I'd never heard of it until it was mentioned to me that there were ring ouzel here so headed over first thing to find at least two males along the escarpment of this fine meadow on the 1st. Almost as notable were at least 60 fieldfare within the same field, my first record of this species in the month of may.
I headed back on the evening of the 2nd after location details of a
nightingale were provided for an individual that had been frequenting the area for the past few years. After a short wait, this enigmatic species started to fire up, not in full glory but the wheezing and abrupt exaltations were enough to satisfy the senses - a brief flight view was a bonus. A
hobby was also present here sitting vigilantly on a dead tree. A brilliant site on the periphery of the RSPB reserve at Sandy with a lot of quality.
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