtmu8GcT5XUfNb5TFymXOkRbCMcy-1nG2x-Gc5Fxf3WnF9NjlMtqfOsNeFDw3oHG6rCoKDfak_Bn1ucmABQ4jLSjZy1iy2g-1T3Q393_zhVGSttAZuShzkmUYREaQ4b9vvsPj5nOgEbGBglv0RN9hV-vyFAlLT5iA19fTDRUawMfE17-mEIuVWA/s320/_DSC9563-Osprey-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqDB7h-BsijXGAZ7ujJXJCaUWDKPKjrL5Qxvw_FaUJq6gjtLeiMags9O8blW7SusHcPmLsixfL6Gv-mu0_hblyzF-2rBZQss-9AK4OZ--sB4APIajDz8nYfFxICtskDTmc2u5R76s_bdKyoRr1tQBc9fQs_YJQG6LG9nLSaCX4AkBtDe-1_SeX8zp/s501/_DSC9563-Osprey--.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="501" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqDB7h-BsijXGAZ7ujJXJCaUWDKPKjrL5Qxvw_FaUJq6gjtLeiMags9O8blW7SusHcPmLsixfL6Gv-mu0_hblyzF-2rBZQss-9AK4OZ--sB4APIajDz8nYfFxICtskDTmc2u5R76s_bdKyoRr1tQBc9fQs_YJQG6LG9nLSaCX4AkBtDe-1_SeX8zp/s320/_DSC9563-Osprey--.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But that wasn’t the end of my day….. a new garden tick presented itself on a neighbours roof, and one I had been waiting to get since moving here, a Black Redstart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiepJz708TEn4s2dqZp5sJZH-YSxTtHprELJQkBIf8v41vH93L4Vu1EJHXme7kLU4FFkWkUO1j49MQ7fZ7_RnaEM_KNEVyWGhcnWsa2GEZWJmeL8LUpvyAgMrS9wYkys_IxITcmEs29YiDZWiyLaQAaa6VUeIGmzTWROCzesMIkkLozS_SEKSFSuKM/s856/_DSC9817-Black%20Redstart-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiepJz708TEn4s2dqZp5sJZH-YSxTtHprELJQkBIf8v41vH93L4Vu1EJHXme7kLU4FFkWkUO1j49MQ7fZ7_RnaEM_KNEVyWGhcnWsa2GEZWJmeL8LUpvyAgMrS9wYkys_IxITcmEs29YiDZWiyLaQAaa6VUeIGmzTWROCzesMIkkLozS_SEKSFSuKM/s320/_DSC9817-Black%20Redstart-.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJv_mari7zxfWhntiL8YnHLEXiFt011JheOucx-sC8BXBH5xzqzSL-jnzTeIOIulKtT_uDc4eC2IxMRMkEWbiwDG3DD52tWld2b5FICkkutqZe8wWAgYNYuVqdURCka87pMFsacQgtcIhpEbmZkBEJDIjn-x7gOn6ZISqVOMgxaUUcQCW1PLoYo5PY/s1489/_DSC9873-Black%20Redstart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1489" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJv_mari7zxfWhntiL8YnHLEXiFt011JheOucx-sC8BXBH5xzqzSL-jnzTeIOIulKtT_uDc4eC2IxMRMkEWbiwDG3DD52tWld2b5FICkkutqZe8wWAgYNYuVqdURCka87pMFsacQgtcIhpEbmZkBEJDIjn-x7gOn6ZISqVOMgxaUUcQCW1PLoYo5PY/s320/_DSC9873-Black%20Redstart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now the 12th could end !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The next day I saw and heard 2 Blackcaps singing, they had finally arrived. We saw 2 Fieldfare pass overhead whilst walking the dogs. Swallows still passed albeit single birds and a House Martin was the first of the year. It was lovely to see and hear new species arriving each day. On the 14th I saw 2 Willow Warblers, one was very vocal and very showy, typical as I didn’t have the camera with me. A Common Whitethroat on the 15th was the first of quite a few to be holding territory around the village by the end of the month. House martins were soon to be seen over the village and feeding over the fields near the village hall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyND0RrFwM182GrmB3ajHTtXjmu7-4ilG4BS-aZWdGGkAegCSgDi8o4gYky_tA7wM-JYWGNj9_PZKiyuyV4Fzr1CjX9av6jLsxNyv_U9qrkZOnxZa2v1z_GxdZ27HY9MOXt6xFM_0e2peFApJO-z-tW2PO53X6eyE-biHkxOOFtK5WLPFfgoez1RL3/s2237/_DSC9897-Greenfinch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2237" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyND0RrFwM182GrmB3ajHTtXjmu7-4ilG4BS-aZWdGGkAegCSgDi8o4gYky_tA7wM-JYWGNj9_PZKiyuyV4Fzr1CjX9av6jLsxNyv_U9qrkZOnxZa2v1z_GxdZ27HY9MOXt6xFM_0e2peFApJO-z-tW2PO53X6eyE-biHkxOOFtK5WLPFfgoez1RL3/s320/_DSC9897-Greenfinch.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What a stunning colour on the Greenfinches at this time of year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On the 16th a female Marsh Harrier flew south past the house, easily told by the dark brown plumage and pale creamy hood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Most mornings after the dog walk I would take time watching the skies for birds moving over before getting to work in the studio. On the 17th the walk produced 6+ Song Thrushes and more Common Whitethroat, 6 Jays were part of a wave that moved across the north coast area. From the garden I set up hoping to see something, and I ended up spending most of the day watching the skies, I had 21+ Buzzards pass over the garden, one of those got the heart racing as it very much resembled a Rough legged buzzard, but some plumage traits didn’t quite match up so it was relegated to Common, they are so variable in their plumage you think you’ve found something different. A smart bird nonetheless.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFe2_g5DCkcbTpALsP68xP7qlWNA2SayM-gKKxlo1ir02oBuyPCL6p3jbzVL71tAu--ADqj1642Bog-VisjXH7tv1cqdbO0G1j6-nHWxvpTwfY9E8IyXINQlGYZw-n3vTuNuxIWk8XiSUPdllr2vz6ZjOhn0sbz_OUkIrjr1uv6RTJyzLqThBdZls/s899/_DSC9985-Buzzard-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="899" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFe2_g5DCkcbTpALsP68xP7qlWNA2SayM-gKKxlo1ir02oBuyPCL6p3jbzVL71tAu--ADqj1642Bog-VisjXH7tv1cqdbO0G1j6-nHWxvpTwfY9E8IyXINQlGYZw-n3vTuNuxIWk8XiSUPdllr2vz6ZjOhn0sbz_OUkIrjr1uv6RTJyzLqThBdZls/s320/_DSC9985-Buzzard-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfljFsTcAwuqUktDkM8khiH-DbTxrgMzTT4oFJ6Yl4ua5GELn8fiZCTN_mAge74972zxWKwHp-IC0hNoUVPzQWDMyDm5GyB59tEjKD3KMJ2agCRvOr_m4QQNE7g_yKiE6puixXN0qWmuE-Jv6C6hyaLsM2TVfPa-gZ7dI4QCgv6yajzdfU48inGSY/s900/_DSC9988-Buzzard-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="900" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfljFsTcAwuqUktDkM8khiH-DbTxrgMzTT4oFJ6Yl4ua5GELn8fiZCTN_mAge74972zxWKwHp-IC0hNoUVPzQWDMyDm5GyB59tEjKD3KMJ2agCRvOr_m4QQNE7g_yKiE6puixXN0qWmuE-Jv6C6hyaLsM2TVfPa-gZ7dI4QCgv6yajzdfU48inGSY/s320/_DSC9988-Buzzard-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The day was a raptor day for sure as I also spotted a female Hen Harrier heading inland.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMbmaJhyc3B3Pa-ZIMeUJKSF3vwuYFe1vM3LOzJ-Zk3grYbx_arnPFXv_xNXJzNm9pr4PEDqidphfeidpMKkYPVomRRfjUNLGvqXbl3rZWDbf2b5sj8XAzWtldZ6QT5Efo7SD_Jytk88iNZvbOrAWz8fCyQ58FNNPRL6oGER-QdSjHZEP_auNn-Xz/s1331/_DSC0060-Hen%20Harrier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1331" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMbmaJhyc3B3Pa-ZIMeUJKSF3vwuYFe1vM3LOzJ-Zk3grYbx_arnPFXv_xNXJzNm9pr4PEDqidphfeidpMKkYPVomRRfjUNLGvqXbl3rZWDbf2b5sj8XAzWtldZ6QT5Efo7SD_Jytk88iNZvbOrAWz8fCyQ58FNNPRL6oGER-QdSjHZEP_auNn-Xz/s320/_DSC0060-Hen%20Harrier.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTYoVj_0e1Qk9t6yXGawWgO0r5zUpBHrVCT220daRrmWFtJ-0TUY3UK4jkQIJm_4pXf3PdW0TLRW_crnPJ_Lt0sOu2NiQR4cA7vgfdqdvYRQTqjO8xIbXWJM2_MF7A3n4GTbswSCBPkH2LjoP4r3YmuLW5_XOGcUGddSQ-R0vpiZKWrluW-tds3d6/s800/_DSC0073-Hen%20Harrier-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="800" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTYoVj_0e1Qk9t6yXGawWgO0r5zUpBHrVCT220daRrmWFtJ-0TUY3UK4jkQIJm_4pXf3PdW0TLRW_crnPJ_Lt0sOu2NiQR4cA7vgfdqdvYRQTqjO8xIbXWJM2_MF7A3n4GTbswSCBPkH2LjoP4r3YmuLW5_XOGcUGddSQ-R0vpiZKWrluW-tds3d6/s320/_DSC0073-Hen%20Harrier-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 18th I hoped for more raptors moving over, not quite as many as the day before but there were a handful circling on the thermals, one in particular was a stunning pale Common Buzzard. It seemed to stay in the area nearly all day, displaying and calling to nearby buzzards and putting on a great display over the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrCzoK1H7LKi9oqgxD9V-4xOdbXR6AovKyTDeKenypKBbA18gLAUUnilqQoGdmVvptO2lirSM4_D5iDIb69oCQe9vUdZGnYc8QH-dn1H1PvRAinXNAqE-hdLe3HAF9_IYvvG_Ly__LJ8mtJeW9rzjLkxQBAMEmJQjpoPLKaoAETxY7nYqCwFUykNj/s1369/_DSC0170-Buzzards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1369" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrCzoK1H7LKi9oqgxD9V-4xOdbXR6AovKyTDeKenypKBbA18gLAUUnilqQoGdmVvptO2lirSM4_D5iDIb69oCQe9vUdZGnYc8QH-dn1H1PvRAinXNAqE-hdLe3HAF9_IYvvG_Ly__LJ8mtJeW9rzjLkxQBAMEmJQjpoPLKaoAETxY7nYqCwFUykNj/s320/_DSC0170-Buzzards.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5P-xQCEkDY5boAxKepTdnEkUB6J5z-i6juKIKhyR6j_wVr4fyArBQ0G2obVdvmDJXhSdQcEFC0140Wn2FLflRfkDT7p4QdxtpJCwjk75ca66FojeWYMZIIEGckvSNKXOGfkkRgW0xFC9kWbP1MsY3bHGUUkbXIBd0lLoK1kNXk6-JKzsVlLVQ2vol/s815/_DSC0138-Buzzard-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5P-xQCEkDY5boAxKepTdnEkUB6J5z-i6juKIKhyR6j_wVr4fyArBQ0G2obVdvmDJXhSdQcEFC0140Wn2FLflRfkDT7p4QdxtpJCwjk75ca66FojeWYMZIIEGckvSNKXOGfkkRgW0xFC9kWbP1MsY3bHGUUkbXIBd0lLoK1kNXk6-JKzsVlLVQ2vol/s320/_DSC0138-Buzzard-.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpjj-3gE6XQ0AkZDtBo9sLQadpCY-WaJDDoq-geX0rsNd3YK728RjA-WIKnKHHZDGZN1QCKtLuCRYUTZryLCLJ_m_YWI4NUMKDjT8Ur9MwClZnM3lQde6giZtVtLn4JG_uyKe5YdHWwrBCjkrw8pWZy37jyTEVMNjEAK8z81rGtABLO-V7tcMU5CF/s900/_DSC0243-Buzzard-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="900" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpjj-3gE6XQ0AkZDtBo9sLQadpCY-WaJDDoq-geX0rsNd3YK728RjA-WIKnKHHZDGZN1QCKtLuCRYUTZryLCLJ_m_YWI4NUMKDjT8Ur9MwClZnM3lQde6giZtVtLn4JG_uyKe5YdHWwrBCjkrw8pWZy37jyTEVMNjEAK8z81rGtABLO-V7tcMU5CF/s320/_DSC0243-Buzzard-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfP8ccacWLaQrri_JzK68K75nSnCnVNeLVmBun3Gd5XG2DQPi8PjNZWgPUjiKE_ukTKR7S_yqbMsZJ_vbyhlEp2jThdHdTGYOEA6Wa52RrUMQ59VXvm71kRb4HkGhzvTo-jeFpMdjn_augIe5TM5Ku0I32GaX44qe84bBuYmXg2qo9z5I0IwvoWmf/s2529/_DSC0360-Buzzard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2529" data-original-width="2257" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfP8ccacWLaQrri_JzK68K75nSnCnVNeLVmBun3Gd5XG2DQPi8PjNZWgPUjiKE_ukTKR7S_yqbMsZJ_vbyhlEp2jThdHdTGYOEA6Wa52RrUMQ59VXvm71kRb4HkGhzvTo-jeFpMdjn_augIe5TM5Ku0I32GaX44qe84bBuYmXg2qo9z5I0IwvoWmf/s320/_DSC0360-Buzzard.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sadly after the weather took a drastic turn for the worse, with cold winds and temperatures coming from the north and straight in off the sea it seemed to stop everything moving and indeed made it difficult to see any bird! There was nothing of note up to the end of the month and a real downer after such a promising start, but thankfully what a great start it was.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-81253434495018604192022-05-11T09:36:00.005-07:002022-05-11T09:36:27.538-07:00March 2022<p style="text-align: center;"> March 2022</p><p style="text-align: center;">Depending on the weather there were definite signs of migration starting and signs of spring. I had regular sightings of Common Buzzards and Red Kite most days at the start of the month. Small groups of birds tracked along the coast heading east/southeast, mostly made up of finches, especially Siskin, I had a different bird to the previous one feeding in the garden which is always nice to see, they are such a lovely little finch.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Two things that signify spring to me are sounds of a Chiffchaff singing and the sight of butterflies on the wing. On the 10th I saw my first Brimstone butterfly of the year, followed soon afterwards by a Peacock. I had to wait until the 15th before I heard a Chiffchaff singing in the trees behind my garden. On a morning walk Sarah and I noticed the leaves of the Early Purple Orchids just starting to emerge from under the roadside vegetation, and there seemed to be good numbers again too.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Early evening on a mid-month day mid month I received news of hundreds of Blackbirds passing over Sidestrand heading east/southeast, I looked and although most were flying at a height I did manage to see double figures flying along the coast and alighting the trees around the house. It’s great to witness migration events as they happen along the coast here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKkNZNfNTos6sfTJupLAv0_CifjTyPRj5sQKicRX5RMwySsPwO4jCdCMLtFK5EMTo5wdw7ZVNyQzICuU8wqQxCM-NUob2NhBvkVMaw_9Sm5pKbRCbv2HlQSec3YQCGwAb7X6o55HZoPW2Ae7h78yqjZDJA29NAreSO6IJz3SAwU2re4UxVAYHFAnN/s2500/_DSC4452-Siskin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1906" data-original-width="2500" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKkNZNfNTos6sfTJupLAv0_CifjTyPRj5sQKicRX5RMwySsPwO4jCdCMLtFK5EMTo5wdw7ZVNyQzICuU8wqQxCM-NUob2NhBvkVMaw_9Sm5pKbRCbv2HlQSec3YQCGwAb7X6o55HZoPW2Ae7h78yqjZDJA29NAreSO6IJz3SAwU2re4UxVAYHFAnN/s320/_DSC4452-Siskin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dM4BSYuKVbyHxi3mZ28JXFp3qaGQeNxlVtzJMOsTXSc1LAfMJKz6hrLoHPcKPcNpG3Wh1CtBAghqssirAiFzIs6FA2Lynm8855nMEw8Pv2HWlZIO084t7cp39Et0UTj1ZKqUYgF25KE6Kpv-l8Rr0Bf8DxUxUtq4mZ_FLI5uju8O5oEGAUokrR-4/s2126/_DSC4479-Siskin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dM4BSYuKVbyHxi3mZ28JXFp3qaGQeNxlVtzJMOsTXSc1LAfMJKz6hrLoHPcKPcNpG3Wh1CtBAghqssirAiFzIs6FA2Lynm8855nMEw8Pv2HWlZIO084t7cp39Et0UTj1ZKqUYgF25KE6Kpv-l8Rr0Bf8DxUxUtq4mZ_FLI5uju8O5oEGAUokrR-4/s320/_DSC4479-Siskin.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkYsQOX3dmP6pKMMAZwKiBUwXWVTGFb52rRR1_3n2bIrZWmq0mEJKQm0xTG2ZhQfNeXX3qzuw46Q3VeYeQuEtaA6LWqrf5vIKxBi2Q5Rb4RGk49vMaZgsuknyS34MS-AIpKQdKSwxx-ohKC9mfAvYB5kNWHK8D2pPZ6EAE1XdvKhhXGV1kvm2m-M6/s2000/_DSC9035-Red%20Kite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="2000" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkYsQOX3dmP6pKMMAZwKiBUwXWVTGFb52rRR1_3n2bIrZWmq0mEJKQm0xTG2ZhQfNeXX3qzuw46Q3VeYeQuEtaA6LWqrf5vIKxBi2Q5Rb4RGk49vMaZgsuknyS34MS-AIpKQdKSwxx-ohKC9mfAvYB5kNWHK8D2pPZ6EAE1XdvKhhXGV1kvm2m-M6/s320/_DSC9035-Red%20Kite.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The local birds seemed to be paired up and gathering nesting materials and the House Sparrows were taking grass and materials into a neighbours eaves. Buzzards peaked at 6 over the house one day, and mid month onwards saw a very large amount of Starlings passing east, hundreds were seen passing inland as well as along the coast on quite a few days when we walked around the village.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHVNuYsm4PF87vol8cZnllUXVqGszYJ-HhlBL0b2MUbce1en__ZC5svqAwhxZFP0kIXCDwK9dR9qCVHsc_gg7MWTFAniRIlt-DLjPZytI1eu9dMOqzVbNOSas5WEGKMaBkTxUm0XHqUqLNdocJd0X3BA3DvazXBvvc40XBIWj1CgmXvURLu68Z--u/s1999/_DSC9062-House%20Sparrows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="1999" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHVNuYsm4PF87vol8cZnllUXVqGszYJ-HhlBL0b2MUbce1en__ZC5svqAwhxZFP0kIXCDwK9dR9qCVHsc_gg7MWTFAniRIlt-DLjPZytI1eu9dMOqzVbNOSas5WEGKMaBkTxUm0XHqUqLNdocJd0X3BA3DvazXBvvc40XBIWj1CgmXvURLu68Z--u/s320/_DSC9062-House%20Sparrows.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFetOYlPvaWn6eMyNG9NJlWoUJT2TQFEU45kBdLSArCCSzC-Zu2pOPUWWod3e50pFs28bjbC6SDOzp5Xfnek-3WrLVLesvyXLDiqpMEwmNN-xPpAg2HI2n41Ueu9hWZTfIaObCLDGrBykqNR4tI-4Yvteop9P5QP9mTAK7ok-X5TXH_nWra5UTC4tf/s2507/_DSC9012-Common%20Buzzard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="2507" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFetOYlPvaWn6eMyNG9NJlWoUJT2TQFEU45kBdLSArCCSzC-Zu2pOPUWWod3e50pFs28bjbC6SDOzp5Xfnek-3WrLVLesvyXLDiqpMEwmNN-xPpAg2HI2n41Ueu9hWZTfIaObCLDGrBykqNR4tI-4Yvteop9P5QP9mTAK7ok-X5TXH_nWra5UTC4tf/s320/_DSC9012-Common%20Buzzard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehlCyRNmtTxcMnaBhjqgi2DddI3RQjjWrJuQnqDrfrt_tOz4jCRl9Z51QoRZi3t7FKPVZmhndMhsnSURoBn0QIJFA5rXzBdl56iYreI5ymon2E3Z6wuFZ1sERFNuTNetusfvd-8Gz-7fetYsFT0PX9VlVzt_rVK0epNkIAlpUmt18dx2tZcnXZLzz/s2000/_DSC9017-Common%20Buzzard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="2000" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehlCyRNmtTxcMnaBhjqgi2DddI3RQjjWrJuQnqDrfrt_tOz4jCRl9Z51QoRZi3t7FKPVZmhndMhsnSURoBn0QIJFA5rXzBdl56iYreI5ymon2E3Z6wuFZ1sERFNuTNetusfvd-8Gz-7fetYsFT0PX9VlVzt_rVK0epNkIAlpUmt18dx2tZcnXZLzz/s320/_DSC9017-Common%20Buzzard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clumps of frog spawn and frogs mating could be seen nearing the months end in the small drain off pools along at Grove Farm, I only noticed them when I watched a beautiful Grey Wagtail flitting around the edge of one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkJBMsrOXXqvKGYMHm5ON060c1bLTnM8CY5UeX4uVqJTUDtsLCOT1bYNH12idDSrQUs4X5bN0J5wqsZf7eGD26IGZkJDlUSsX6rjZuqpxwGaXCw_U6dHBSPnFJ5HjTO6HUqQ4VspME0nTKySKf-ve_4CLsmo0kCJswfIzpNALeGvVcR2VPdslXDm3/s2666/IMG_20220402_093656012-Frog%20spawn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2666" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkJBMsrOXXqvKGYMHm5ON060c1bLTnM8CY5UeX4uVqJTUDtsLCOT1bYNH12idDSrQUs4X5bN0J5wqsZf7eGD26IGZkJDlUSsX6rjZuqpxwGaXCw_U6dHBSPnFJ5HjTO6HUqQ4VspME0nTKySKf-ve_4CLsmo0kCJswfIzpNALeGvVcR2VPdslXDm3/s320/IMG_20220402_093656012-Frog%20spawn.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of bird species I normally see during the winter months showed in better numbers now than I had seen since the year started, Golden Plover and Redwings, the Redwings were part of a movement that happened as the month drew to an end, 5 together past the church was the highest tally I’d got this winter and the Golden plover numbered around 40 one day flying overhead before seeing a flock of 200 or so circling fields looking for somewhere to land. So birds were obviously moving but the changing weather played havoc some days with the high winds, but as soon as a window of opportunity arose birds took to the air, other notable numbers were of Pied Wagtails, Rooks and Magpies passing over, and hopefully better weather in April will really liven things up.</div>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-63756411490875362982022-05-11T09:19:00.008-07:002022-05-11T09:19:58.467-07:00February 2022<p style="text-align: center;">February 2022</p><p style="text-align: center;">It was looking like a very quiet report for February, the weather and especially the winds was horrendous, there didn’t seem to be a let up until the month neared to an end. Amongst the storms there were glimmers of change and the approaching spring. The daffodils were growing well along the lanes and ditches, one area will be less populated with flowering daff’s though as the farmer had decided to cut a whole length of bank just as they were gaining height and showing buds, why it couldn’t of been cut a lot earlier is only known to them, it didn’t really need cutting and wasn’t near a junction for viewing, all they had to do was look to see all the new growth and life emerging! </p><p style="text-align: center;">But more pleasant to see were the snowdrops everywhere, the celandines were once again growing, the flower heads pushing up through the leaf cover, hopefully with some decent spells of sunshine the bright yellow flowers will soon be fully out adding colour to the lane verges.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4WgPmgxNLW2dEbUNQPMTdsc3v2v4KCRPcfGNGhmQwYgNr-Q4pUgMx0QOF9T6LlZCwLcxlGAfPEgKOSjM3adLRSWVNiMKeixm7Kp_M9ABiobS-9xOzU22PZKbcwC3h7l1s00IDDey1rNDNhTlI6feUPor4xAUVlxGeHXlKskgDw1Jm37twqm-55GS/s2666/IMG_20220224_124447265_HDR-Snowdrops.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2666" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4WgPmgxNLW2dEbUNQPMTdsc3v2v4KCRPcfGNGhmQwYgNr-Q4pUgMx0QOF9T6LlZCwLcxlGAfPEgKOSjM3adLRSWVNiMKeixm7Kp_M9ABiobS-9xOzU22PZKbcwC3h7l1s00IDDey1rNDNhTlI6feUPor4xAUVlxGeHXlKskgDw1Jm37twqm-55GS/s320/IMG_20220224_124447265_HDR-Snowdrops.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9aaOieJgRSdWWs2Jq6Vwk8BBf9p0jasvZSRja_KFySDi3Vho8CobTHTgI2p7MRjbFuf9VFStNQGfRygk5zBPC6OUUHkeSs-VpQrFCnF6kWS0M20DP3pBtPGHEBcimXlHsahUX5AKRTW1kfQZKZ8vFfxhFk5jnF8mm9x3qZtqsU_az-Wvte6oTTAH/s2085/IMG_20220224_123934629_HDR-Celandine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2085" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9aaOieJgRSdWWs2Jq6Vwk8BBf9p0jasvZSRja_KFySDi3Vho8CobTHTgI2p7MRjbFuf9VFStNQGfRygk5zBPC6OUUHkeSs-VpQrFCnF6kWS0M20DP3pBtPGHEBcimXlHsahUX5AKRTW1kfQZKZ8vFfxhFk5jnF8mm9x3qZtqsU_az-Wvte6oTTAH/s320/IMG_20220224_123934629_HDR-Celandine.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Red Kites were still being seen from the garden and over the fields. Groups of Pink Footed geese were only seen passing a few times and not in great numbers. during the first half of the month I found 2 male Reed Buntings on overhead wires whilst out walking with Sarah and the dogs, the next day there were 5 Reed Buntings seen, these could be local birds or early movers, a nice sight to see though through quiet times. The hares were more noticeable during the month, already chasing eachother around the fields. On the 21st I saw my first butterfly of the year, a Peacock.</p><p style="text-align: center;">On the last day of the month whilst walking the lanes we came across a Stonechat flitting along the hedge and feeding in the field. With a lack of images for the month, due to the weather, I decided I would return with the camera hoping it would still be in the same spot, fingers were crossed as already the local Yellowhammers seemed to be moving it on whenever it settled. A short time later I arrived back where we had found it but I couldn’t locate it, perhaps the yellowhammers had seen it off their patch? Thankfully not much later I relocated it catching insects just along the adjacent lane. I spent some time watching it move from perch to perch busily feeding on the insects which the morning sun had seemed to have brought out in decent numbers. The Stonechats are a lovely bird with a nice orange colour to the underparts, a nice sight to see and know that changes are happening now we have reached March.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskClkGhhHGSY0l2I23xeSrvOc8i3LMh04ochP9V0qwu8hratD3lyOCOdGTtdHrnq0jxz0fWOGUin3ngL2h1grPdaQCRz_FIaOJZfGgBp8VpYD0Fcjzr5Tk-HGSvRIH4op5yUsk6n9UhsK4YveZ-uE800A8i3N2i95fvDcpFepuksbY6Fh_rBHpavB/s1613/_DSC8609-Stonechat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1171" data-original-width="1613" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskClkGhhHGSY0l2I23xeSrvOc8i3LMh04ochP9V0qwu8hratD3lyOCOdGTtdHrnq0jxz0fWOGUin3ngL2h1grPdaQCRz_FIaOJZfGgBp8VpYD0Fcjzr5Tk-HGSvRIH4op5yUsk6n9UhsK4YveZ-uE800A8i3N2i95fvDcpFepuksbY6Fh_rBHpavB/s320/_DSC8609-Stonechat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePU5N0w3zdlPxBUlu08atiLGfmQ63HDRa_jNadYzDSPy6zVDq_CJSTJ6jPqbc3OU0m64SAGaB_CTHjpPvj4QiTCNyUA3ARu7h3nhOzHKIOCgFwM5IakNLNyHosfrGINmmu_UDuw29q7y6LMMpPqzwOZXLVUpn3c9QPg5cQoX3REgf1jF5Yg77lOl3/s1982/_DSC8631-Stonechat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1982" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePU5N0w3zdlPxBUlu08atiLGfmQ63HDRa_jNadYzDSPy6zVDq_CJSTJ6jPqbc3OU0m64SAGaB_CTHjpPvj4QiTCNyUA3ARu7h3nhOzHKIOCgFwM5IakNLNyHosfrGINmmu_UDuw29q7y6LMMpPqzwOZXLVUpn3c9QPg5cQoX3REgf1jF5Yg77lOl3/s320/_DSC8631-Stonechat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrw_NiA8LDGF1HRprlRjPN6Qd4Yyw17fSAXNFZdzTknm1WuH79fyzClL-48FyVWyPrUt9cagVPNGMfceEXQ-nGDB588WT3XV8ySgLtM6vCKXY-BKJWFSIB0DfoDsY7Fh35ZFjHtXyuUWzF8zawb6MVLRhQgO65zPVUhgtU5-gi1Oww_ZmROdHFjhj/s2213/_DSC8652-Stonechat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1287" data-original-width="2213" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrw_NiA8LDGF1HRprlRjPN6Qd4Yyw17fSAXNFZdzTknm1WuH79fyzClL-48FyVWyPrUt9cagVPNGMfceEXQ-nGDB588WT3XV8ySgLtM6vCKXY-BKJWFSIB0DfoDsY7Fh35ZFjHtXyuUWzF8zawb6MVLRhQgO65zPVUhgtU5-gi1Oww_ZmROdHFjhj/s320/_DSC8652-Stonechat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqTCUY55CBokVm328jAhK1tZa3a_SxbRMPZZAb1U4Z4MEO7K9qVdvK8Ldu698UGXV7eoSsNreL1lTopIQ47SusKGARNCqIT37ZCOJq_Ko5Qw470KYRew1GDrCEW0eZ9Obga7HMvQYlfm5iJLQzxU6JkkoP674prVQEEgbeNxEQJ_plwS-7NFIS2Ye/s1727/_DSC8695-Stonechat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1727" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqTCUY55CBokVm328jAhK1tZa3a_SxbRMPZZAb1U4Z4MEO7K9qVdvK8Ldu698UGXV7eoSsNreL1lTopIQ47SusKGARNCqIT37ZCOJq_Ko5Qw470KYRew1GDrCEW0eZ9Obga7HMvQYlfm5iJLQzxU6JkkoP674prVQEEgbeNxEQJ_plwS-7NFIS2Ye/s320/_DSC8695-Stonechat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJG7yMeR0SkMViCj2YH8rmVIw7FDOTjKxxM3Me1D0QwKBfH8UPePy37nZt0gWfU560UPOYk_i0M-lrUr-niBoOiK_yt6-apOGEG0fgNBsT7sDABYGCMLgJBmzwoY3DLtM2d6iecgHviiH_1u0NdBwV819KsaVprFULDwiwSEEa-Adu-h5gZcG6kTB/s2274/_DSC8806-Stonechat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2274" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJG7yMeR0SkMViCj2YH8rmVIw7FDOTjKxxM3Me1D0QwKBfH8UPePy37nZt0gWfU560UPOYk_i0M-lrUr-niBoOiK_yt6-apOGEG0fgNBsT7sDABYGCMLgJBmzwoY3DLtM2d6iecgHviiH_1u0NdBwV819KsaVprFULDwiwSEEa-Adu-h5gZcG6kTB/s320/_DSC8806-Stonechat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Stonechats can be a very confiding bird at times. As I headed home I noticed the flock of Yellowhammers coming down to puddles to drink, carefully approaching to within range of a record image I tucked myself up against the hedgeline and waited, just a couple of birds put in a brief appearance before the flock dispersed due to people and vehicles approaching. But the Yellowhammers are a stunning bird, the yellow colour on them can be so vivid as seen here. A wonderful end to the month.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZBXB9z1x_4-IvwIyxY2JMVJxe-RsF45PfsmT9DF8niQLHd1Do1-dygcgJKAkqzoQs4fqOPGmbFNnZYJMyed1HPOzvOL8vqygS3T8f4g4uyJES22tC_6819Vbw5rqJfI6rWA8v0SdzIFo2AL8i9y--TrCH2VdLwrt5bjmpRBc4Toy6OInx3R2BVng/s1974/_DSC8852-Yellowhammer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="1974" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZBXB9z1x_4-IvwIyxY2JMVJxe-RsF45PfsmT9DF8niQLHd1Do1-dygcgJKAkqzoQs4fqOPGmbFNnZYJMyed1HPOzvOL8vqygS3T8f4g4uyJES22tC_6819Vbw5rqJfI6rWA8v0SdzIFo2AL8i9y--TrCH2VdLwrt5bjmpRBc4Toy6OInx3R2BVng/s320/_DSC8852-Yellowhammer.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicI8AqvtY7LWRxhzNR6x5xAAeCrJpGAxbLxjH27csOGWOm4M6ztcNt6tfO1ssiGc5VqXI1s_kNyhAncaaPqJ_begeZXq737pNZk8LwnSHZSibnEDYoWhFZW5bg6dur0ftem6Y-HRHpWMPJNB8SfhAzVpI8fr0N_eMdjV_mRmhPO23V4Jj_5LKm2O4B/s1713/_DSC8857-Yellowhammer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="1713" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicI8AqvtY7LWRxhzNR6x5xAAeCrJpGAxbLxjH27csOGWOm4M6ztcNt6tfO1ssiGc5VqXI1s_kNyhAncaaPqJ_begeZXq737pNZk8LwnSHZSibnEDYoWhFZW5bg6dur0ftem6Y-HRHpWMPJNB8SfhAzVpI8fr0N_eMdjV_mRmhPO23V4Jj_5LKm2O4B/s320/_DSC8857-Yellowhammer.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCy9JCA3YZ1pPkbqMma1PSyO2l4fvZqU8ApNO7_suMHvwFS2COZNOngBP83FNpnq1pcEfVnFGhnsjMY6NAcjK1ewX4diqOrck8Ony5V7_0-R-scxS9ew9FcqGJ2a88Z45qncSOPGTbYlypz79BNrvfZ-DG_sQNPDkRViYBm9rjke0ilfJsEvE9HBV/s1863/_DSC8860-Yellowhammer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="1863" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCy9JCA3YZ1pPkbqMma1PSyO2l4fvZqU8ApNO7_suMHvwFS2COZNOngBP83FNpnq1pcEfVnFGhnsjMY6NAcjK1ewX4diqOrck8Ony5V7_0-R-scxS9ew9FcqGJ2a88Z45qncSOPGTbYlypz79BNrvfZ-DG_sQNPDkRViYBm9rjke0ilfJsEvE9HBV/s320/_DSC8860-Yellowhammer.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-84570836188059514052022-05-11T09:11:00.005-07:002022-05-11T09:11:49.894-07:00January 2022<p style="text-align: center;"> January 2022</p><p style="text-align: center;">I had a fair bit of work to do in January and so birding was very limited to dog walks and garden, and on top of that it was a quiet month. Nearly every morning I woke to the sound of the Goldfinches calling from Dot and Johns Cherry tree, one count got up to 50 birds before they took flight! The lone male Brambling stayed around our two gardens for a couple of days but moved on, and what was likely the same bird a couple of days later associating with Chaffinches along Church Lane. On the days I did see it from the garden it was either tucked up against the branches or on the other side of the tree posing a challenge to get any photos, and besides that the weather was dull and grey and most birds only appeared as a silhouette, but I did manage a shot and there’s no mistaking a male Brambling with it’s lovely orange plumage.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5vh_L2fak4iyEU3A-eNBgXERIBbZtKJo3QQc4V4lDZe4_K2fGhj_OcpELis5PmVST-dzfTSUVYuZI1yZH6dTPsQRRvjtL0eI8nAKwsMLFvj4R2m9zg_kEpl7VOM59TgySMMOAMqvvTmMdlz7p_DgAIrcaEUoijzms97hhBq986XnQNzqrgsY6rbz/s2000/_DSC4352-Brambling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="2000" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5vh_L2fak4iyEU3A-eNBgXERIBbZtKJo3QQc4V4lDZe4_K2fGhj_OcpELis5PmVST-dzfTSUVYuZI1yZH6dTPsQRRvjtL0eI8nAKwsMLFvj4R2m9zg_kEpl7VOM59TgySMMOAMqvvTmMdlz7p_DgAIrcaEUoijzms97hhBq986XnQNzqrgsY6rbz/s320/_DSC4352-Brambling.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJ9vqLIrYVHiez3MaA_h-0JasvBwtwuJrPPAL-4fUXj1xISrlPDQVQq1qtpniFY3U_jWc7eog2knp9cOCcjhrVoaSf-mXN8IqVo0dhVSJFL9vuF1o1tI-_RBnskQ4GIttpfEKOJl_nBc8FYPeqDcH4aaakLVid1kwxwhZMBbhWnEuJ9ppLDZ2vWH9/s1999/_DSC4378-Brambling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1999" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJ9vqLIrYVHiez3MaA_h-0JasvBwtwuJrPPAL-4fUXj1xISrlPDQVQq1qtpniFY3U_jWc7eog2knp9cOCcjhrVoaSf-mXN8IqVo0dhVSJFL9vuF1o1tI-_RBnskQ4GIttpfEKOJl_nBc8FYPeqDcH4aaakLVid1kwxwhZMBbhWnEuJ9ppLDZ2vWH9/s320/_DSC4378-Brambling.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every so often we would see the Roe deer in some field or wooded area, and the last time we saw them this month there were 5. The ploughed fields and short crop field along off middle street still held a large number of Lapwings, and usually the flock held 300 plus birds! A group of 50 or so Golden Plover flew overhead one day and seemed to join the Lapwing in an adjacent field, not seen too many of those this winter. One day whilst talking to a neighbour at the back of our garden, I saw 3 Mute Swans fly from the coast direction, they then proceeded to turn and fly low overhead and follow the coast road southeast, quite a few swans had been reported around the the same time along points of the coast so a definite movement, which brings me to the final entry of the month and on a day that saw a decent amount of Red Kites reported from here to Overstrand. I saw 3 Kites low together that passed our garden enabling me to get a few images, a handful of Common Buzzards seen distantly towards Sidestrand, no doubt taking advantage of the blue skies and better weather, but the count from Overstrand were 11 Red Kites circling over the ridge. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-W2UfFIjRKAaWHHPgzMaf7rtjsCW-oPMsSLsvJ9ZQOj18owsDxoF4QwA3SxmvA1VIl9blJSe2luQusyt122OqDOZRlA0B0vgu_kV60wYJSHp_04uH6po-Frc-AiVOLJ9uhxx-ITC6PdkfazuxSlkFUz0OFK69ldrEpODGY2tFhboEs09C8HxcqLI/s3015/_DSC8515-Red%20Kite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="3015" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-W2UfFIjRKAaWHHPgzMaf7rtjsCW-oPMsSLsvJ9ZQOj18owsDxoF4QwA3SxmvA1VIl9blJSe2luQusyt122OqDOZRlA0B0vgu_kV60wYJSHp_04uH6po-Frc-AiVOLJ9uhxx-ITC6PdkfazuxSlkFUz0OFK69ldrEpODGY2tFhboEs09C8HxcqLI/s320/_DSC8515-Red%20Kite.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS3QWoxGGKU-_XX924NgKU6YBv3pR8KuvVYj9v4xKYQP3GpGh_I156Fs9iPzKcG804SR6rGwim7k5vDMjxWKTC5v65lTURyWVMwC-yBBP6pAq8DN7qdV7Rodu710uNz1FmOkH5qBx07ppDUgJP5Qujp_Gam-3vVa3y9kY_iXs11rF6XY_J_pvzP4W/s3450/_DSC8523-Red%20Kite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2063" data-original-width="3450" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS3QWoxGGKU-_XX924NgKU6YBv3pR8KuvVYj9v4xKYQP3GpGh_I156Fs9iPzKcG804SR6rGwim7k5vDMjxWKTC5v65lTURyWVMwC-yBBP6pAq8DN7qdV7Rodu710uNz1FmOkH5qBx07ppDUgJP5Qujp_Gam-3vVa3y9kY_iXs11rF6XY_J_pvzP4W/s320/_DSC8523-Red%20Kite.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqP2WXlKc4KuTnGxxepCjbHWxgmM0ZWQ9Y41jT8IAJVGuf0xkx4NyNEFivjRsfmrkXIcGPFy7YYYkt-TGD62IvovOmBCj_QpZHUKc58FwCm8TBywJum3EIMErcfhUuUcj06Ib_ZuWCDpTLzvF2fZawHPIir3Uu6fq9speDt5ZW6Lrowbm-4nl-Ys0/s3225/_DSC8519-Red%20Kite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1788" data-original-width="3225" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqP2WXlKc4KuTnGxxepCjbHWxgmM0ZWQ9Y41jT8IAJVGuf0xkx4NyNEFivjRsfmrkXIcGPFy7YYYkt-TGD62IvovOmBCj_QpZHUKc58FwCm8TBywJum3EIMErcfhUuUcj06Ib_ZuWCDpTLzvF2fZawHPIir3Uu6fq9speDt5ZW6Lrowbm-4nl-Ys0/s320/_DSC8519-Red%20Kite.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-9069629670056045582022-01-11T03:54:00.005-08:002022-01-11T03:54:53.296-08:002021 The Rest of the Year rounded up.<p style="text-align: center;"> I can't believe where the end of last year went!! With stuff at home and a busy schedule working in the studio it seemed a lot of the time I wasn't able to venture out unless walking the dogs. So here is a catch up for the rest of 2021 in images I was able to get. Happy New Year to everyone and I'll aim to keep things updated more frequently 😆 (fingers crossed)</p><p style="text-align: center;">SEPTEMBER</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO5u4CiqIgXh0LYkf4XCua2QydhmTjWVEeOiktBKyNCLFZmF7YWl8uIsd-tgCVEbwXAM8DXVMXBLGQf9Qns7nQM64gLKnyW2iiRxDKDKHaeWyXUFB17x6IDWj6QlyLghQQIYPYSVHXWjbghW0x3GczWWg4D1I8fsOy-JMrEvkN4qT3KPEIdlXiP2Tu=s3344" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1782" data-original-width="3344" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO5u4CiqIgXh0LYkf4XCua2QydhmTjWVEeOiktBKyNCLFZmF7YWl8uIsd-tgCVEbwXAM8DXVMXBLGQf9Qns7nQM64gLKnyW2iiRxDKDKHaeWyXUFB17x6IDWj6QlyLghQQIYPYSVHXWjbghW0x3GczWWg4D1I8fsOy-JMrEvkN4qT3KPEIdlXiP2Tu=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pipistrelle found outside the church</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="2320" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSLe8gdojuSQTcl_9w3wk1diQu2c_gc6y-geT31ygvpeVDDwTaR_MMarF5buH55AolpMRyFHlcQNFbDTRSVQs6lTBY3j5sRsCoQpgGE7FP_O_jSu65Xay5an1f6TWHgjtAREU1I1oARmIoxM6fnrYHUOO-gnsMnMjLkkYGumehSGRyaaXEpXrsmVOO=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Found this lovely Red Breasted Flycatcher and a Pied Flycatcher in the churchyard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKA4GSxZZDD0WCs8w6gi6QJuT5EVsOMEHjxvRLYRI55cErLecOW60jhun6qpQ0MSJewemXNSkGEgrfIzwpXRMJbFzBH91VSlRl6eTXT7AF2dW974k5SaE-IarAR0FTkVlKfJOS2uSJY3MdVNYPkympnQiMGG5H3VVW_zJdqlUh89xU6rV11wErPYxs=s1871" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="1871" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKA4GSxZZDD0WCs8w6gi6QJuT5EVsOMEHjxvRLYRI55cErLecOW60jhun6qpQ0MSJewemXNSkGEgrfIzwpXRMJbFzBH91VSlRl6eTXT7AF2dW974k5SaE-IarAR0FTkVlKfJOS2uSJY3MdVNYPkympnQiMGG5H3VVW_zJdqlUh89xU6rV11wErPYxs=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1000" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7sqF4LugAbhvdXV2sE_caiDeYFmWBmIrDmgqqwGlUpJOxt5LCdtFGLIYd3wDzT1-EYqrg9rQ8GlwEH61PWvoJuWvWrUoVBQjXLcxjix1s_f8Qz7l1qz-Hq4h5klpBGBJeoXPuLNzfGj7g2X3C7dEwBzRscNkGG5_cjz52D-YzVej_CG56Dnm1x0DK=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Painted Lady</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0STIE_30btwmKT2e37qtwpYC-Urg2R2oVYXUHzONXta0b91XMpyW_usKMSDzDGvtjniA3LVhM8UiC-Z2Ite8qggp0emW7KbFzAbX1VgyJeXcP-D1L3YF1iOhiG5v3Y_hCETstdVig8NManYPXOZvsDJ9YGgfLwlhowRGhkMaETcTQsM0NXhc_dbcp=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1000" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0STIE_30btwmKT2e37qtwpYC-Urg2R2oVYXUHzONXta0b91XMpyW_usKMSDzDGvtjniA3LVhM8UiC-Z2Ite8qggp0emW7KbFzAbX1VgyJeXcP-D1L3YF1iOhiG5v3Y_hCETstdVig8NManYPXOZvsDJ9YGgfLwlhowRGhkMaETcTQsM0NXhc_dbcp=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Willow Emerald</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few pairs were seen over the garden in tandem, nice to see one on the ground</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGh-Q0S75_S_1xuZmOA39q38NcxTKtatIcUEqk14Y3kqXO0epS-4D2dSc1fKhxasBmn05J4le7fGnZf4RKEqnSfjUoo6myTGbq85jxHmdiRkbQMr8HiKM0l2QUR1RvFeG41EykiWSpfp_9FZXdJGu-tY3cOxKS3jIsCEz2giBmQF1JTMOlPhG55E5p=s2000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="2000" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGh-Q0S75_S_1xuZmOA39q38NcxTKtatIcUEqk14Y3kqXO0epS-4D2dSc1fKhxasBmn05J4le7fGnZf4RKEqnSfjUoo6myTGbq85jxHmdiRkbQMr8HiKM0l2QUR1RvFeG41EykiWSpfp_9FZXdJGu-tY3cOxKS3jIsCEz2giBmQF1JTMOlPhG55E5p=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Pinkfeet have returned</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="1521" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl602Em4wR6ryJ5VQPEtX5kCNIG0Qaa9_QQa4TciWhQnHcwJ-jIYRJN8H1HH2StoMDYbip_mmREHmqjPz4UcDuiQDJv2VGPyvwirZ_BpKxLyYooJrL4DsJbnApgN8bHJxEcrbjJbVktSEtAIrldT6C51DjURZzsCE_r0Fxdbyw2dRdSJQvxMSlfS0D=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A report of a drifting Long Tailed Duck heading towards Trimingham had me running round to the clifftop, and sure enough it drifted past me.....a NEW patch tick 🙌🙌</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6FL37u1NocsERNph5khHXMpt3lkaz3syCokiIpEiqIPuPBjFYco9pUohCoXfCkuAurkdGHB0jCK_rmL-e5UbH7VvdWCXYcwwSwtbBFIsYnRO5COeVh_QyTccIrWJfIoGbhf1LuVQHTqLhRyUA0hA48_IkH-_jsn1wsTg6CCyaoVilV3hrWNXoEcZ8=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1000" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6FL37u1NocsERNph5khHXMpt3lkaz3syCokiIpEiqIPuPBjFYco9pUohCoXfCkuAurkdGHB0jCK_rmL-e5UbH7VvdWCXYcwwSwtbBFIsYnRO5COeVh_QyTccIrWJfIoGbhf1LuVQHTqLhRyUA0hA48_IkH-_jsn1wsTg6CCyaoVilV3hrWNXoEcZ8=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NOVEMBER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP4i6Qa9j38VI8qexT9UCxInFESPqgoXJbxH49jQQh_t-_WBolcJp4eHB--rrasAp2mecCyc33W6m0yEFnrrE1ZQYeNB02D6XYo_jmtMoS7W1_i4ukRpNDxIGB6XbPLsd_BLVI3cO2ij8LeiyqCAi8C7_IJmjG5p2EmecQ3L79_8hkwzY4ndsYmQrp=s2000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP4i6Qa9j38VI8qexT9UCxInFESPqgoXJbxH49jQQh_t-_WBolcJp4eHB--rrasAp2mecCyc33W6m0yEFnrrE1ZQYeNB02D6XYo_jmtMoS7W1_i4ukRpNDxIGB6XbPLsd_BLVI3cO2ij8LeiyqCAi8C7_IJmjG5p2EmecQ3L79_8hkwzY4ndsYmQrp=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were a lot of Starlings gathering and moving along the coast, a decent sized group didn't take long to clean the berries off a neighbours tree, picked clean in 2 days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">One morning when setting out on the dog walk I found this Black Redstart in the churchyard, so close to getting a garden tick!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFpzvu3Auz-QD-c4aXbmf2XyK1yrKLW4C59vYRCx7sWhJk6CL32BQK-BHKOlZmWGODF15poYzNPcHp22zf0MvcZQbfWQF3N1XMh2S6_x1T-iU9TwrWS6MnOJh9aovRf771ERUVYOIMwjOrq_EqKKx-vtiBjhEzjvrB9HbWya-hx8XHPmgMiKnImQ3D=s1525" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1525" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFpzvu3Auz-QD-c4aXbmf2XyK1yrKLW4C59vYRCx7sWhJk6CL32BQK-BHKOlZmWGODF15poYzNPcHp22zf0MvcZQbfWQF3N1XMh2S6_x1T-iU9TwrWS6MnOJh9aovRf771ERUVYOIMwjOrq_EqKKx-vtiBjhEzjvrB9HbWya-hx8XHPmgMiKnImQ3D=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU-XgLXKPs9tjiVeRA7c2ThzzY0lT6h0veu-WcfkHA2SyRCh-6J41njwXA3jvCZpzG-NAH_Q-m8PwzoVJr_hcbU4Z8vHRaNzAWXIY7eWN1Z7F0bk5tEQBz4gPHSMF13-xCvs35uBSRy6cOlI9iRt0IGCGidMurDJrlWTvDIII5YBU6xxjolfcPKPda=s1577" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1577" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU-XgLXKPs9tjiVeRA7c2ThzzY0lT6h0veu-WcfkHA2SyRCh-6J41njwXA3jvCZpzG-NAH_Q-m8PwzoVJr_hcbU4Z8vHRaNzAWXIY7eWN1Z7F0bk5tEQBz4gPHSMF13-xCvs35uBSRy6cOlI9iRt0IGCGidMurDJrlWTvDIII5YBU6xxjolfcPKPda=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">DECEMBER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKFJSAToDf_8gNdHMsin92jta2-2NDWIr0j7097m_aagpWob11prUnpKske3ETwr_pYusVp8gCx9QWWvaXCPh58kr-z-tp7HsE_FPxHljX9e2Nr9Ed7uBACNi7e99V8onaEiK3qKmGpjQjME96F19KYU-_p-sSxO5Q6fxM6VXWbPi_YLpvWzFq7ORf=s3066" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2645" data-original-width="3066" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKFJSAToDf_8gNdHMsin92jta2-2NDWIr0j7097m_aagpWob11prUnpKske3ETwr_pYusVp8gCx9QWWvaXCPh58kr-z-tp7HsE_FPxHljX9e2Nr9Ed7uBACNi7e99V8onaEiK3qKmGpjQjME96F19KYU-_p-sSxO5Q6fxM6VXWbPi_YLpvWzFq7ORf=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This male Sparrowhawk swooped through my garden checking the feeders then decided to rest up on the neighbours fence, unusually it stayed for some time enabling me to grab the camera. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh77jc3so0x9Adr3cTnECBsXQYElXVYPxKGvIXb7b5UCIAMMSJ57qu6sA4SXk6db3MG64ju_UcJfoZBGKZ9TS67nHERJfgPAisJ9jr8Aurqx3He3Jyqe7V0E9OLs59-3u-5yxKZd8n63-48dqXXUv-Epk3rSMAwzJvE2hzwGWoCFJBUfQUKjUNjtLTT=s2971" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2971" data-original-width="2579" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh77jc3so0x9Adr3cTnECBsXQYElXVYPxKGvIXb7b5UCIAMMSJ57qu6sA4SXk6db3MG64ju_UcJfoZBGKZ9TS67nHERJfgPAisJ9jr8Aurqx3He3Jyqe7V0E9OLs59-3u-5yxKZd8n63-48dqXXUv-Epk3rSMAwzJvE2hzwGWoCFJBUfQUKjUNjtLTT=s320" width="278" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg38rKGJ7_2ecFQ_Gbjui7qnHQFj5l9IN4rok6gYGIyi-2K5vVNruXpwbge0AIPjjo5jahMAuuXomz4htWVY1np18p2SVhRh-6iGYqk3-KKCuKBCT-mC4UVVHeU_aD6Cyb1ZWMIFCODTIOXl2tV2blyR_m3N7EtTQ4z1N5NGGULu7mG1-AAJri2KVP=s3326" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3326" data-original-width="2456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg38rKGJ7_2ecFQ_Gbjui7qnHQFj5l9IN4rok6gYGIyi-2K5vVNruXpwbge0AIPjjo5jahMAuuXomz4htWVY1np18p2SVhRh-6iGYqk3-KKCuKBCT-mC4UVVHeU_aD6Cyb1ZWMIFCODTIOXl2tV2blyR_m3N7EtTQ4z1N5NGGULu7mG1-AAJri2KVP=s320" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">End of 2021</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-50436010646802357322021-09-03T07:47:00.004-07:002021-09-03T07:47:32.318-07:00August 2021<p style="text-align: center;"> August was a split month for the weather, the start was warmer than expected or indeed forecast and then the last half took a grey and windy turn for the worse, but I still managed to obtain some decent sightings and photographs. First up at the start of August was a message of 15 Spoonbills heading east along the coast from Cley, Spoonbill was a new species for me to see here or from the garden but I haven't managed to get a photograph of any as of yet, so as the birds were being tracked along the coast and they reached Cromer still heading my way along the coast I took my Dad, staying at the time, and headed for the clifftops and looked towards Overstrand eagerly awaiting their arrival. It wasn't long before we distantly saw the group all lined out following the cliffs, as they reached Trimingham they seemed to head inland....!! It seemed I wouldn't be getting any photos this time either. But they came back into view and seemed like they couldn't decide on what direction to take, just circling around, luckily they kept to the shoreline and proceeded towards me. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-av_V6zu8LWA/YTIxS2uEe-I/AAAAAAAAhsA/-KNCOp-fWJMkzTva4dniO7c2HYHDthTcACLcBGAsYHQ/s2563/_DSC1485-Spoonbills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="2563" height="153" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-av_V6zu8LWA/YTIxS2uEe-I/AAAAAAAAhsA/-KNCOp-fWJMkzTva4dniO7c2HYHDthTcACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC1485-Spoonbills.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O7LVk8C_BFk/YTIxYGvhvJI/AAAAAAAAhsI/nZFRh7X4Vqwj7xIEFJNxe4dKKSx5HMkggCLcBGAsYHQ/s2788/_DSC1504-Spoonbills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="2788" height="129" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O7LVk8C_BFk/YTIxYGvhvJI/AAAAAAAAhsI/nZFRh7X4Vqwj7xIEFJNxe4dKKSx5HMkggCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC1504-Spoonbills.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ll77lEYUW_s/YTIxa26mkPI/AAAAAAAAhsM/BKRoBanq9EE6m_iinhJ3Z4-5gDFu5wBPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2881/_DSC1521-Spoonbills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="2881" height="121" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ll77lEYUW_s/YTIxa26mkPI/AAAAAAAAhsM/BKRoBanq9EE6m_iinhJ3Z4-5gDFu5wBPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC1521-Spoonbills.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y689NoxqS9c/YTIxelBcFpI/AAAAAAAAhsQ/TCtsroVMFMsDuGDAbnbXVw9u9naDV1ZswCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC1522-Spoonbills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="2048" height="178" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y689NoxqS9c/YTIxelBcFpI/AAAAAAAAhsQ/TCtsroVMFMsDuGDAbnbXVw9u9naDV1ZswCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC1522-Spoonbills.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hqNGxVsU7Xc/YTIxhue8veI/AAAAAAAAhsU/dFRAFsxPpSoi3-wzSMGR-GP9cgTF6EAwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC1526-Spoonbills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1251" data-original-width="2048" height="195" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hqNGxVsU7Xc/YTIxhue8veI/AAAAAAAAhsU/dFRAFsxPpSoi3-wzSMGR-GP9cgTF6EAwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC1526-Spoonbills.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sHuCLLDgb_k/YTIxlX3WojI/AAAAAAAAhsc/7Ms7y8Lv3nwekUgbKF65rxnbsxZxczLEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2954/_DSC1527-Spoonbills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="2954" height="115" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sHuCLLDgb_k/YTIxlX3WojI/AAAAAAAAhsc/7Ms7y8Lv3nwekUgbKF65rxnbsxZxczLEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC1527-Spoonbills.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happily I now have my Spoonbill photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On the 7th Sarah and I watched a lone Red Deer along the lanes towards Gimingham, and also a single Banded Demoiselle along Church Road. I had a few sightings of Curlew moving along the coast during the second week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">During the warmer days at the start of the month it was very noticeable that Peacock butterflies were having a fantastic year. I have never seen so many, the garden seemed full of them, along with a couple of Commas and Small Tortoiseshell and just one or two Painted Lady's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jVVLiAM7G4Q/YTIyG--ExLI/AAAAAAAAhsw/Aav4VjrXGzsKZpblZm3Uudek9nKZuWWVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC2551-Peacock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2048" height="227" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jVVLiAM7G4Q/YTIyG--ExLI/AAAAAAAAhsw/Aav4VjrXGzsKZpblZm3Uudek9nKZuWWVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC2551-Peacock.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mQstYOSdGv0/YTIyOdCtBTI/AAAAAAAAhs0/VT73JesuYF4QI6BzMOfZna8D-L_4SbjdACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC2636-Peacock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1651" data-original-width="2048" height="258" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mQstYOSdGv0/YTIyOdCtBTI/AAAAAAAAhs0/VT73JesuYF4QI6BzMOfZna8D-L_4SbjdACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC2636-Peacock.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This Southern Hawker rested up in our holy tree for a short time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And a Banded Demoiselle kept hanging around the garden one afternoon, a real delicate and beautifully coloured Damselfly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-48bt5i0Rxvo/YTIyiiN_yVI/AAAAAAAAhtA/yu-ux0WpI_gCPej0NQNo7J7Is59jZITKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC1624-Southern%2BHawker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-48bt5i0Rxvo/YTIyiiN_yVI/AAAAAAAAhtA/yu-ux0WpI_gCPej0NQNo7J7Is59jZITKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC1624-Southern%2BHawker.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_iG2plTdz_g/YTIypHcCuXI/AAAAAAAAhtE/9h5XtYigt1MNxBSubfXwAvJyraRocWqQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC2695-Banded%2BDemoiselle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2048" height="195" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_iG2plTdz_g/YTIypHcCuXI/AAAAAAAAhtE/9h5XtYigt1MNxBSubfXwAvJyraRocWqQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC2695-Banded%2BDemoiselle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My second only Garden Tiger moth (both being seen in Trimingham) this one was crossing the lane on our morning walk, I carefully placed it amongst the side verges.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sVZwcCA5_yE/YTIy8beQ2MI/AAAAAAAAhtQ/iz0x8wkiMxMVd_5IOkpqO0aEJ7KyxpHUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/IMG_20210819_082614_001-Garden%2BTiger%2Bmoth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1000" height="258" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sVZwcCA5_yE/YTIy8beQ2MI/AAAAAAAAhtQ/iz0x8wkiMxMVd_5IOkpqO0aEJ7KyxpHUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210819_082614_001-Garden%2BTiger%2Bmoth.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The second half of the month saw the winds pick up and blow in continuously from the North, sea birds and wildfowl started to move through in numbers, Gannets, Wigeon, Teal and quite a few numbers of Skuas were being reported from along the coast, but mainly distant. Double figures of Swallow passed the coastline on the 21st, probably the last ones to be seen this year?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In July we saw a remarkable number of Mistle Thrushes together, and on the 29th we counted another 9 together heading southeast. Not a packed month I thought but remembering the Spoonbills made it a rewarding one until the last day of the month that is....it all escalated then!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YI6UrixqAhQ/YTIzS9mUQeI/AAAAAAAAhtY/QgZCndHYndUlRDnglDSDL6Z8Fl9HyeM3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/IMG_20210828_111048-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YI6UrixqAhQ/YTIzS9mUQeI/AAAAAAAAhtY/QgZCndHYndUlRDnglDSDL6Z8Fl9HyeM3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210828_111048-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>On the morning of the 31st Sarah said to me that she had seen a bird flit over the garden fence into the neighbours, not sure what it was she described the tail as being a red colour, I thought Redstart or Black Redstart, the latter would be new for the garden if it was still hanging around, and sure enough as if on cue the bird flew onto a shed roof and displayed itself as a Common Redstart, still a lovely bird and only the second one from the garden. I rushed inside to get my camera to get a photograph, it had probably just arrived that morning and as I clicked off a few images it was to be the start of 40 minutes of awesomeness! Not only did it hang around but it began to feed and pose around our garden, over 400 photos later it flew off. What a momentous visit though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qjqXN_Uf6JU/YTIzlhsOsfI/AAAAAAAAhtg/F_K9-p3EUq4UCwCIM_y30tC_q68vQE9eQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC2175-Common%2BRedstart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2048" height="261" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qjqXN_Uf6JU/YTIzlhsOsfI/AAAAAAAAhtg/F_K9-p3EUq4UCwCIM_y30tC_q68vQE9eQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC2175-Common%2BRedstart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kbjIfRQaOrs/YTIzrrYflwI/AAAAAAAAhtk/enIz7CwOX60Iwk6A076v8QtxReNGKxZvACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC2205-Common%2BRedstart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="2048" height="208" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kbjIfRQaOrs/YTIzrrYflwI/AAAAAAAAhtk/enIz7CwOX60Iwk6A076v8QtxReNGKxZvACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC2205-Common%2BRedstart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ng3ZRiFI8fc/YTIzvsWYx0I/AAAAAAAAhto/yvFEAJv9Rb8wBYkKH0bKSaK4EGByMCPawCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC2242-Common%2BRedstart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="2048" height="233" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ng3ZRiFI8fc/YTIzvsWYx0I/AAAAAAAAhto/yvFEAJv9Rb8wBYkKH0bKSaK4EGByMCPawCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC2242-Common%2BRedstart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being a newly arrived bird I thought that I would go and check around the churchyard to see if any other birds had dropped in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heading into the churchyard after the episode with the Redstart I was eager to see if maybe a Pied Flycatcher had arrived too. I moved onto the east side and having only been there a minute I saw a bird flit out from under the small yew bush, catch an insect and then zip back in. I picked up on buffish colours on the underparts and thought maybe it was the redstart again, but it was slightly smaller and as it flew out of cover again I immediately saw white in the tail, not a redstart then, and I knew that I was watching a Red Breasted Flycatcher. Panic set in and I ran straight home, just across the road, to get my camera, this was another species I had seen before and in Trimingham but a photo had eluded me so far. I headed back towards the churchyard and met a fellow birder/friend at that precise moment and eagerly stated "Red Breasted Flycatcher".... we moved on around the church and I located it still in the same yew bush feeding. For the next hour we patiently waited to see this lovely little, elusive and flighty bird move around the trees and give itself up every now and again but it was dull and it kept to darker areas of the trees causing a lot of manual adjustment settings on the camera to be made and a big headache, happily for me I managed to grab a couple of photographs. It was mentioned that this was the first one to be seen this year which put a silver lining to the day and indeed month.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zbwwkaIHYGQ/YTI0sqOxPeI/AAAAAAAAht4/jkr37bjhV_IS-Hzs5ZZmY1XjFn7j0SgCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1657/_DSC2732-Red%2BBreasted%2BFlycatcher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1657" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zbwwkaIHYGQ/YTI0sqOxPeI/AAAAAAAAht4/jkr37bjhV_IS-Hzs5ZZmY1XjFn7j0SgCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC2732-Red%2BBreasted%2BFlycatcher.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hj0_X6LZc2E/YTI0vj5CTyI/AAAAAAAAht8/jppGlDZzErYZAN8Y56YJQgEIe98jH2TGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1475/_DSC2788-Red%2BBreasted%2BFlycatcher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="1475" height="241" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hj0_X6LZc2E/YTI0vj5CTyI/AAAAAAAAht8/jppGlDZzErYZAN8Y56YJQgEIe98jH2TGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC2788-Red%2BBreasted%2BFlycatcher.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-msVijsxU4Rw/YTI0y5-Z7jI/AAAAAAAAhuA/OOoy568keToXKsq2yEWNMuwsaYHU6IzFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1907/_DSC2800-Red%2BBreasted%2BFlycatcher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1907" height="248" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-msVijsxU4Rw/YTI0y5-Z7jI/AAAAAAAAhuA/OOoy568keToXKsq2yEWNMuwsaYHU6IzFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC2800-Red%2BBreasted%2BFlycatcher.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-54294621332568128862021-07-14T01:20:00.002-07:002021-07-14T01:20:40.789-07:00Plenty to look at in June 2021.<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small;">JUNE 2021</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small;">The month got off to a good start with decent weather. The local birds were doing well with producing young, in the garden I was starting to see younger Blue Tits ( the most numerous of new birds) Great Tits, another Robin and a couple of new Blackbirds, everything was lively. Locally on the walks the Yellowhammers were in good song, as were Common Whitethroats and Skylarks, and Blackcaps still collecting food for young. During the first week, from the garden I spotted a Ring Necked Parakeet fly past, and also a pair of Spoonbill heading along the coast. </span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><img alt="_DSC0686-Female Blackcap.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="333" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r-2143687517630823607&th=17a6c244c62b4910&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9KJvM83uWY9ibSl7WWfooTaR9twl6C0TbnLj0lxAcTcQPiCuc0TcC6mU8uImEw4EOgAaG0oZp9U5ybv4eci3R0eMjj8tT3paBT1HHaz4Fo8-CQwevRLGSSAmc&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqno80bi0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Female Blackcap</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">On the 10th I watched 2 Little Egrets fly over the garden, this was one of 3 sightings I had of Little Egrets over the next few days around the village flying over, maybe the same birds or birds on the move? We had a couple of Painted Lady butterflies in the garden, and although there was apparently a large movement of them on the continent the numbers didn't get any higher here.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><img alt="_DSC0458-Painted Lady.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="321" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-a:r-2143687517630823607&th=17a6c244c62b4910&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9kAQBjnrrkrHQZADfuHJuzcCXY0Vx2QopzoHBoCTVZ5Ps-DlYq1LcHc_jd01AZKj_dp4_L6wrUtAWniqFqkJGE9jLzJv-CuPxpvWaYWRDRqBXfxEqctCC721U&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnofz941" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Painted Lady</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><img alt="_DSC0483-Painted Lady.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="396" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-a:r-2143687517630823607&th=17a6c244c62b4910&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ99_3w9LPZyux4Bs4I9l7wlP0tmGjEbd3jeLkVcSZ050u9kqzpu_DKzlLqeg--bv1xVC-4ORijh3gLqmDGM7ZVAcpuD_WIY-fWY9y3IREhVWG_NOKhBGjrEL-Y&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnoghso2" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Dot from next door brought us a freshly emerged moth which she had found in the garden, this turned out to be a lovely Lime Hawk-moth, the wings were only just 8mm in length so it hadn't emerged too long ago, Sarah placed it among one of our Clematis where it clung on under the shelter of the shade. What we didn't expect was just how quickly it then transformed itself into full adult size! Five minutes later Sarah called me to the garden, the wings were now curled up but almost half the length of the moths body, I then went to grab the camera for some photos as it transformed.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><img alt="_DSC0494-Lime Hawkmoth.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="472" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.4&permmsgid=msg-a:r-2143687517630823607&th=17a6c244c62b4910&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-krLJy3bhRtcTL0zmsS7ZJQyTMbHXTepvGWgdSOCXzbdyfK5cu3RJx24N2gbWVRngzwuDuWikkO-1cJ3pIMGK9XySBLc09Ol2U4B1QwDPnJFmnJaWOBx9RSv4&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnooz3p3" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="451" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">Lime Hawk-moth.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><img alt="_DSC0504-Lime Hawkmoth.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="472" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.5&permmsgid=msg-a:r-2143687517630823607&th=17a6c244c62b4910&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-3nGuR4B2NC6w7JvSc8w0lwcXdCBEsVCp2NmDGWuDW76GtfGHFeiKw7PF0oUbMEEHukMFBYPKm8hS_9RpNilNq1vfkKMYNPT_g_ikcpUWopBMwY5JbAcJU0PM&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnopyve4" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="399" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC0513-Lime Hawkmoth.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="472" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r131794868159544541&th=17a6c39c2a94768e&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8PI5V3ExnJdqIGGD2vzFPTNcA95vJzQomemN4NjKCMm73vhkTuiQlIz66Vuj8gSKbpc47OKrpqH4zG2ZxC6bf93nc9FgK5bGiAjezQyYVR9jLG515jcB0pD2A&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnotbn80" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="450" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">It didn't take long for the wings to reach and then stretch beyond the body length.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC0535-Lime Hawkmoth.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="443" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-a:r131794868159544541&th=17a6c39c2a94768e&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-nMa14gPNRBjPLiwWx1vMAxh3SQe7uAETVw9Jc0wEfbPQI1kqXMVWonnJsgN9Pt8mudeCV4vXo51zqEjgOKaDLURFdiKwYyfN6_lFk8pqY1V4N1O0cYxuI_L8&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnotv411" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">This was 12 minutes after the first photograph!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">And 24 minutes from the first photo it had finished, wings fully spread out and in it's typical resting position. What an absolute delight watching this progression unfold, and later as it grew dark it departed, wonderful.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC0582-Lime Hawkmoth.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="344" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-a:r131794868159544541&th=17a6c39c2a94768e&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-2E1vCeY4i6mJ8GwodHcAqSr2bpKrJzIc07WyFxosiH3nhCdgIa0Cnbx6AYZ3fLKDHVt4TUmGU69o5RxPYSGDpQ5t8-FYxaZTQH8DbtLE4BJT6ZRyNixGKFvs&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnox0ze2" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">Mid month I spotted a Red Kite from the garden, heading in my direction. I dashed inside to get the camera and hope for it to fly over. On watching it approach I could see that it was holding some form of prey and eating it in flight.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC0946-Red Kite.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="306" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.4&permmsgid=msg-a:r131794868159544541&th=17a6c39c2a94768e&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_OUqBPhSLwOUAvZzneb5LmzTHycC4-r-0NJ67pHRXql-mTsUX0kNlC1kfdA2dnGsi52Y2DOqKXpOJ-rYetCPakW1L_Ow4E-2jQTADs2b5DnzCM4PFbo_e6qpk&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnp3qb33" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">As I zoomed in on the image I could see it was the leg of a bird! It continued to slowly circle and approach the garden.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC0951-Red Kite.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="366" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.5&permmsgid=msg-a:r131794868159544541&th=17a6c39c2a94768e&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ81CuY9owZS2YtoBy9FfFC2QgyPfijfNClxdr87kOrdjob61qtRTHdPUt0ER_S3xoRuKDxI5H5m-O_-thnxlloJAm-kuNS331J0m0TQHayqwx6mARW3Nd1rDnc&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnp5dj44" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">On a couple of occasions it dropped the prey as you can see here in these two images, the speed of how it reacted and then caught in mid air was phenomenal! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">I think the prey was possibly a Jackdaw by the size and feather colour before it dispatched it, there are a lot of Jackdaw creche' groups flying around at the moment especially around the church! I can imagine that the group saw the approach of a raptor as a threat and tried to move it on, but a less experienced bird fell victim to the Kite perhaps? When you see corvids mob a bird of prey, the raptor sometimes flip over and faces the aggressor with legs and talons fully stretched to defend itself, so it wouldn't be hard to pick of a inexperienced bird.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC0952-Red Kite.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="472" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.6&permmsgid=msg-a:r131794868159544541&th=17a6c39c2a94768e&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_cwvpLllwlzMKFgrEbdid8_oRHU-Dqg1A-q-ABZrbdQeJd_WssWATrwyY28GzaC6eCXCwFJV0Y_t4xO2_dSm8Ce72f8JdZV3rV_FQjepsFKnrIpOiBII9FyZs&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnp5oev5" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="467" /><div class="yj6qo"></div><div class="adL"><br /></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC0614-Red Admiral.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="328" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r8489908215600741398&th=17a6c4b893fdc21c&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_dV4IfMLYps1fpAVGZDVSp22NwYQEtKRkxScHp8Hn1cn5oN8SeR7R7N7Wi6wn8oNDUqBBYkBpwmDFQmDYrvyStCUNK5aRFQgCw4d5Di0a3bBzZ98uLoh4joIs&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnpnqwk0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">Going into the second half of the month a lot of people might have noticed a lot of Red Admiral butterflies in their garden. A huge influx of these lovely butterfly was happening around with large numbers being reported, there were 20+ feeding on the Valerian along Church Road. Probably from a new hatching or maybe migrants, they were reported in numbers along upto Titchwell that I know of.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC0731-Red Admiral.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="313" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-a:r8489908215600741398&th=17a6c4b893fdc21c&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_pY6hYz911wYfI7cA8M_WLLGu4rQm9wSIlhRVMRrH5H2YdeiyUzMMr3twYGru1H5lA8fk_UEuVs-l7Wz4xFHujkXpWTtLvuRKfmVGud1--vdmXH_bl1qvewwI&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnq0dgo1" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">On the 24th of the month I went to photograph Bee Orchids. I had been informed of around a dozen spikes of these lovely plants on waste ground near the end of the village where I had seen a couple of plants a few years ago.</div><div><img alt="_DSC0844 (2)-Bee Orchid.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="472" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-a:r8489908215600741398&th=17a6c4b893fdc21c&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8-6FYqOxm4y2GB-X4qDjBA7wqbsPGEGNVlpwoGqQBLGH4lFgB6LiSbhy07YEVul4r7czQC7Ag2DlnDctYT_nbOoUZJzRXkHNuUNExt-GR6nWovVvz9FqYtpFY&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnq6m8b2" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="353" /></div><div><img alt="_DSC0887 (2)-Bee Orchid.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="472" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.4&permmsgid=msg-a:r8489908215600741398&th=17a6c4b893fdc21c&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9SvsSqq4diPKKfITN-5yxtO-hZwiOvbfI080p6LCDfgDFMjoquH5bIC7AM9qh1rETM6Giah-mlPPeMdyGrB_kZEIUnHh41BV5HiE6qhlE31wUJIYWqKLlLwdo&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnq7jgj3" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="313" /><br /></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">I actually counted 22 spikes/plants and there were probably a few more hidden, what a great sight to see so many, with the Early Purple orchids earlier in the year it seemed a productive time for the orchids.</div><div class="yj6qo"></div><div class="adL"><br /></div></div><div class="adL"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC0937 (2)-Bee Orchid.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="357" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r-3232270970474857416&th=17a6c598042e00b1&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9rnczHjO6UZjl8ZqASLW_vkl9-ZOLkipDefI0fJJ7Ea9g4QDFuqp_5dRpvKoA9M5fuPLDXaNg1ap1WAI4d6nKC5ivxK0QmS36XJE6sdiI5AB2he-yZuvWn3jk&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnqc0z80" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">Bee Orchid.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">The fuzzy little bee orchid flowers look like real bees feeding on three pink petals. As bees visit the plant in hopes of mating with the little fake-bees, this bit of bee orchid mimicry ensures the plant is pollinated, as the male bees transfer the pollen to nearby female plants.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC1001 (2)-Bee Orchid.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="472" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-a:r-3232270970474857416&th=17a6c598042e00b1&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_amCvmg9E03t22hDKPGTvPK27fK0RO5DuGE2ggHPc1u7dy0HPbI4wdcpNsJn1Zy4lHX38_dU5m4h1apUm7ytkGQ5D4u6OyGiQyfTU7GFcQSYjhKykSw3Zd4M8&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnqi1aa1" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="313" /><br />Back to the garden and it was nice to get Hummingbird Hawk-moths in the garden once again, I never tire of watching these stunning little moths feeding on the flowers.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC1200-Hummingbird Hawkmoth.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="340" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-a:r-3232270970474857416&th=17a6c598042e00b1&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9McoDFImOU-oQEq5ZMDdDmkSp08B61uix1kMTUiZEajl_YpXaLwlw-ZxivZoBL4zAxo9UuhkvQQCf8FiZiVKt0tqK-iOBt9gFtDOcVjog6F6MAToc3s9iVq38&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnqlxsw2" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /><img alt="_DSC1186-Hummingbird Hawkmoth.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="352" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.4&permmsgid=msg-a:r-3232270970474857416&th=17a6c598042e00b1&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8MAS28cc-da9vSqEBJd6kzglII-E_CWC6Om2Cm0c5_trw7MQYmKMx9vZXdZtPRAWhUj2mPe1gYgYN7cn_E-FoFcy9vrqllW88laHN7lt1fxdMbxbjFbz67FX0&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnqmrds3" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">And to finish up what was a great month for wildlife and nature, I even managed to add a new bird species to the garden list...a Gannet !!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">I watched it fly along the clifftop from the garden then circle and come back towards me and then later in the day what was presumably the same bird did the same fly past again? If it was a sick bird I would have thought it would be resting on the cliffs or on the water, but it seemed to be in good health and flying/gliding back and forth okay, so was it prospecting new sites for nesting perhaps? These are the highest cliffs in Norfolk along here so maybe, either way it got itself onto the garden bird list which now stands at 115 bird species.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC1107 (2)-Gannet getting mobbed.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="324" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.5&permmsgid=msg-a:r-3232270970474857416&th=17a6c598042e00b1&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9E97Rp-lk_Qy94UTMzYPox466tNIebxINYWgsF8HCLUMzSO2PSUe4LtIEv8PbkSM28StkXX32tQV3_ywtP0ovs3_RsjwyZM2c2azdgERIqve0ct1dQExbA1IA&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnqtxou4" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><img alt="_DSC1093 (2)-Gannet.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="289" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.6&permmsgid=msg-a:r-3232270970474857416&th=17a6c598042e00b1&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_GaHoa-2W-3t8Zq5FRTVJnIVPjNolnt14ZGka7yM5uZMQj2UDopRkQIw9j41AQVn6AaRbWMeUbOJYqNL3sfvhHOYtGjX2iK1nvPQn0I04LR5g5NMMAQDdJhCE&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kqnqudhp5" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><div class="yj6qo"></div><div class="adL"><br /></div></div></div></div>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-85903226560733564032021-06-04T09:17:00.001-07:002021-06-04T09:17:20.160-07:00MAY 2021<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small;">May 2021.</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">The month was definitely affected by the weather which wasn't great but the birds kept moving through regardless, some of the good birds unfortunately kept inland and I failed to connect with them. The month began with a few Swifts moving west, so nice to see them again, Marsh Harrier also seemed to be coming in along the coast and I saw a female type, don't think I've seen a male bird at Trimingham yet! On the 12th I gratefully found a Lesser Redpoll singing in the tree behind my garden, a new species for the garden and for the patch no less.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><img alt="_DSC0319-Lesser Redpoll.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="324" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r1827483881113190458&th=179d7adf7b3e111f&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8R4GYUaRZ4Pyq1-dw_qqKOxRqrW7bVYQbYXzaL9SVPqyy_alBj4iEEKzP0Y6XMXUUfn9KU2zkTvCAhhiFf6fZefJmfj2nUXwgUDnIOT1vwGmcEYbO3lsTncfo&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kpigufkf0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Lesser Redpoll</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">House Martins started to pass through as the month neared halfway, a Spoonbill flew past the house, Little Egret over the fields, it almost felt like May was going to finally get going but it didn't manage to really. What I was looking out for were Golden Orioles, a super beautiful bird, and it seemed a large movement of them was taking place across europe and heading west, numerous birds were seen along the coast and as close as Sidestrand but I think they were taking a route inland and missing this corner of the coast? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">One morning whilst walking the dogs Sarah and I picked up on a Osprey flying over Woodlands which had just previously been seen flying in at Sidestrand, it wasn't long before it was being mobbed by the corvids as it headed inland. Cuckoos were being reported and heard at numerous localities but I am still waiting to hear my first one of the year. 2 Chinese Water deer hidden in a crop field was a nice sight, there seems to be good numbers of Roe deer around too.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">The local Tawny Owl was again calling during the day and a Whimbrel calling at night was a lovely sound, numerous bats flew along the lanes early evening, when it wasn't bad weather that is.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><img alt="_DSC0356-Blackcap.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="305" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-a:r1827483881113190458&th=179d7adf7b3e111f&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_6ed_6ySJDXAHDNyl4q3uz5JrmHwMO2v5zMinb-KVZJHhS97KizFdeEuBYvF4BH9wlIBT2EeRk-_P_4elomQ4TbEQAcjaD5Zo4R7AjOmgWK3ap1JJ5qUcb6RU&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kpihgvpa1" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Whitethroats had set up territory at numerous locations around the village and hopefully will have a good year, just one Lesser Whitethroat was seen mind you. Blackcaps sang, seemingly all the time and everywhere! Lovely to hear them singing every morning alongside the Chiffchaff.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><img alt="_DSC0359-Blackcap.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="345" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-a:r1827483881113190458&th=179d7adf7b3e111f&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-epAZOSKPr7tW2wVbm0T698QoCfyJFUA_jSorw2llSdAAURqNIoODqAb28yUxewkDSIUPZIy8NDzvMy4ogdoR_e1nyRzti5UWQ8fmlxFSFqvs5ZpJD1gzca_M&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kpihh5dd2" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">At the end of the month I turned to photographing birds at the garden feeders, in full summer plumage some of the common garden birds looked stunning, and young birds were starting to be seen too.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><img alt="_DSC0443-Chaffinch.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="364" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.4&permmsgid=msg-a:r1827483881113190458&th=179d7adf7b3e111f&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-snm613-qBjfBz-4Y91aQBCVpzkmJO1IEZyTaMZQ9LNcqcC58zUHTuBQyn2xJJe5hoWeudc6kXhK1shZsJWDz2ZULZ_RYtc5nZQdJ2D1S_hp06uwKZCODgVd4&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kpihnu7i3" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">The pink flush on the male Chaffinch is lovely, and the Goldfinch just looks stunning in the sun.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><img alt="_DSC0454-Goldfinch.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="472" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.5&permmsgid=msg-a:r1827483881113190458&th=179d7adf7b3e111f&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8DuSPGpnSYs7EygeUTEtjLMuaCQ1ynfKpwgenVNtulqHL2y-CAHYd-DyDl-JrTsuXLyLQSP0ntX2Ux6CZ8b4GC4oi6S_nbi8NQOa-HhYSxjaUvD9hTgcZ_0Us&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kpihrj735" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="412" /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="gmail_default">Blackbirds seemed to be having a good season, I had seen a couple of young birds around the garden, alongside these I noticed young Robin and Goldfinch.</div><div class="gmail_default"><img alt="_DSC0407-Goldfinch.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="365" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r1804990776223499113&th=179d7bdf055da90b&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-mc1fM8nhW_ewhIkK1OR7lgbJYYZjHfY2MARcVDER_pJcckw3c3cJXaa5qfma8tBDJIdGLRHhXPftZ1xYFUGrYU0adICPlghZ-MGKlw-r88mYfGFGffJEUfEY&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kpihxeuw0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default">The young Goldfinch have the same golden wingbars but they lack the obvious red on the head.</div><div class="gmail_default"><img alt="_DSC0592-Robin.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="472" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-a:r1804990776223499113&th=179d7bdf055da90b&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8h1fIFZuzGmjsqTbvuZFO-TBVOQbJHawVNftSqXwvODFMor0tN2SELq11POVMZ9U0jnYH0LocIHTKJ0R9xP5fzegQV4fLnyXqO536gzVsjuKUn26Khgblo7y0&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kpihyzvl1" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="415" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default">This young Robin kept hidden a lot of the time, very mottled on the feathering but nowhere near ready for that red breast.</div><div class="gmail_default"><img alt="_DSC0416-Robin.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="375" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.5&permmsgid=msg-a:r1804990776223499113&th=179d7bdf055da90b&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-aT9cL4C-qUsvGcBq-7G62SdktyEPt44M2LvmBlImchGDEuxyjkXq9NzA2vmthGxb4SKiV0wFbLB-2XBRRMkVewfli6uCHnrwQZp4YwLVykeFvORDbyRWWay0&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kpii61rv4" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default">This year has been great to watch a pair of House Sparrows visit the garden feeders regularly, now nesting in nearby roof eaves the adults still visited to re-energise on the feeders. The male I think has beautiful colouration, the female may be drab next to the male but still has lovely patterning. </div><div class="gmail_default"><img alt="_DSC0533-House Sparrow.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="285" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-a:r1804990776223499113&th=179d7bdf055da90b&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8Oph07SP9Ky1MBsSpDeX_coKVSYO6uRqkP6OYC7tT3Zun5RaBy6Yxl2OCkt-PwOQyQJmZk_txuBpjXtWrTl_fLzP8esQYwhrtDqfHOWg1tTYQhjtSZxYh2ZMU&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kpii4f9c2" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default"><img alt="_DSC0618-House Sparrow.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="330" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.4&permmsgid=msg-a:r1804990776223499113&th=179d7bdf055da90b&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-TYcpNQf0bTPuHSLB1cFay__QGXdk70CrUGFW6JPD51-2OY1d2TB9DLFVhyJMVj_BoZ4WAi-HbmOmAAjgmy_zvr1yv_3BkaS5BRJIwKxENDBVHUDnBOGijMo8&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kpii52ex3" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default">Talk about colour! How bright do the male Greenfinches look at the moment.</div><div class="gmail_default"><img alt="_DSC0547-Greenfinch.jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="354" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.6&permmsgid=msg-a:r1804990776223499113&th=179d7bdf055da90b&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_bimmSM9WRquNmjRInX56Nj2xSJuXsuR_YBQbYSWIOJ6EQyZ_97cQWL32Jlw7W11DPnrvPvKC1Zg9YAb359YxBZrxmwh1VI5QsKRQuGpy6bEQss01aX2OCnqM&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kpii7pev5" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0" width="472" /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default">Mothing has been a wash out this spring, many inland locations have been spared the cold weather we have had on the coast here and their tallies of moth species show that, I won't be chasing the target I set last year that's for sure, but I am slowly seeing a few more species when I manage to trap.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br /></div></div>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-45108196364070214432021-05-03T06:15:00.004-07:002021-05-03T06:15:24.482-07:00APRIL 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;">At the start of the month the male Siskin was joined by a female, they visited the feeders on a couple of days but were not seen as the month progressed, hopefully breeding somewhere. There had been plenty of White Tailed Eagle sightings around the county and a few close by so I was keen to add this to the patch and hopefully the garden list. Thanks now go to Sarah, whilst in the garden on the 9th of the month she looked behind the church, I was looking the other way, and immediately picked up on a bird of prey stating how large it was...there's no mistaking a eagle when its that low and sure enough we were watching a White Tailed Eagle! !. I ran indoors to grab my camera and realised it was drifting inland so off I ran down Church Road till I could see the eagle through an opening, now quite distant but close enough to get a couple of record shots. After waiting and missing out on this bird for the last few years I now had it in the bag!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MChCbQV2bU0/YI_2OWovpFI/AAAAAAAAfPI/J5i4z1_9PV8EpjhnfTvq8YE1SJdYwC_qACLcBGAsYHQ/s2000/_DSC0085-White%2Btailed%2Beagle%2B72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="2000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MChCbQV2bU0/YI_2OWovpFI/AAAAAAAAfPI/J5i4z1_9PV8EpjhnfTvq8YE1SJdYwC_qACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC0085-White%2Btailed%2Beagle%2B72dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VHDQyrO9xI0/YI_2QwXZkYI/AAAAAAAAfPM/fMiLo9LHhu4D5rlkTq7vGfizUglffXaEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1509/_DSC0094-White%2Btailed%2Beagle%2B72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1509" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VHDQyrO9xI0/YI_2QwXZkYI/AAAAAAAAfPM/fMiLo9LHhu4D5rlkTq7vGfizUglffXaEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC0094-White%2Btailed%2Beagle%2B72dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N8MpVKKm6jM/YI_2TMhhAeI/AAAAAAAAfPQ/caJcTkQ3o0cXTPZfGmekblHpjHz6iAApQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC0103-White%2Btailed%2Beagle%2B72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N8MpVKKm6jM/YI_2TMhhAeI/AAAAAAAAfPQ/caJcTkQ3o0cXTPZfGmekblHpjHz6iAApQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC0103-White%2Btailed%2Beagle%2B72dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mid month we heard our first singing Blackcap of the year, a group of 40+ summer plumaged Golden Plover were frequenting the ploughed field off Church Road. On the 20th my first Wheatear of the spring, last year I failed to see any during the spring instead having to wait till the autumn migration. Despite the cold northerly weather the birds were trickling through, White Wagtail and Common Whitethroat soon started to pass through and within a few days there seemed to be Common Whitethroats holding numerous territories around. 3 Wheatear fed together in the potato field off middle street, fresh in and gone the next day. More Swallows and Sand Martins flew over the garden and a welcome bonus was a Ring Ouzel past. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small;">End of the month saw a movement of Whimbrel along the coast, I had some over the fields and over the garden. Common Buzzards were passing in good numbers some days, 8 in one group seemed to be having fun on the cliff updrafts.</div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p2lYyBsXnvo/YI_2XzWlCQI/AAAAAAAAfPU/TVSxaHjwhoYBJi_uPHFf_X6Y_vKdno-ugCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC0186-Common%2BBuzzard%2B72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p2lYyBsXnvo/YI_2XzWlCQI/AAAAAAAAfPU/TVSxaHjwhoYBJi_uPHFf_X6Y_vKdno-ugCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC0186-Common%2BBuzzard%2B72dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QmM34kXHHnM/YI_2uE_xJRI/AAAAAAAAfPw/X_9r2_zCVdUsQ0_gr1ruJxf_-awgy82IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC0290-Common%2BBuzzard%2B72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QmM34kXHHnM/YI_2uE_xJRI/AAAAAAAAfPw/X_9r2_zCVdUsQ0_gr1ruJxf_-awgy82IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC0290-Common%2BBuzzard%2B72dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P18o_CeLjuY/YI_2qTWKLsI/AAAAAAAAfPs/KZj5BGEF_W4iuO1P7tVua-CM9jBO-5KZACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/_DSC0218-Common%2BBuzzards%2B72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1477" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P18o_CeLjuY/YI_2qTWKLsI/AAAAAAAAfPs/KZj5BGEF_W4iuO1P7tVua-CM9jBO-5KZACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC0218-Common%2BBuzzards%2B72dpi.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2tcpOhfTqpY/YI_2nQDi6JI/AAAAAAAAfPo/Ja125oij4Uk291yRF1RXc5zsGhB03WxbACLcBGAsYHQ/s1369/_DSC0235-Common%2BBuzzard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1369" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2tcpOhfTqpY/YI_2nQDi6JI/AAAAAAAAfPo/Ja125oij4Uk291yRF1RXc5zsGhB03WxbACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC0235-Common%2BBuzzard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-59179903317204196212021-04-05T04:45:00.003-07:002021-04-05T04:45:42.985-07:00MARCH 2021<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;">MARCH 2021.</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Moving forward into March and the thought of Spring and just a little bit of wildlife around the corner, the memories of snow faded away. It was a mixed bag of weather, to be expected, with some misty foggy days and beautiful sunshine making it feel warmer even if the thermometer didn't mirror that!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l-K1ePkM394/YGr1iTzsjwI/AAAAAAAAe4E/8Oj9PySQtR0W7_6LTr5ZdfKXf7RUSpuOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/IMG_20210302_104405-Foggy%2BMorning-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l-K1ePkM394/YGr1iTzsjwI/AAAAAAAAe4E/8Oj9PySQtR0W7_6LTr5ZdfKXf7RUSpuOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210302_104405-Foggy%2BMorning-.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">It was a welcome sight to see that the harsh weather and banked up piles of snow on the road verges had not perished the Early Purple Orchids that emerge every year along the back lanes. This year there actually seemed to be double the amount of plants just starting to come up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rAuRY0Md_ak/YGr1x0VNdhI/AAAAAAAAe4Q/J6bELqR6qfQIewr-giAKiiqtVZv3KkJkACLcBGAsYHQ/s999/IMG_20210317_095509-Early%2BPurple%2BOrchid-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="955" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rAuRY0Md_ak/YGr1x0VNdhI/AAAAAAAAe4Q/J6bELqR6qfQIewr-giAKiiqtVZv3KkJkACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210317_095509-Early%2BPurple%2BOrchid-.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">Moving into the second half of the month I was able to get my moth trap out and start the year list off, not expecting many species I was happy with the species I added. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BRrMU4zS-H8/YGr2AVCb-II/AAAAAAAAe4U/9mCa2_2sUBMX-WY6DoEp4YdBHIZTokFzACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC0086-Hebrew%2BCharacter-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BRrMU4zS-H8/YGr2AVCb-II/AAAAAAAAe4U/9mCa2_2sUBMX-WY6DoEp4YdBHIZTokFzACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC0086-Hebrew%2BCharacter-.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Hebrew Character</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V5NZB4nKupI/YGr2OJvJTlI/AAAAAAAAe4c/UaK7BV67vW4lQLk79e_-DwxbIPIaue7cQCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC0105-Brindled%2BBeauty-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2000" height="217" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V5NZB4nKupI/YGr2OJvJTlI/AAAAAAAAe4c/UaK7BV67vW4lQLk79e_-DwxbIPIaue7cQCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC0105-Brindled%2BBeauty-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Brindled Beauty</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xmDEYE4OS1U/YGr2W1zIUGI/AAAAAAAAe4k/Yo_7JlG0paYP5EgbKu0N0cmH-kY86_INgCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC0119-Oak%2BBeauty-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xmDEYE4OS1U/YGr2W1zIUGI/AAAAAAAAe4k/Yo_7JlG0paYP5EgbKu0N0cmH-kY86_INgCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC0119-Oak%2BBeauty-.jpg" width="303" /></a></div>Oak Beauty</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rEEiLiSiml8/YGr2b0hfGZI/AAAAAAAAe4o/WOT1li86uCIyBLw2GM7AQDrquyxfQ3wqgCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC0145-Red%2BChestnut-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2000" height="212" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rEEiLiSiml8/YGr2b0hfGZI/AAAAAAAAe4o/WOT1li86uCIyBLw2GM7AQDrquyxfQ3wqgCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC0145-Red%2BChestnut-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Red Chestnut</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">There was a movement of birds starting to move about and the prominent one I was keeping an eye out for were Ravens. A number of reports were being circulated of one or two Ravens around the neighbouring villages, and on one morning I narrowly missed out on a pair over the Plantation wood along the clifftop fields, typical I walked the other direction that morning! But on the 21st whilst in the garden I heard the unmissable 'gronking' call of one passing along the coastline, excellent, I could now add it to the patch list and also the garden list, and if that wasn't good enough I had another bird fly over the garden and a possible sighting of a third later that day! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Things ramped up a notch from the 25th of the month, I saw my first returning Sand Martin from the garden. With warm weather and blue skies the raptors started to move, I had 8 Common Buzzards over the house at one time and a lot of Red Kites were moving along the coastline, 5 passed in one group.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D1auGz-uDXI/YGr2yayIKeI/AAAAAAAAe40/h5hvbGqh8eUq3zciclYdC2c1_5hQeWWlACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9887-Red%2BKite-72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D1auGz-uDXI/YGr2yayIKeI/AAAAAAAAe40/h5hvbGqh8eUq3zciclYdC2c1_5hQeWWlACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9887-Red%2BKite-72dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wTACuD7Qez4/YGr23qGLt2I/AAAAAAAAe44/ssDfTR9Aqj4srm8gOH-9qennp8-LgCciQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9884-Red%2BKite-72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wTACuD7Qez4/YGr23qGLt2I/AAAAAAAAe44/ssDfTR9Aqj4srm8gOH-9qennp8-LgCciQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9884-Red%2BKite-72dpi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">The very next day, the 26th, started in a bit of a panic! There were 3 Common Cranes moving along the coast heading my way, now these birds are not new for me here, I have seen a couple of groups but they have normally been heading away from me, and what happens most times is that they totally cut off this stretch of the coastline and head straight inland after Cromer back to the broads. The last sighting I read was at Sidestrand heading towards Trimingham!! Frantically searching the skies from the garden I thought I had missed them/drifted inland before me.....then they appeared low over the fields heading closer and this time I grabbed a few photos of them facing me for once.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rAQBejjVcMY/YGr3HC3eQ3I/AAAAAAAAe5E/Df7OTvlATkgIBD2eRomfDtTHSw-g0kk6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/_DSC9969-Common%2BCranes-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rAQBejjVcMY/YGr3HC3eQ3I/AAAAAAAAe5E/Df7OTvlATkgIBD2eRomfDtTHSw-g0kk6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9969-Common%2BCranes-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JUPg0lBud4g/YGr3KBIKANI/AAAAAAAAe5I/ribxTLuFMEsgHe9ErJBzvV5yA7Mq-_IjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9958-Common%2BCranes-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JUPg0lBud4g/YGr3KBIKANI/AAAAAAAAe5I/ribxTLuFMEsgHe9ErJBzvV5yA7Mq-_IjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9958-Common%2BCranes-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BZabR5QxAgY/YGr3OwkNZfI/AAAAAAAAe5M/-aFScYzPcSgzKaWFk-fTywFkXVjUemZJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/_DSC9972-Common%2BCranes-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BZabR5QxAgY/YGr3OwkNZfI/AAAAAAAAe5M/-aFScYzPcSgzKaWFk-fTywFkXVjUemZJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9972-Common%2BCranes-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">A passing female Marsh Harrier finished the day nicely. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">On the 29th we saw our first Swallow of the year, soon to be followed by quite a few more and Sand Martins by the end of the month. On the 30th I had a male Siskin on the feeders, my first one to actually feed in the garden, it was joined on another day by female type.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VRXqRJoV7dQ/YGr3g8vYtnI/AAAAAAAAe5c/jGVCnl-Qjp0Q0qklzPb01lNfI05nAsELwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC0080-Siskin-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VRXqRJoV7dQ/YGr3g8vYtnI/AAAAAAAAe5c/jGVCnl-Qjp0Q0qklzPb01lNfI05nAsELwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC0080-Siskin-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fW9u6197O90/YGr3jVVtTVI/AAAAAAAAe5g/kWMJwSeWCcIf9OZu5hp8NotQ4vxQZhUngCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC0013-Siskin-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="791" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fW9u6197O90/YGr3jVVtTVI/AAAAAAAAe5g/kWMJwSeWCcIf9OZu5hp8NotQ4vxQZhUngCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC0013-Siskin-.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-29qYt_-VOmU/YGr3l_zL7CI/AAAAAAAAe5k/O9x1DvdIpogwThQONi3k2y7dv35C_XbawCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC0007-Siskin-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="785" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-29qYt_-VOmU/YGr3l_zL7CI/AAAAAAAAe5k/O9x1DvdIpogwThQONi3k2y7dv35C_XbawCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC0007-Siskin-.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">So March was turning into a great month, but the icing on the cake came on the last day of the month....a male Hen Harrier passed low south past the house whilst I was sitting in the garden during the afternoon, I had missed female ( ring tails as they're known ) hen harriers before, tending to head across further inland, so actually seeing a male from the garden was a fantastic sight.</span></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></span></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-46251003115924969682021-03-01T07:30:00.004-08:002021-03-01T07:30:43.409-08:00Weather dictates the start of 2021.<p style="text-align: center;"> January and February were dictated by the wintery weather, despite it looking like a winter wonderland and it was fun to walk out in it with the dogs, most people were happy for it to go and free the lanes up. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Love seeing the feather patterning from the frosts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pq7sMlkgAyo/YD0DL3o3_sI/AAAAAAAAecA/P5Od1rBDSJoDOuGuTGmZmIjTmxr-qqKUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20210116_104118-Clifftop%2BBench.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pq7sMlkgAyo/YD0DL3o3_sI/AAAAAAAAecA/P5Od1rBDSJoDOuGuTGmZmIjTmxr-qqKUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210116_104118-Clifftop%2BBench.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NYuW7DWpo0Y/YD0DOZrZ2CI/AAAAAAAAecE/JLKJqqLOK_AOrJyjUtTH30eHBo2QVF7uACLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/IMG_20210116_104637-Clifftop%2BWood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NYuW7DWpo0Y/YD0DOZrZ2CI/AAAAAAAAecE/JLKJqqLOK_AOrJyjUtTH30eHBo2QVF7uACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210116_104637-Clifftop%2BWood.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The lanes were totally covered, with drifts at least 4ft in depth if not more in places.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eIUj-cptJ-w/YD0DTh2OoEI/AAAAAAAAecI/kGmys3Dp_FYT0c6mL5MsXk5xYYe1F5b1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1333/IMG_20210208_103201-Church%2BRoad-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="999" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eIUj-cptJ-w/YD0DTh2OoEI/AAAAAAAAecI/kGmys3Dp_FYT0c6mL5MsXk5xYYe1F5b1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210208_103201-Church%2BRoad-.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qjsxGKbMdI0/YD0DX_UFsfI/AAAAAAAAecQ/TXaLKGn5iJEODXNhMjjlx-3MYuhO1EtGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2000/IMG_20210208_104048-Trimingham%2BCoastline-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="2000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qjsxGKbMdI0/YD0DX_UFsfI/AAAAAAAAecQ/TXaLKGn5iJEODXNhMjjlx-3MYuhO1EtGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210208_104048-Trimingham%2BCoastline-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">The road is at least 4ft under the snow here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EOVjCpUcGDo/YD0DwXXeYVI/AAAAAAAAecs/Qydgd1hd0jA2-x27I8lPm9i8tndsWKj7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20210209_120038-Middle%2BStreet-Gimingham%2BJunction-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EOVjCpUcGDo/YD0DwXXeYVI/AAAAAAAAecs/Qydgd1hd0jA2-x27I8lPm9i8tndsWKj7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210209_120038-Middle%2BStreet-Gimingham%2BJunction-.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f-n21GUUTIU/YD0D0FK-vvI/AAAAAAAAec0/-d3nBWEPfYoGU6Vj1k2u8dTFPmWNUSFGACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/IMG_20210209_120636-View%2Bfrom%2BMiddle%2BStreet-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f-n21GUUTIU/YD0D0FK-vvI/AAAAAAAAec0/-d3nBWEPfYoGU6Vj1k2u8dTFPmWNUSFGACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210209_120636-View%2Bfrom%2BMiddle%2BStreet-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">During the second dumping of snow and cold weather during February we witnessed a large arrival of Woodcock, there were birds flying in off the coast and between the houses looking for cover, a couple of fields had a grassy crop still in them giving good cover and here we saw a couple of groups of Snipe in with the Woodcocks, the same field also held a pair of Chinese Water deer, probably a welcome habitat to hide them against the stark white landscape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DYj0rKX2se8/YD0D5z0EsBI/AAAAAAAAec4/sju-5fN-Hnos68bjmDs7k9ZA8Gapq0mIQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2000/IMG_20210209_122837-Trimingham%2BChurch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="2000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DYj0rKX2se8/YD0D5z0EsBI/AAAAAAAAec4/sju-5fN-Hnos68bjmDs7k9ZA8Gapq0mIQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210209_122837-Trimingham%2BChurch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8PCThamwNfM/YD0D-H11WPI/AAAAAAAAedA/ml4BLRYUUT8xJop6Juk8beFNrpUnR0f9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1333/IMG_20210214_111539-Church%2BRoad-Middle%2BStreet%2BJunction-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="999" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8PCThamwNfM/YD0D-H11WPI/AAAAAAAAedA/ml4BLRYUUT8xJop6Juk8beFNrpUnR0f9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210214_111539-Church%2BRoad-Middle%2BStreet%2BJunction-.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two lanes were clear the day before, but with strong winds drifting the snow off the fields the roads were covered once again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hHpJakL6y7Q/YD0ECNCePKI/AAAAAAAAedI/qJnjCNg_QXs6EC_VSSdChNfAcjlpPg7lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1333/IMG_20210214_111920-Middle%2BStreet-Gimingham%2BJunction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="999" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hHpJakL6y7Q/YD0ECNCePKI/AAAAAAAAedI/qJnjCNg_QXs6EC_VSSdChNfAcjlpPg7lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210214_111920-Middle%2BStreet-Gimingham%2BJunction.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When the snow eventually melted the plants and bulbs soon came back to life and celandines started to brighten the lane verges, geese seemed to be moving around as the month came to an end with a couple of White Fronts, Barnacle, Pink Feet and Greylags passing over, a Grey Plover past the garden was a new garden tick and very much welcomed, Red Kites and Buzzard sightings increasing so as we go into March and being allowed to once again bird things should be more brighter.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-31947303627239499372020-12-23T08:18:00.001-08:002020-12-23T08:18:33.516-08:00End of 2020.<p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; text-align: left;">December and a look back at my highlights.</b></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Not much to report during December, plenty of geese back and forth over the village and still a lot of Blackbirds are around. Finch numbers are up on their groups with a lot of Chaffinch around my house. The only other note during the month was a mouse up in my bird feeder halfway up the tree! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">With little of note here are some of my highlights of 2020:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DKRMAemdAoI/X-Nro8wd56I/AAAAAAAAdc8/w5-SO1vuelUoqAUq_WQMdRgTP-f9TnWrwCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC1515-Ring%2BNecked%2BParakeet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="2000" height="216" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DKRMAemdAoI/X-Nro8wd56I/AAAAAAAAdc8/w5-SO1vuelUoqAUq_WQMdRgTP-f9TnWrwCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC1515-Ring%2BNecked%2BParakeet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">This Ring Necked Parakeet put in an appearance over a couple of the days during the spring.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ylV0oQLU2Zs/X-NrwSdUE3I/AAAAAAAAddA/ZkILjQn7Yeo_Dc7bUn_4boaAsYyApgYiACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC1864%2B%25282%2529-Rough%2BLegged%2BBuzzard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ylV0oQLU2Zs/X-NrwSdUE3I/AAAAAAAAddA/ZkILjQn7Yeo_Dc7bUn_4boaAsYyApgYiACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC1864%2B%25282%2529-Rough%2BLegged%2BBuzzard.jpg" width="306" /></a></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">This Rough Legged Buzzard was reported further along the coast during the morning of the 25th April, how lucky was I to see it fly over my house, then if that hadn't sealed the day a Osprey flew along the coast whilst I was in the garden.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9Nw6z788r2c/X-Nr2BEVosI/AAAAAAAAddE/rx_tnaKB1fArZoofIoFg-Q0RfU1LwdHPACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC1942%2B%25282%2529-Osprey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1408" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9Nw6z788r2c/X-Nr2BEVosI/AAAAAAAAddE/rx_tnaKB1fArZoofIoFg-Q0RfU1LwdHPACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC1942%2B%25282%2529-Osprey.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">During the summer months with the birding quieter except for local breeding birds, my attention turned more to mothing, and the onset of some new species kept me trapping as much as possible in the hope of something rarer, here are some of the new garden additions caught through summer.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wo8eNbVRjAY/X-Nr6ok1WxI/AAAAAAAAddI/G4c9sFbotrENlZDoa1jKDhMtW5lzu1q_wCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC2474-Scalloped%2BHook-tip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1800" height="229" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wo8eNbVRjAY/X-Nr6ok1WxI/AAAAAAAAddI/G4c9sFbotrENlZDoa1jKDhMtW5lzu1q_wCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC2474-Scalloped%2BHook-tip.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Scalloped Hook-Tip</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FYGIFRp7Gjw/X-Nr_6Q-_pI/AAAAAAAAddM/F4wZMdY-qr4Qf9apnI7WNzakqhkyvBeOACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC3328-Lime%2BHawkmoth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1561" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FYGIFRp7Gjw/X-Nr_6Q-_pI/AAAAAAAAddM/F4wZMdY-qr4Qf9apnI7WNzakqhkyvBeOACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC3328-Lime%2BHawkmoth.jpg" width="307" /></a></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">My first Lime Hawkmoth was a very welcome tick.</div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aW0_kpHBUEg/X-NsF_ISxPI/AAAAAAAAddU/RJyvf_g6OvY78azHepeIqmJ4VAeir7XDACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC6558-Varied%2BCoronet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aW0_kpHBUEg/X-NsF_ISxPI/AAAAAAAAddU/RJyvf_g6OvY78azHepeIqmJ4VAeir7XDACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC6558-Varied%2BCoronet.jpg" width="291" /></a></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">Varied Coronet</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DWQ5aBE8eWI/X-NsKZxLqJI/AAAAAAAAddc/fkpoAeiZT4I7HfmiLoUPWyqXJmDpWGiGACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC8175-Canary%2BShouldered%2BThorn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DWQ5aBE8eWI/X-NsKZxLqJI/AAAAAAAAddc/fkpoAeiZT4I7HfmiLoUPWyqXJmDpWGiGACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC8175-Canary%2BShouldered%2BThorn.jpg" width="318" /></a></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">Canary Shouldered Thorn</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">The approach of autumn brought the prospect of some migrating birds and a new wave of autumnal moths.</div><br /></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">The arrival of the Pied Flycatchers have been lovely the last couple of years, I hope this is repeated every year, this year the numbers were up on the previous and I never tire of photographing these birds.</div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ilA-Ql2_uvk/X-NsgjxC8cI/AAAAAAAAdd8/dIEiAXGK70kJWhDyVkzOKi4_S4uLdTH9wCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC9114-Autumnal%2BRustic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ilA-Ql2_uvk/X-NsgjxC8cI/AAAAAAAAdd8/dIEiAXGK70kJWhDyVkzOKi4_S4uLdTH9wCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC9114-Autumnal%2BRustic.jpg" width="279" /></a></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">This seasonal moth is appropriately named..the Autumnal Rustic.</div><br /></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">We had a welcome move in weather during October and easterlies started to bring birds in, I was so pleased to find a little Siberian Jem along the lane past the church, the stunning Pallas's Warbler. What a little beauty and my highlight of the year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f9tWobb9XbY/X-Nso3a1jJI/AAAAAAAAdeA/HjYQFX-UWPMMGeXaJgNt7E8_mCVz6_5KgCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC8847-Pallas%2527s%2BWarbler.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1550" height="218" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f9tWobb9XbY/X-Nso3a1jJI/AAAAAAAAdeA/HjYQFX-UWPMMGeXaJgNt7E8_mCVz6_5KgCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC8847-Pallas%2527s%2BWarbler.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">Pallas's Warbler</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l3LkgI3aJeg/X-Nstf78xEI/AAAAAAAAdeI/9dW7gcgmp3oJHF99MowW89zpvdBvewNhQCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC8933-Pallas%2527s%2BWarbler.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="1763" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l3LkgI3aJeg/X-Nstf78xEI/AAAAAAAAdeI/9dW7gcgmp3oJHF99MowW89zpvdBvewNhQCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC8933-Pallas%2527s%2BWarbler.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">And if that wasn't enough I was able to see at least 3 different Yellow Browed Warblers, not as scarce as the Pallas's but still a great bird to see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A_lDQapaHy4/X-NsxWPqyPI/AAAAAAAAdeQ/3ldz4x0zxVo8nFqBKFc7vdh8mHVEh4z9ACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC9067-Yellow%2BBrowed%2BWarbler.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="1850" height="214" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A_lDQapaHy4/X-NsxWPqyPI/AAAAAAAAdeQ/3ldz4x0zxVo8nFqBKFc7vdh8mHVEh4z9ACLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC9067-Yellow%2BBrowed%2BWarbler.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">Yellow Browed Warbler</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">As the autumn moved to winter I kept adding a few moths to the year list, but the weather was to start having a effect on how regular I got the trap out. One species I had been waiting for since moving here finally gave itself up, the beautifully marked Merveille Du Jour.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g05mKaIU0m0/X-Ns33qhv6I/AAAAAAAAdeU/w-175TxPbq0xTbd6TUDYM9f86WlkelpEwCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC9535-Merveille%2BDu%2BJour.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1684" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g05mKaIU0m0/X-Ns33qhv6I/AAAAAAAAdeU/w-175TxPbq0xTbd6TUDYM9f86WlkelpEwCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC9535-Merveille%2BDu%2BJour.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;">Merry Christmas to all. </div><br /><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"></div><br /><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"></div></div>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-55899028203893036222020-12-01T08:14:00.004-08:002020-12-01T08:14:51.976-08:00A Quiet November for me.<p style="text-align: center;"> Due to working in the studio nearly every day, November was a quiet time for me birding or recording stuff. The weather had a big effect on being able to put the moth trap out, some nights when I did put it out I trapped nothing!! But not to be disheartened, I did get 2 moth species that I had been hoping for and new for the garden list....Feathered Thorn and December Moth. Maybe if I am lucky I will get the trap out in December in the hope of something on the wing I still need, but as it stands my 2020 Macro list stands at 211 species, easily beating last years tally.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6XpEiaEsv14/X8ZmMgGSXSI/AAAAAAAAdGY/P3Vlmm_Zi40e9JPqKpHZKAJ-wMgyHT5lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9774-Feathered%2BThorn-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6XpEiaEsv14/X8ZmMgGSXSI/AAAAAAAAdGY/P3Vlmm_Zi40e9JPqKpHZKAJ-wMgyHT5lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9774-Feathered%2BThorn-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Feathered Thorn<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oXAcoBwvSvU/X8ZmKQZrm6I/AAAAAAAAdGQ/Vn5ZurrsxfgnjV7-YldyCXgljGB1F0cDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9742-December%2BMoth-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oXAcoBwvSvU/X8ZmKQZrm6I/AAAAAAAAdGQ/Vn5ZurrsxfgnjV7-YldyCXgljGB1F0cDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9742-December%2BMoth-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>December Moth<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-KHWJLx6p8/X8ZmEbkKHmI/AAAAAAAAdGI/pMkeG4BChpAKGpxSmQHfBj-yZIHEiJGWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9384-Common%2BBuzzard-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-KHWJLx6p8/X8ZmEbkKHmI/AAAAAAAAdGI/pMkeG4BChpAKGpxSmQHfBj-yZIHEiJGWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9384-Common%2BBuzzard-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Now onto birding and busily working away, my main viewing came from the dog walking, Sarah and I were seeing a lot more Pink footed geese passing over as of late, one morning we watched 400+ geese pass overhead, a lovely sight and sound to start the day. The flocks of birds were on the rise locally, the Linnets were increasing in numbers as were the Yellowhammers, Reed Bunting were still around no doubt but they were keeping further afield. Blackbirds were still arriving in the area, some mornings along the lanes that is all you could see flitting along ahead of us. Woodcock were flushed on the walks too.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qr8WhCsLdSQ/X8ZmAwKfLOI/AAAAAAAAdGA/PVsD4xavu9YXm81BQJZ_LnHTrfgsePa3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s999/_DSC9368-Yellowhammer-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="999" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qr8WhCsLdSQ/X8ZmAwKfLOI/AAAAAAAAdGA/PVsD4xavu9YXm81BQJZ_LnHTrfgsePa3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9368-Yellowhammer-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-39OrC-JQVA8/X8Zl3QtZlSI/AAAAAAAAdFw/avyqc0NxyL4WwrLG84sA50PL3HSKj2aqACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9240-Chiffchaff-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-39OrC-JQVA8/X8Zl3QtZlSI/AAAAAAAAdFw/avyqc0NxyL4WwrLG84sA50PL3HSKj2aqACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9240-Chiffchaff-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Mid month another Yellow Browed Warbler was found near the shelter, I managed to hear and glimpse it but it was very elusive and no way going to stop for a photo, Chiffchaff and Willow warblers were loosely associating in the same vacinity.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jTwgxcG3-i0/X8ZlyYIwOkI/AAAAAAAAdFs/HEGf36eMmsU1ERruV2URlglap3uTpL9CQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9219-Willow%2BWarbler-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jTwgxcG3-i0/X8ZlyYIwOkI/AAAAAAAAdFs/HEGf36eMmsU1ERruV2URlglap3uTpL9CQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9219-Willow%2BWarbler-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6S62FeUjEQA/X8ZltFequoI/AAAAAAAAdFk/H9oEr2IgE-UsZfkdWFKhKD_FRgxoSMGJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9147-Great%2BSkua-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6S62FeUjEQA/X8ZltFequoI/AAAAAAAAdFk/H9oEr2IgE-UsZfkdWFKhKD_FRgxoSMGJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9147-Great%2BSkua-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>With quite a few reports of Great Northern Divers and Bonxies moving through, I managed a short seawatch and got just the one Bonxie'. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pGHJDVHu4xw/X8Zlp0QydVI/AAAAAAAAdFg/CsDpZnY1tUQSn9jciSY4CFDOgXtN2y5sACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9125-Great%2BSkua-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pGHJDVHu4xw/X8Zlp0QydVI/AAAAAAAAdFg/CsDpZnY1tUQSn9jciSY4CFDOgXtN2y5sACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9125-Great%2BSkua-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Hopefully I can get out more during December.<p></p>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-54382155695841188402020-10-25T05:46:00.003-07:002020-11-02T03:17:22.218-08:00Stunning Leaf Gems steal the month <p style="text-align: center;">Anticipation was high for October, surely there would be some nice birding on the patch and hopefully new moth species for the garden entering autumn. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The weather was a mixed bag at the start of the month but the wind conditions and rain added to bringing birds in. Groups of birds were already starting to move along the coast, siskins were still heading through but in smaller groups than before. On the 3rd 15+ Brambling landed in a tree behind the back garden before heading off south over the house, a big fall of birds continued throughout the day with good numbers of Song Thrush, Blackcaps and Robins, near the clifftop I saw a single Hawfinch with chaffinches, Redwings were starting to increase and a Willow Warbler feeding in the ivy clad bushes. The next day, 4th Oct, numbers of thrushes were still coming in off the sea, 18+ House Martins, a couple of Swallows and Hobby passed along the cliffs, Blackcaps were dotted everywhere and a few Grey Herons were the first of a few to be seen passing over. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aQaaJWY6E6w/X5VgkwEuUWI/AAAAAAAAcbk/oNnStnCLacAkVOqSzPdBJmfjBNvoGhWdACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9305-Blackcap-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aQaaJWY6E6w/X5VgkwEuUWI/AAAAAAAAcbk/oNnStnCLacAkVOqSzPdBJmfjBNvoGhWdACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9305-Blackcap-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 9th I trapped a new moth species, a Green Brindled Crescent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mZkdA9IgzwU/X5VhQxRf_1I/AAAAAAAAcbs/sqFzXxLnyWIy7lxNYogBb-FUHgzyMdr4QCLcBGAsYHQ/_DSC9485-Green-Brindled%2BCrescent-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1000" height="270" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mZkdA9IgzwU/X5VhQxRf_1I/AAAAAAAAcbs/sqFzXxLnyWIy7lxNYogBb-FUHgzyMdr4QCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h270/_DSC9485-Green-Brindled%2BCrescent-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 12th I picked out my first Fieldfare of the autumn, thrushes were still scattered all over the place. On the 13th the wind conditions were coming in off the sea so I set about doing some sea watching. Upon arrival at the cliffs I noticed a few gulls sat up on the sea and groynes, strategically placed for the birds coming across the sea on migration about to make landfall and no doubt exhausted. The thrushes had to run a gauntlet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bhLJNaPJ02E/X5Vit83JO_I/AAAAAAAAcb4/tfNBicwQocwmp3JZznNXYXzJIG7c2JVMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7053-Herring%2Bgull%2Band%2Bfieldfare-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bhLJNaPJ02E/X5Vit83JO_I/AAAAAAAAcb4/tfNBicwQocwmp3JZznNXYXzJIG7c2JVMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC7053-Herring%2Bgull%2Band%2Bfieldfare-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This Herring Gull took some of the feathers of this thrush but was unable to down it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g9zfsdxPnuI/X5Vixl_LMEI/AAAAAAAAcb8/2dSCVXInCNIitXAhylP3kPwlp1tePaeqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s694/_DSC7056-Herring%2Bgull%2Band%2Bfieldfare-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g9zfsdxPnuI/X5Vixl_LMEI/AAAAAAAAcb8/2dSCVXInCNIitXAhylP3kPwlp1tePaeqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC7056-Herring%2Bgull%2Band%2Bfieldfare-.jpg" /></a></div>A Fieldfare makes it to the safety of the scrub and bushes, narrowly avoiding the pursuing Herring gull.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c2v2_2hkHLw/X5Vi1GAJceI/AAAAAAAAccA/Pm-VSfDzuS8mTVWFOIRjZc7fK1qyR2sSACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7059-Herring%2Bgull%2Band%2Bfieldfare-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c2v2_2hkHLw/X5Vi1GAJceI/AAAAAAAAccA/Pm-VSfDzuS8mTVWFOIRjZc7fK1qyR2sSACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC7059-Herring%2Bgull%2Band%2Bfieldfare-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xRUdbJae0BM/X5VjhB6pENI/AAAAAAAAccQ/1Bg8zB7iaOcmwwvbWkPilGX_aUa6kgyxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7091-Common%2BScoter-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xRUdbJae0BM/X5VjhB6pENI/AAAAAAAAccQ/1Bg8zB7iaOcmwwvbWkPilGX_aUa6kgyxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC7091-Common%2BScoter-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>With the strong winds, the numbers of sea faring birds had increased, Brent, Eider, Wigeon, Shelducks and these Common Scoter, above, got blown closer to shore.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gw3TZrfRKBA/X5VjppRLT0I/AAAAAAAAccU/UBuFsUPb6BEfo2DPGvPQYup2XB3MAI8_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7238-Starlings-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gw3TZrfRKBA/X5VjppRLT0I/AAAAAAAAccU/UBuFsUPb6BEfo2DPGvPQYup2XB3MAI8_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC7238-Starlings-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Groups of birds were still heading in over the coastline, these Starlings at least avoided the gulls below.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tccCp7SxWvY/X5Vjxj8ulGI/AAAAAAAAccc/jAD1z2qNgCUufds08txiklGhx5LTkzAswCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7680-Velvet%2BScoter-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tccCp7SxWvY/X5Vjxj8ulGI/AAAAAAAAccc/jAD1z2qNgCUufds08txiklGhx5LTkzAswCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC7680-Velvet%2BScoter-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>3 Velvet Scoter close in was a lovely addition to the tally of birds passing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bwcQyXQwxGc/X5Vk7jgJBJI/AAAAAAAAccs/GsxtQSB76LAuJNYIPlYt7fm2tT7f5CusACLcBGAsYHQ/s999/_DSC7311-Herring%2Bgull%2Band%2Bthrush-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="999" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bwcQyXQwxGc/X5Vk7jgJBJI/AAAAAAAAccs/GsxtQSB76LAuJNYIPlYt7fm2tT7f5CusACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC7311-Herring%2Bgull%2Band%2Bthrush-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Some of the birds were not so lucky in making land.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Later that day the weather worsened and the rain picked up, this in turn downed a lot of thrushes, behind the house a fall of 30+ Redwing along with a few Fieldfare, Starlings and Blackbirds busily fed in the paddock.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lZy7LVnfvKA/X5VnieQ4YZI/AAAAAAAAcdY/ANUZbftxwScGKizT9r-uCI1QNyC5XzUBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7874-Redwing%2Band%2BFieldfare-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lZy7LVnfvKA/X5VnieQ4YZI/AAAAAAAAcdY/ANUZbftxwScGKizT9r-uCI1QNyC5XzUBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC7874-Redwing%2Band%2BFieldfare-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CVkZXRtsW5E/X5VnnDQm-GI/AAAAAAAAcdc/rOotUhu8oso0OyOND90ZOnpZABMzPb5mwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7945-Fieldfare%2Band%2BRedwing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CVkZXRtsW5E/X5VnnDQm-GI/AAAAAAAAcdc/rOotUhu8oso0OyOND90ZOnpZABMzPb5mwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC7945-Fieldfare%2Band%2BRedwing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The 15th was a day I won't forget in a hurry, whilst checking along the lane for birds I decided to set myself up and try to photograph the Redwings coming and going to feed on the berries. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jiF4HBcS7Uk/X5VpaAyKveI/AAAAAAAAcds/ljMChp1BQ7EirQHmgBRJCvOUcW4vJNb0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8483-Redwing-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jiF4HBcS7Uk/X5VpaAyKveI/AAAAAAAAcds/ljMChp1BQ7EirQHmgBRJCvOUcW4vJNb0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8483-Redwing-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XTnY4_c525E/X5VpmiVSivI/AAAAAAAAcd4/a4TtGHpG3JMj3LjXyhJmh5k5r3_Fnz6pwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8426-Blackbird-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XTnY4_c525E/X5VpmiVSivI/AAAAAAAAcd4/a4TtGHpG3JMj3LjXyhJmh5k5r3_Fnz6pwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8426-Blackbird-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-622iSSRqdxY/X5VpoxM5sqI/AAAAAAAAcd8/kU-0nz_qdccBwa-bcgVd4un3QdA0Qw6ugCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8437-Blackbird-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-622iSSRqdxY/X5VpoxM5sqI/AAAAAAAAcd8/kU-0nz_qdccBwa-bcgVd4un3QdA0Qw6ugCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8437-Blackbird-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I noticed goldfinches coming to a puddle to drink and bathe, then joined by Goldcrest drinking, my attention was drawn to the puddle now and then to a few Goldcrests feeding in a nearby sycamore tree, such a lovely dainty little bird and a challenge to get a nice photograph before they flit off out of the camera view!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W1sGkXFSuXM/X5VrDJsSq4I/AAAAAAAAceQ/QgObtueRXCslipavjo-apEOu94aoCc2SwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8726-Goldcrest-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W1sGkXFSuXM/X5VrDJsSq4I/AAAAAAAAceQ/QgObtueRXCslipavjo-apEOu94aoCc2SwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8726-Goldcrest-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jUG4juS5ilw/X5VrGmXifCI/AAAAAAAAceU/JsLpcNmeNfcTtnJI3T8iG3clcQMpU83rgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8763-Goldcrest-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jUG4juS5ilw/X5VrGmXifCI/AAAAAAAAceU/JsLpcNmeNfcTtnJI3T8iG3clcQMpU83rgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8763-Goldcrest-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I managed to grab a couple of shots which were okay, it was at this point that whilst watching 3+ goldcrests flitting around in the tree my eyes came across a tiny warbler......straight away I knew what this was and panic set in to follow it feeding, I had to get a photo of this self found stunner......a Pallas's Warbler.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qlER2Z3c6Io/X5Vr7E-on8I/AAAAAAAAceg/PLH3TV4zboY1P06NFAXbWe1E4a9SMIpqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8845-Pallas%2527s%2BWarbler-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qlER2Z3c6Io/X5Vr7E-on8I/AAAAAAAAceg/PLH3TV4zboY1P06NFAXbWe1E4a9SMIpqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8845-Pallas%2527s%2BWarbler-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z5JGtjMb6O8/X5Vr_6MiOLI/AAAAAAAAcek/FcUa5GFdbfI0LCXNefhswdiN9TDLR3gkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8847-Pallas%2527s%2BWarbler-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z5JGtjMb6O8/X5Vr_6MiOLI/AAAAAAAAcek/FcUa5GFdbfI0LCXNefhswdiN9TDLR3gkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8847-Pallas%2527s%2BWarbler-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-67PHpn19Fno/X5VsJEu1d6I/AAAAAAAAceo/siezG4_WauobB1MHcEaUjBFefB1F278nQCLcBGAsYHQ/s999/_DSC8933-Pallas%2527s%2BWarbler-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="999" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-67PHpn19Fno/X5VsJEu1d6I/AAAAAAAAceo/siezG4_WauobB1MHcEaUjBFefB1F278nQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8933-Pallas%2527s%2BWarbler-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was able to get the attention of an arriving birder who got onto it straight away as he joined me, it thankfully kept to a short circuit of a few sycamore trees allowing some lovely views and the chance for me to grab a few photos of this stunning little gem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day whilst walking the dogs through the clifftop wood a birder had found another Pallas's feeding in a group of Goldcrests, after walking the dogs I went to view the bird, albeit more elusive than the bird the day before, what was noticeable were the numbers of Goldcrest that were in the wood, well into the double figures. During September I had found a Yellow Browed Warbler along the lanes and indeed there was one reported the same day of the Pallas's in the clifftop wood, so on the 17th after seeing the Yellow Browed whilst walking the dogs I tried to get some photos of the other little leaf gem. It was showing regularly in a couple of sycamores so it was a game of waiting for it to return to feed there, during this time the rain started to get heavier and without a coat I decided to pop home and grab a coat then come back out, firstly I headed to the other end of the village to check out some buntings a friend had been viewing, I headed off after a short while to try for the Yellow Browed again and on the way found a Black Restart on top of a bungalow roof.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0JoOUAcl5YA/X5VvT-CWbHI/AAAAAAAAce8/ETyBEqDJm7YHP1MrEGgKDS7bXzcINheOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8962-Black%2BRedstart-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0JoOUAcl5YA/X5VvT-CWbHI/AAAAAAAAce8/ETyBEqDJm7YHP1MrEGgKDS7bXzcINheOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8962-Black%2BRedstart-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0FvlWd22f_U/X5VvZeYu9II/AAAAAAAAcfA/L-jwKFq2HGEYdewuGPSsh9e5TlgYwBuxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9007-Black%2BRedstart-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0FvlWd22f_U/X5VvZeYu9II/AAAAAAAAcfA/L-jwKFq2HGEYdewuGPSsh9e5TlgYwBuxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9007-Black%2BRedstart-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The weather had now brightened and I once again set up near the favoured sycamore trees for the Yellow Browed, I didn't have to wait long before it returned and grabbed a few flitting images.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S-ciVAItF1I/X5Vv2lq_30I/AAAAAAAAcfM/K-k3FDQ9uDUEpmGhsUiBvJz-9e7Hay5bQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9061-Yellow%2BBrowed%2BWarbler-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S-ciVAItF1I/X5Vv2lq_30I/AAAAAAAAcfM/K-k3FDQ9uDUEpmGhsUiBvJz-9e7Hay5bQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9061-Yellow%2BBrowed%2BWarbler-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hI4MnTLX69U/X5Vv6CRuUVI/AAAAAAAAcfQ/GcFRZUkgDG8B8BEKl04etwL4mWpyJ87DgCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/_DSC9062-Yellow%2BBrowed%2BWarbler-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hI4MnTLX69U/X5Vv6CRuUVI/AAAAAAAAcfQ/GcFRZUkgDG8B8BEKl04etwL4mWpyJ87DgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9062-Yellow%2BBrowed%2BWarbler-.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jytWB6LJuII/X5Vv-X2yNyI/AAAAAAAAcfU/REd57ds0wbAmoUFPigbkxUqBDTiU_zchACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9070-Yellow%2BBrowed%2BWarbler-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jytWB6LJuII/X5Vv-X2yNyI/AAAAAAAAcfU/REd57ds0wbAmoUFPigbkxUqBDTiU_zchACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9070-Yellow%2BBrowed%2BWarbler-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICkE2CnccT0/X5VwEOnVJWI/AAAAAAAAcfc/RtK83hWhGJka7xWQlebYCTWWDqwGQLSwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9082-Yellow%2BBrowed%2BWarbler-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICkE2CnccT0/X5VwEOnVJWI/AAAAAAAAcfc/RtK83hWhGJka7xWQlebYCTWWDqwGQLSwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9082-Yellow%2BBrowed%2BWarbler-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a month October turned out to be, with favoured wind conditions bringing in the birds and photo opportunities of two stunning leaf warblers I couldn't of been happier, and then there were the moths which did actually make me happier!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lmqTi6lWPB4/X5VxGxdFrNI/AAAAAAAAcf0/ZJS8tHG0ukIByFxvXdik0E3OtZqlu0nXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9535-Merveille%2BDu%2BJour-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lmqTi6lWPB4/X5VxGxdFrNI/AAAAAAAAcf0/ZJS8tHG0ukIByFxvXdik0E3OtZqlu0nXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9535-Merveille%2BDu%2BJour-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Merveille Du Jour was a welcomed new addition to the garden list which I had been waiting to trap.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EolEuJe1y60/X5VxJrMWnvI/AAAAAAAAcf4/22th-JMBjl87VZKv67yHr0RUeL8vj1ACgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9585-Yellow-line%2BQuaker-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EolEuJe1y60/X5VxJrMWnvI/AAAAAAAAcf4/22th-JMBjl87VZKv67yHr0RUeL8vj1ACgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9585-Yellow-line%2BQuaker-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yellow Line Quaker, another new garden species.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AD3ZIq8iaJ8/X5VxNEPTKZI/AAAAAAAAcf8/I0F9ENs3KTAJxjHeKkKS4sjTDaGrvJMkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9645-Grey%2BShoulder%2BKnot-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AD3ZIq8iaJ8/X5VxNEPTKZI/AAAAAAAAcf8/I0F9ENs3KTAJxjHeKkKS4sjTDaGrvJMkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9645-Grey%2BShoulder%2BKnot-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grey Shoulder Knot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brown Spot Pinion </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both new macro species for the garden, and I'm hopeful of being able to bag another couple of species on the wing at the moment weather permitting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5m6AlwhR0s/X5VxSEoZHGI/AAAAAAAAcgA/NlbLTJ-6o_0c3QLgFF2rU8OaAFHJl03tACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9637-Brown-spot%2BPinion-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5m6AlwhR0s/X5VxSEoZHGI/AAAAAAAAcgA/NlbLTJ-6o_0c3QLgFF2rU8OaAFHJl03tACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9637-Brown-spot%2BPinion-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-82960360187600048762020-10-01T10:00:00.002-07:002020-10-01T10:00:13.957-07:00The Geese Have Returned.<p style="text-align: center;"> September got off to a good start, a morning walk to the front produced this lovely Wheatear, very relaxed and enjoying the morning sunshine on the clifftop bench.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xiWbjakSyCI/X3X8XuteQzI/AAAAAAAAb64/vnD0IcS7Oj4A-YUfRtXI9I7XMS-VxuxrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC5847-Wheatear-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xiWbjakSyCI/X3X8XuteQzI/AAAAAAAAb64/vnD0IcS7Oj4A-YUfRtXI9I7XMS-VxuxrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC5847-Wheatear-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7PnS9bR9YU/X3X8U2qMvjI/AAAAAAAAb60/hT9eSZpJ0PU6D-Qkt8vs2SJWN9aorLqOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s999/_DSC5830-Wheatear-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="999" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7PnS9bR9YU/X3X8U2qMvjI/AAAAAAAAb60/hT9eSZpJ0PU6D-Qkt8vs2SJWN9aorLqOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC5830-Wheatear-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was hoping the month would produce some new moth species to get my tally up, on the 4th I bagged a new species for the garden, a Juniper Pug.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e-bClnSpQ3U/X3X_ieTy-YI/AAAAAAAAb8k/Yjco1VTt85A7kmPSBKTa6YXsGt_LLHf0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8817-Juniper%2BPug-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e-bClnSpQ3U/X3X_ieTy-YI/AAAAAAAAb8k/Yjco1VTt85A7kmPSBKTa6YXsGt_LLHf0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8817-Juniper%2BPug-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 8th the first group of geese flew over the house, letting us all know the changing of the seasons are upon. A count of 31 Pink footed geese flew over and in days to follow a few more groups were seen heading towards the broads. Also on the 8th I caught 2 new moth species for the garden, a Centre Barred Sallow and a Narrow Winged Pug.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mVqHPWmnDOs/X3YAhsfvoyI/AAAAAAAAb8s/-rWhXmccMa0b3lujj98TZ3M5mfokfpg4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8850-Centre%2BBarred%2BSallow-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mVqHPWmnDOs/X3YAhsfvoyI/AAAAAAAAb8s/-rWhXmccMa0b3lujj98TZ3M5mfokfpg4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8850-Centre%2BBarred%2BSallow-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j5QMPt4KIDg/X3YAoF5p7rI/AAAAAAAAb8w/uYlMobtMRZ4k4yA1emsUD_tdnU-47mafACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8881-Narrow%2BWinged%2BPug-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j5QMPt4KIDg/X3YAoF5p7rI/AAAAAAAAb8w/uYlMobtMRZ4k4yA1emsUD_tdnU-47mafACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8881-Narrow%2BWinged%2BPug-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the middle of the month already creeping up there was a movement of birds, namely Siskins. I counted quite a few groups moving over the house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was getting some lovely moths during the middle phase of the month, some new for the year and one or two new for the garden, beauties such as Sallow, Brindled Green, Red Green Carpet and a lot of Black Rustics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V7KjOelPs4Y/X3YDW3SbbjI/AAAAAAAAb9A/bVkAezygsiIe_VxEa8eLiTmMNRPhM8dHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8928-Sallow-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V7KjOelPs4Y/X3YDW3SbbjI/AAAAAAAAb9A/bVkAezygsiIe_VxEa8eLiTmMNRPhM8dHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8928-Sallow-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OaxbdiiHHyY/X3YDdTBimTI/AAAAAAAAb9E/mFJ_8I0Tb7cGOUqkh9X2ITntzu6Zhd2DwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC8944-Brindled%2BGreen-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OaxbdiiHHyY/X3YDdTBimTI/AAAAAAAAb9E/mFJ_8I0Tb7cGOUqkh9X2ITntzu6Zhd2DwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC8944-Brindled%2BGreen-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XKHTNc-puxo/X3YDkJ1OxCI/AAAAAAAAb9I/E2wktF-Xb3wQTfAU1uPdUbf2tJDlk27QwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9028-Red-Green%2BCarpet-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XKHTNc-puxo/X3YDkJ1OxCI/AAAAAAAAb9I/E2wktF-Xb3wQTfAU1uPdUbf2tJDlk27QwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9028-Red-Green%2BCarpet-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 19th I heard a Yellow Browed Warbler calling from trees beyond the back garden, the trees were moving too much in the wind for me to pick it up though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There had been a few sightings of Redwing around and a couple of possible sightings for me gave hope of connecting properly but unfortunately it didn't come about. On the 21st I counted 13 Common Buzzards pass the house all in a line, there had been a count of 16 birds moving past Beeston so these would of been the same group but a few were no doubt just out of sight or had already passed, lovely procession to see though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A walk down the lane, still on the 21st, and I found a Yellow Browed Warbler, it was a very elusive bird and over the next few attempts at trying to see it I only managed to hear it calling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 22nd I witnessed yet another movement of Siskins, but this time they were in their hundreds, I must of had at least 300 go over the garden during the morning!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I managed to get a couple of new moth species for the garden before the weather would change!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Autumnal Rustic and Large Ranunculus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3bFG52rvt6Y/X3YGxeUW_KI/AAAAAAAAb9c/HglvDsOY-VEjidYJSSELyf-2xPSFTkJSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9114-Autumnal%2BRustic-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3bFG52rvt6Y/X3YGxeUW_KI/AAAAAAAAb9c/HglvDsOY-VEjidYJSSELyf-2xPSFTkJSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9114-Autumnal%2BRustic-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mcJQqDreE-U/X3YG3_QQLLI/AAAAAAAAb9g/7mV6AiGnS8QOOvASJFv2DJ4B1c4VwOCbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC9239-Large%2BRanunculus-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mcJQqDreE-U/X3YG3_QQLLI/AAAAAAAAb9g/7mV6AiGnS8QOOvASJFv2DJ4B1c4VwOCbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC9239-Large%2BRanunculus-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then the weather changed and we were hit really bad, the worst since the 1987 Hurricane for sure. The 70+mph winds battered everything and caused so much wind damage to the plants the effects could be seen all over, most stuff had some dying foliage, very sad to see, and it stopped mothing for September with my macro list standing at 199 species!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sAeoTmz3O-Q/X3YJsghePlI/AAAAAAAAb90/0X3Ni7WBbnAIUSBlLIUayBJ0PrrRFlJdACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/IMG_20200926_082352-Tree%2BDamage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sAeoTmz3O-Q/X3YJsghePlI/AAAAAAAAb90/0X3Ni7WBbnAIUSBlLIUayBJ0PrrRFlJdACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20200926_082352-Tree%2BDamage.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the seas rough and a strong wind blowing in off the sea for days I ventured to the front to seawatch, plenty of wildfowl and a possible Leach's Petrel and also the second geese species for the autumn with a decent amount of Brent Geese moving west.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tp_7DPnrOOI/X3YKWLVAA8I/AAAAAAAAb98/7w1IBK9b3GIUwvxoh2qdJgvjBIZXkEb9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_DSC6609-Wildfowl-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tp_7DPnrOOI/X3YKWLVAA8I/AAAAAAAAb98/7w1IBK9b3GIUwvxoh2qdJgvjBIZXkEb9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC6609-Wildfowl-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YJA7CSevtww/X3YKcO13JaI/AAAAAAAAb-A/fUKK21-XTwMb014mA6lTd9oZHnEvfz4UwCLcBGAsYHQ/s984/_DSC6715-Wildfowl-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YJA7CSevtww/X3YKcO13JaI/AAAAAAAAb-A/fUKK21-XTwMb014mA6lTd9oZHnEvfz4UwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC6715-Wildfowl-.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICv_MLTecQw/X3YKiWB5ldI/AAAAAAAAb-E/wqzBOUUhDaQbtLTVUmdT7TyVHWKKHvI2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_DSC6814-Brent%2BGeese-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="1200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICv_MLTecQw/X3YKiWB5ldI/AAAAAAAAb-E/wqzBOUUhDaQbtLTVUmdT7TyVHWKKHvI2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/_DSC6814-Brent%2BGeese-.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Onwards and looking forward to October.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-5297365948799602312020-09-04T03:08:00.001-07:002020-09-04T03:08:11.508-07:00A Windy August.<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: small; text-align: left;">A Windy August which hampered mothing but did bring some nice bits in. The first half of the month brought in new birds and new moths. I found this huge beetle near the moth trap one night, I had seen one the year before but this time round I was able to get a closer look and some photographs. It is a Great Silver Water Beetle, not the sort of thing you'd expect near a moth trap but they do inhabit coastlines along here and get attracted to the light. When it flew off it was like a mini drone taking to the air, you can see the size next to my little finger.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="312" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_15" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_V-oaOJrw4LLAPE8EItcvc8EVwWOqW8o5g-wk2uc55JojIWoOzQGfNEZeI6vrbxUR3inNf1QL-HZNPkWKiFNGmf5rf_VMvLHE0X2Qua8-lzUz6rV_8RIbulZU&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.25in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="320" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_16" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9fpPndX3M6o7OniUO4Od-9oamXEcnd6kbCPvGgVFRupTp85yIOJZ0wLXJm934WE5GbzEnNb23qv3FIlsukCDMeT1MkGaSUuIMC5T0HSELYWIf6o5bdDyqwQEY&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.3333in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Around the garden or in our neighbours and overhead I saw a few species of dragonfly, Southern,/Migrant Hawkers, Brown Hawker and Common Darters. This male Common Darter was seen with a female on the lawn and looked like it was laying eggs?<u></u><u></u></span></p></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="320" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_3" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8BeTyZhV_j5luVLei-CAvs0PU_PG4TNenuv8mWRlKGYvCI5I4kK2AA80OxXp0JOxoreIRN-IbGTmrnn_g_pESRhNzLm7yo3wqVfP-waOa-X0nsW7yScPv0JqI&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.3333in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">These next two moths were both new additions to my garden moth list, the Canary Shouldered Thorn and Twin Spotted Wainscot. The Canary Shouldered Thorn is a favourite with its bright yellow almost furry body.<u></u><u></u></span></p></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="342" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_4" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.4&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9wRGxhcun_QXF6-KgFqbbQEnWv0FD7JQtlYrojxL_Z1yKEK-icH8jpuOJv-Zzr9Y5Ra0XOM40eIxz4rUm5MP_ApI9SBqc59hanALxe_BirI72V7vAMJZE8MiE&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.5666in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="369" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_5" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.5&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9gx9TQIVqAQENy2ZYQc97mV1_Tca0WWpx6BmzNzF1TgXF-bM04Gsuw1hVURpslV5wgoVk0Z8_cIpJMms6CyE1zsYEqY6dVk3NbbDIt_tIZlb68oC2xkO_gpqk&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.8416in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Once again I was lucky to see a few Pied Flycatchers as they moved through on their way south, such a lovely little bird and one I won't tire of seeing every year hopefully.<u></u><u></u></span></p></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="336" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_6" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.6&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-ScOefI0jZLzXluxc4uYNZRwSKbZEu7y4XmtQmkEdsop6zYzdgWBTSPVuy4ikiOIrvW4zxz2DGHGSd4XP9VHEf-bNf3uolSivDvWY5IPTt1AAyhKZidzqCLoo&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.5in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="330" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_7" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.7&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_ijpY6VkC4lMYhJIRmYW4dnOOUZk7h-rMw273aOfMJjREVp9spTBEjdGx5qfXZa_QxUfjgdDa6CcEfswXTxsI3ITRXLoP19Phrb1UTEmSultg8-wCR2YYqCwY&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.4416in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">The second half of the month saw a movement of birds moving through but also strong windy conditions which gave way to some sea watching. There were groups of wildfowl and waders being blown through the choppy seas with sightings of Skuas and the odd shearwater too. I was able to see a group of 3 Black-tailed Godwits which were new for the patch list, in this photo we have the other Godwit, the Bar-tailed. The Black tailed has a white rump, whereas on these birds the white extends up the back.<u></u><u></u></span></p></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="243" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_8" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.8&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-G4lbQTAfZnPyJ10CQayQR7KES8YT2Iaf88c9sgjehzpYFKQpxPnEd31FRHgLnvq91teSMMZ2c-wX0U2OSGzkD_Jj15tM26f9it6DOJKaJCAlK9S5lOwlxlhY&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 2.5333in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">This group of Sandwich Terns were resting up on the beach one morning, normally actively feeding as they pass along here.<u></u><u></u></span></p></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="220" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_9" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.9&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ_25oKREc6QIXhyHTLxlf1caZlo3auNuEgcbZ1_Jk1XmergiV-kxaYjGqhN_FUAYFzuAp2254W7MlJUQmbMYOjxyrM-ie0IO1uLIofxgChU5SqwOq9Y506Et9U&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 2.2916in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Smaller birds passing through over land were not matching the numbers of birds passing out to sea but I still managed to see a few nice ones, this Lesser Whitethroat was my only sighting of one this year.<u></u><u></u></span></p></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="311" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_10" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.10&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8KVljRdtQlJji5C1uzCm0LTn7BGJML629FsYzr8XhIfhgi8BlEeCaEVXGx_RR15DWK0Vxpxh8HRYmg1WOkEJC1ig4WZ2lhV-na6Cc26wewSdFo8wEvFO7wsEo&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.2416in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Wheatear had also been a no show bird in the spring just like the Lesser Whitethroat, so a couple of birds in front of me on the cliff one morning was a welcome sight even if it was for the briefest moment.<u></u><u></u></span></p></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="296" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_11" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.11&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ84G2YVeajZjls_yKhGsCbelQoxGI6YcrdDh8_WG-qC-x-BFOW5FzcDYr1uSpgTkUXhLb0B0CRNKlMWdMiq1MRw656woG3C3b9Hxg95c0900wOuDPYCwUxzuYo&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.0833in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">A young bird and adult Blackcap were a nice sight as they moved and fed in the bramble.<u></u><u></u></span></p></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="322" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.12&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8YlKl80W0uzcxJkqAbVHTdlEGzavSO5itOQX-7ZUAnp9ccv_nBjcAPeDP0p3jJB7UHTRU0G2hyD2cyWq-zG6eu96_fiuTqH6CTe7tgBrwJ9t3C31I8XchSSpQ&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.35in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="329" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_13" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.13&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ91SVJI9n65-aj-ihuMTTaEA2OI0kBcspFyYwrEaibUxb1seF4YUUj3Ss8eHL4PtlnHDhRl2Cdu350dv5T5bmHPgne1v-y2AueFA6xOk0-GRjuH7PsTTLjdTlk&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.425in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">As the summer draws on I now check for the large Convolvulus Hawkmoth, watching the Nicotina plants every time I ventured out in the garden in the hope one was feeding on this favourite flower of theirs, and approaching the end of the month I got one, but this time not on the plants but resting up next to the moth trap.<u></u><u></u></span></p></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="323" id="m_-4234030199785309696Picture_x0020_14" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=9b13d6d8f0&attid=0.14&permmsgid=msg-f:1676661752793809718&th=1744b2fb17c24336&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8VQyiJ9KRFi4P7jt0Y_WQb32Nj280rb2-sxV_zg3KNaYfFbl40HbImF2UOzmClidHWYu1kePXvvlaxv0HC_Kqagxx5rUsqQRfvRnDF0VqKkmVZrA1Ne3S9DrI&disp=emb" style="cursor: pointer; height: 3.3666in; outline: 0px; width: 4.7083in;" tabindex="0" width="452" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"></p></div></div>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-56027990877413533662020-08-02T07:54:00.002-07:002020-08-02T08:21:27.407-07:00Joyful July.<div style="text-align: center;">July was a mixed bag of weather, some sunny days, some windy days, some rain and some warmth, but here we didn't have the heatwave some had experienced further inland. At the beginning of the month there were a lot of Swifts on the move. They seemed to be moving in different directions some days but what was noticeable were the numbers. a few hundred birds estimated some days but on the 8th I must of seen close to a thousand birds head east/southeast, what a sight seeing them move over wave after wave. After that day the numbers eased and returned to the odd group now and again.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I finally got to see a Hobby this year, on the 11th !!, and sure enough just like buses they continued after that, on one occasion I had a pair feeding over the house along with a Peregrine. The garden was attracting plenty of insects, the marjoram was alive with bees and hoverflies, the butterfly bush was in bloom and bringing in a lot of butterflies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WyUpQPRMxI0/XybIO8CnxKI/AAAAAAAAaqo/CgtbHUWwEis4NYz7ucu8Rm1W46qEmWGaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s999/_DSC6651-Volucella%2BZonaria-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="999" height="382" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WyUpQPRMxI0/XybIO8CnxKI/AAAAAAAAaqo/CgtbHUWwEis4NYz7ucu8Rm1W46qEmWGaQCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h382/_DSC6651-Volucella%2BZonaria-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This Hornet Hoverfly was seen regularly in the garden, a large Hoverfly, largest in the UK, it mimics a Hornet to help keep predators away, but is entirely harmless.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B2MXsuggykA/XybIQ-gk-7I/AAAAAAAAaqs/hxOQQEqbmdAqxynrXSs2EXjqnFpI6fVaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/_DSC6661-Volucella%2BZonaria-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="800" height="510" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B2MXsuggykA/XybIQ-gk-7I/AAAAAAAAaqs/hxOQQEqbmdAqxynrXSs2EXjqnFpI6fVaQCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h510/_DSC6661-Volucella%2BZonaria-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dragonflies were up in numbers now the weather had warmed, I was seeing Brown Hawker over the garden and even saw a couple of Banded Demoiselles!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This Four Spotted Chaser sunned itself for a time, enabling me to grab a camera. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N0ISMVHXLzM/XybJ2ZWlF9I/AAAAAAAAaq8/AF_S8Bw5sDAcxWXPtdk_joQYNHaWffrfACLcBGAsYHQ/s844/_DSC6674-Four%2BSpotted%2BChaser-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="800" height="512" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N0ISMVHXLzM/XybJ2ZWlF9I/AAAAAAAAaq8/AF_S8Bw5sDAcxWXPtdk_joQYNHaWffrfACLcBGAsYHQ/w486-h512/_DSC6674-Four%2BSpotted%2BChaser-.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UaN44WIugy0/XybJ5WJaG4I/AAAAAAAAarA/WWs2GqM0Fks4rQ4M_B4fV-5XCoWs7aO9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7111-Bank%2BVole-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1000" height="346" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UaN44WIugy0/XybJ5WJaG4I/AAAAAAAAarA/WWs2GqM0Fks4rQ4M_B4fV-5XCoWs7aO9wCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h346/_DSC7111-Bank%2BVole-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sarah and I found out what had been cutting down plants and indeed making plants vanish? I watched a Nigella plant moving back and forth wondering why it was the only plant seemingly doing so, we then saw a Bank Vole run from cover to the next plant victim and watched it chew through it in sections before taking it away! It continued doing this till it had all but one piece stashed away. It was obviously well fed as it even looked a decent size and we continued to watch it running around the garden selecting different plants to eat, even the dogs were catching sight of it as it was so busy moving around.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dTTAo-QcAQc/XybJ9uq6lpI/AAAAAAAAarE/KDq_9o66xAoZMH1NTF2xxDDgcENsjJDKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7188-Essex%2BSkipper-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1000" height="370" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dTTAo-QcAQc/XybJ9uq6lpI/AAAAAAAAarE/KDq_9o66xAoZMH1NTF2xxDDgcENsjJDKwCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h370/_DSC7188-Essex%2BSkipper-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe this is a Essex Skipper that visited the marjoram, the antennae don't seem to show any orange on the underside as a Small Skipper would show.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qhUW7YtWZ6k/XybJ_5hbEjI/AAAAAAAAarI/hka4Cqjuxswvx8JvNA9xrIk13BRzbC9_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7235-Hummingbird%2BHawkmoth-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qhUW7YtWZ6k/XybJ_5hbEjI/AAAAAAAAarI/hka4Cqjuxswvx8JvNA9xrIk13BRzbC9_wCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h400/_DSC7235-Hummingbird%2BHawkmoth-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a few days I would see Hummingbird Hawkmoth in the garden, with more than one individual as this one was very bedraggled and unlike the pristine one seen other times.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-npn7vwRi3RI/XybKCbU6-LI/AAAAAAAAarM/ungPYJ_glAsRMG-O9gOSmmQB0ANySR_OACLcBGAsYHQ/s761/_DSC7289-Holly%2BBlue-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="600" height="512" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-npn7vwRi3RI/XybKCbU6-LI/AAAAAAAAarM/ungPYJ_glAsRMG-O9gOSmmQB0ANySR_OACLcBGAsYHQ/w404-h512/_DSC7289-Holly%2BBlue-.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A Holly Blue butterfly ventured down from the Holly trees to feed, happily showing off the silvery underside of the wing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5m1G8nWQsrM/XybKFfeCclI/AAAAAAAAarQ/bMWFE4hHETs2v_T_PYH_wThHylDyliafwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7675-Black%2Bheaded%2Bgulls-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1000" height="374" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5m1G8nWQsrM/XybKFfeCclI/AAAAAAAAarQ/bMWFE4hHETs2v_T_PYH_wThHylDyliafwCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h374/_DSC7675-Black%2Bheaded%2Bgulls-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a couple of days during the month there were hatchings of insects which attracted a lot of gulls. The first hatch at the beginning of July were flying ants, and my god did they bring in the gulls. There must of been 300 or so overhead picking off this newly emerged feast, most were Black headed Gulls but I did see Common Gulls too. The second time was at the end of the month and involved just Black headed and just a fraction of the numbers, but I watched them doing circuits over the trees and garden close enough to grab a couple of shots, including this gull about to gulp down a insect.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CwufVqiVBKo/XybRVm6RbgI/AAAAAAAAar0/xmnWB0O_9QE8XDIQ4OT8tKwFAMWUujK6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7788-Black%2Bheaded%2Bgull-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1000" height="323" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CwufVqiVBKo/XybRVm6RbgI/AAAAAAAAar0/xmnWB0O_9QE8XDIQ4OT8tKwFAMWUujK6QCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h323/_DSC7788-Black%2Bheaded%2Bgull-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div> Mothing produced 45 species for the year list which now stands at 171 macro species. A few of these were new for the garden also which boosted the list numbers up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gCxkxz0Cz7w/XybR3owRV0I/AAAAAAAAar8/uMxfLOW3ArAWtb7r20lohvdqIKEyso9jACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC6404-Barred%2BStraw-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1000" height="365" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gCxkxz0Cz7w/XybR3owRV0I/AAAAAAAAar8/uMxfLOW3ArAWtb7r20lohvdqIKEyso9jACLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h365/_DSC6404-Barred%2BStraw-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Barred Straw</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NaLatLUhf_o/XybR75rox-I/AAAAAAAAasA/oRFGl7JSYQ0_3ePHhRksCcwzLL3OtCfUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC6322-Bordered%2BWhite-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1000" height="404" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NaLatLUhf_o/XybR75rox-I/AAAAAAAAasA/oRFGl7JSYQ0_3ePHhRksCcwzLL3OtCfUgCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h404/_DSC6322-Bordered%2BWhite-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bordered White</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xtuoi_KC3VY/XybSEuQW4GI/AAAAAAAAasE/IHQz4DNOP3QN0-1DO9Lq94RPB_CZjh1NgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7320-Scorched%2BCarpet-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1000" height="363" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xtuoi_KC3VY/XybSEuQW4GI/AAAAAAAAasE/IHQz4DNOP3QN0-1DO9Lq94RPB_CZjh1NgCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h363/_DSC7320-Scorched%2BCarpet-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Scorched Carpet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JE-RA0F7ohM/XybSIDtnAPI/AAAAAAAAasM/5hsIrNLfjL4scnqpRZq4nE4kngaA_q45QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7334-Oak%2BHooktip-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1000" height="377" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JE-RA0F7ohM/XybSIDtnAPI/AAAAAAAAasM/5hsIrNLfjL4scnqpRZq4nE4kngaA_q45QCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h377/_DSC7334-Oak%2BHooktip-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oak Hook-tip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1rOCxQOMuMY/XybSNeOJvdI/AAAAAAAAasU/k_gNt_H9x2slZyFSNEOv7RG4dZ5pKRO3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC7812-Pine%2BCarpet-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1000" height="399" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1rOCxQOMuMY/XybSNeOJvdI/AAAAAAAAasU/k_gNt_H9x2slZyFSNEOv7RG4dZ5pKRO3wCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h399/_DSC7812-Pine%2BCarpet-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pine Carpet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7sRl1VsKvAQ/XybSQ0J3Q2I/AAAAAAAAasY/m-qbCz_erZEdXSaXL9D7JjXhE69SnsuOACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC6390-Grey%2BArches-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7sRl1VsKvAQ/XybSQ0J3Q2I/AAAAAAAAasY/m-qbCz_erZEdXSaXL9D7JjXhE69SnsuOACLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h400/_DSC6390-Grey%2BArches-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Grey Arches</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nqSX7MRwacM/XybSVMrPg8I/AAAAAAAAasg/JtiKVTiUgUwmnzscVVFAb_yIArd_kO3ZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/_DSC6558-Varied%2BCoronet-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1000" height="422" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nqSX7MRwacM/XybSVMrPg8I/AAAAAAAAasg/JtiKVTiUgUwmnzscVVFAb_yIArd_kO3ZQCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h422/_DSC6558-Varied%2BCoronet-.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Varied Coronet</div>mike lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494047890751383676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2317991029239470256.post-13575215236578735042020-07-03T09:33:00.031-07:002020-08-02T07:55:08.411-07:00JUNE. 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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The start of the month looked promising for one bird in particular, the Rose Coloured Starling or Rosy Starling as it's also known. There had been a large movement of these birds across europe moving from Hungary and now there were quite a few birds across the water in France. It wasn't long before the odd bird was showing up further south. Then there was a report of a bird in Cromer followed by reports of maybe 2 different birds in Roughton, I unfortunately could not get to see them and despite searching the flocks of Starlings around the village or flying over I could not find one. The adult birds are stunning to look at, this bird in the photos was from Weybourne back in 2014.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Mothing has been very productive , although entering the last few days of June has put a stop to that with the strengthening winds. I have trapped 34 species of macro moth that were new for the garden year list which stands at 125 species at the end of June. Here are some of the great moths.<font size="2"><u></u><u></u></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">These Yellow Shell moths can sometimes be seen during the day if disturbed from hedges or resting on the underside of plants.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="im" style="color: #500050;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></div>
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