Date: 7th April 2022
Time: from
7 a.m.
Weather: dry,
sunny/cloudy, moderate/strong wind, 6°C to 8°C
My plan to visit the site this morning seemed to be in jeopardy when I was woken up at around 4 a.m. by the strong wind and heavy rain. Fortunately by 6 a.m. the rain had stopped but it was still very windy as it continued to be during my visit.
The main purpose of my visit this morning was to photograph Red Foxes which I have posted about separately here.
I
accessed the site via the track from Larkins Tyres and immediately saw a distant
Red Fox in the scrub area. I carried on down the track and then took the
short track through the trees to my usual watchpoint overlooking the rough
grass field bordered by scrub, hedges and trees.
From
this location, I added Little Egret to my 2022 list for the site bringing the
total to date to 36. This is only my second record for the site and, similar to
my 2021 record, it was of a single bird flying over in an easterly direction.
Other notable records
this morning from my watchpoint included Common Buzzard (a single bird seen flying away as soon as I arrived, possibly from the
large oak tree where I have seen this species perched up before), Chiffchaff
(2 singing males seen and at least 2 others heard), Blackcap (at least 2
singing males heard but unseen), Greenfinch (1 seen flying over and
possibly the same bird heard calling from the scrub to the north of the track
from Larkins Tyres), Green Woodpecker (1 heard distantly calling) and Mallard
(2 flying over the north of the site in an easterly direction).
In addition, I had a brief sighting of a single Reeves’ Muntjac
in the wooded area behind the main oak tree.
Species recorded during this visit were as follows
(heard only records in italics):
Site totals to date (2022 totals in brackets):
💚🦆 🦉🦋🐝🦊🦡🌼 🌳💚
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