| I
arrived at Meadow View at at 07:00 and found Chris just leaving the canal (
he's already walked the canal from Compton. Must have started out whilst I
was still in bed.) We went south through the Paddocks,much quieter now,the
small warbler fall has mostly dissipated. 2 willow warblers a chiffchaff and
a blackcap sang in Station Paddock, a blackcap sang and a nuthatch flew east
across the main Paddock. Another 2 singing blackcaps and a chiffchaff later
and we were well into the Barleyfield, should always check the clump in the
middle ( its not called Chat Clump for nothing ) WOW ! a chat like bird sits
high on a exposed bramble branch, we need to get a little closer,could be a
whinchat or a wheatear. It's a wheatear
a well marked male. The last one of these common upland birds to grace
the Barleyfield was 19th April 2011 ( so its a year and 1 day late ). It
stayed put for a while but as the area livened up it must have left, for as
we checked later ( c 08:45 ) it had gone and we did'nt have it again. A
whitethroat sang from the top of Barleyfield and later another sang and
displayed to a female around the Shrike Bushes. Great spotted and green
woodpeckers drummed and called, willow tit and bullfinch sang, a sparrowhawk,
buzzrad, stock dove and 3 jay flew over Barleyfield and grey and pied wagtail
were found around the new Wetland lake. Late home for breakfast ( i'm in
trouble again ). |
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