Friday 10 July 2015

We seem to be in the mid summer mire


10 July 15           mid morning               mid section

cloudy start,sunny & warm later, 17-20°c, 1020mb,  SSW 8-S 11 mph


Very quiet again today. I've been on the school run most of this week so it's a later than usual start. It really does look like the early birder catches the birds.
      Good to see the two moorhen broods back to usual numbers and the mallard with 4 new chicks has traveled from Compton to Tettenhall.
    It's unusual to find so many swifts and house martins feeding over the Barleyfield in this fine settled weather, Don't see them until rain and overcast conditions occur.
   We may have some thundery rain tonight, lets see what that brings.


Mallard 1 brood ♀ + 4  v/small chks ( the PFw brood) Meadow View,
Moorhen 2 broods pr + 3 juv Wetlands,   pr + 4 juv Prefabs,
Black Headed Gull 2 1 ad Compton playing field,  1 ad  Wetlands field,
Lesser Black Backed Gull odds over mid section
Swift 10+ over Barleyfield
House Martin c20 over Barleyfield
Wren 4 singing mid section
Dunnock 2 singing mid section
Blackbird 4 singing mid section
Whitethroat 1♂ Shrike Bushes
Blackcap 8 singing mid section
Chiffchaff 3 singing mid section
Chaffinch 1 singing Meccano Br
Goldfinch calls Wetlands
Small Tortoiseshell few Barleyfield
Speckled Wood 1 Station Paddock
Meadow Brown 1 Barleyfield
Ringlet plenty Barleyfield
Small White 1 Barleyfield

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