I had intended to go to Blackdown yesterday morning but it was wet first thing, so I stayed at home and kept an eye on birds moving outside. More thrushes were evident with
258 Redwing, 13 Song Thrush and
4 Mistle Thrush, also 1
0 Meadow Pipit, 25 Goldfinch, 3 Siskin, 5 Pied Wagtail and 1
Grey Wagtail unusually
13 Black-headed Gulls went West all of which made for an interesting hour whilst having a coffee.
I did visit Blackdown this morning, arriving close to dawn, but not anticipating that it would be foggy, the first wander up the reservoir track and into Borden Door Bottom, produced very little other than a few
Meadow Pipits, Redwing and a
Linnet. When I returned to the pines near the Parrot pool the first 'chacking' was heard and a
Ring Ouzel flew up to a birch tree followed by 3 more then another 5 appeared with some
Redwing quickly flying out calling, a further two then appeared from the pines with more
Redwing. The next hour was spent in a slower wander around this ridge where I was seeing
Ring Ouzels constantly in flight, my final estimate was 16 birds, which hopefully was conservative There were
c80 Redwing, 20 Meadow Pipit and
8 Linnet. Also my first
Brambling of the autumn calling in another birch with
3 Bullfinch and
2 Woodlark were in the area. Local birds were represented by
3 Stonechat and
2 Dartford Warbler and a few newly appeared toadstools added to the autumn feel although it is still mild.
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| Ring Ouzels |
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| Part of a group of 10 birds |
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| Looks like a 1st year Ring Ouzel |
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| Fly Agaric |
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| Puffball sp |
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