... Little Invisible Plover!
After a top morning catching up with some of the family who are down for the weekend, I spent a few hours out on patch during the middle of the afternoon. With the clear skies and light breeze I opted for a spot of sky watching.
The highlight of a watch from Blackhole Marsh was a Little Ringed Plover which flew north calling non-stop at 15:30....it's a good job it was vocal, as I couldn't see the bugger!! I alerted Bun who was at Colyford Common, and he soon had it too...well his ears did anyway!
I was almost surprised I DIDN'T get a Red Kite, bearing in mind the numbers being reported at the moment!
On Blackhole Marsh, of note were: 34 Black-tailed Godwits, eight Redshank and five White Wagtails. Here's three of them...
...just!!On Colyford Common, my third and fourth Wheatears of 2010 were nice to see. It's proving a VERY poor spring for this species - it's about bloody time this blog hosted a couple of Wheatear photos...
Both were males too :-)It was another double figure haul in the moth trap last night, 18 moths of 5 species.
First for the garden were these two...
Clouded Drab; two different variations ofAnd this...
...which i'm pretty sure is a Red Chestnut??The rest were: 12 Common Quaker, 2 Hebrew Character and 1 Early Grey.
Am working for most of tomorrow, will have to spend as much of my time as possible in the back yard me thinks!! It's about time I bagged another Co-op Osprey...
Yep - Red Chestnut it is. Interesting to compare your trap results to mine here in Leics. - after a poor start to the season it's picked up a bit over the last few nights so I'm up to double-figues on individuals and species each night.
ReplyDeleteRed Chestnut it is Steve.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys, very very much! I've got it out again toight, but theres a bit of a wind blowing so don't think it will be much cop!!
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