Tuesday 4th June 2013
Another clear sunny day!!! (Light-mod Easterlies)
Mid-section: Compton Park, Barleyfield, Compton to Newbridge

Brief highlights on another evening visit to photograph insects and plant life include:

Great Spotted Woodpecker again on feeding sorties just North of Compton (with soft drumming heard nearby)

An excellent local update from Andy at Henwood Road:
At the start of May, the local pair of Buzzard were air-born over the ridge with at least 6 more circling much higher above them.
The Coal Tits that had been singing and calling at Prefab Weir last month have utilised a nest-box in a neighboring garden.
The Tawny Owls were vocal for most of May on Henwood Ridge, but had quietened down of late.

Well done and thank you Andy.

For those interested I also bumped into a local fisherman who confirmed that Perch and Carp are commonest in the canal, whilst there is also a stock of Bream and Gudgeon, though these havn't been showing yet much this year. We saw what looked like an ornamental " Ghost Carp " which seems to have explained the massive splashes seen and heard around Meccano Bridge.

Thanks go to this gentleman, not only for the info, but also for keeping me stood just North of Meccano Bridge allowing me to spy a hunting female Kestrel - definite highlight for the evening and my first hunting in the mid-section this year for me.

Sorry for the quality, I was on the canal and the Kestrel was over the Shrike Bushes!!!
 My  new camera and scope kit has been ordered at santasaysumustbjoking.com!!!
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Goldcrests were singing by Meccano Bridge and near the Tennis Club.