Local Stuff

The local area continues to provide stunning countryside views.  The weather has been a little indifferent with spells of rain and unseasonably strong winds, but has revealed some impressive skies enhanced all the more when viewed from the ridge.

Quail have been present in the area over the past week ten days with at least two birds heard calling (and at times seen).  I managed to catch up with a calling male on the 1st between Clothall Common and Wallington Road.

 

Trips to Broom over the last few days revealed the start of return wader migration.  Two summer plumage Black-tailed Godwit on the 28th were my first for the reserve.  A juvenile Ringed Plover on the 1st was another patch first.  Two Little Ringed Plover and three Oystercatcher (2nd) have been present throughout my visits there.

Two sightings of Little Egret (28th & 3rd), and five Gadwall (3rd) were the best of the rest.

It will be interesting to see what turns up over the course of the next few weeks.

Black-tailed Godwit - digiscoping at its best.