... Hopefully bringing myself more up to date.... A 2 week trip at the end of July to Botswana and Zambia (mainly for a wedding) will be covered on a separate page and trip report.
Since returning up to the 17th August it was mainly garden watching in between work, with the weather being mixed but often with dry sunny spells. The noticeable change at home is the small bird flocks that have started to appear. With the common Tit species including Marsh Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper and Great Spotted Woodpecker, with them one or two Willow Warblers ( generally they only come through the garden at this time of year) 3 or 4 Chiffchaff frequent these flocks as do 3 Blackcaps - all of which are probably local breeders. Green Woodpeckers are noisy with young. Swallows and House Martin numbers are starting to build when the weather is right.
A morning trip to Blackdown on the 17th was surprisingly productive. With a couple of large bird flocks found several Spotted Flycatchers were seen and best of all a single Pied Flycatcher, a rarity around here and not seen by me before in this area.
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