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Blustery conditions again today and Gary Pullen found the anticipated Grey Phalarope, a first year at Daventry Country Park and still present late in to the afternoon...
I visited the west end of Ditchford Pits this morning and part-completed a monthly WeBS count. Numbers of wildfowl were generally low and with no surprises, the best birds being a juvenile female Peregrine, three Grey Wagtails and a handful of calling Cetti's Warblers. A Water Rail was heard calling and there were plenty of Chiffchaffs in the bushes.
Sheltered rides out of the wind were good places to see Speckled Wood and Red Admiral butterflies and dragonflies included Common Darter and Migrant Hawker.
Regards
Neil M
Blustery conditions again today and Gary Pullen found the anticipated Grey Phalarope, a first year at Daventry Country Park and still present late in to the afternoon...
I visited the west end of Ditchford Pits this morning and part-completed a monthly WeBS count. Numbers of wildfowl were generally low and with no surprises, the best birds being a juvenile female Peregrine, three Grey Wagtails and a handful of calling Cetti's Warblers. A Water Rail was heard calling and there were plenty of Chiffchaffs in the bushes.
Sheltered rides out of the wind were good places to see Speckled Wood and Red Admiral butterflies and dragonflies included Common Darter and Migrant Hawker.
Regards
Neil M
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| This juvenile female Sparrowhawk still has a little to learn about catching House Sparrows, as she missed all of them on our back lawn this afternoon! |
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