Thursday, 22 August 2024

Tuesday 21st August - Quiet in the weald

 I'm always hopeful at this time of year to go to Black Down with the expectation that there might be one of the scarcer migrants pitching in. I trudged around this morning without a sniff of anything and was returning to the car after 90 minutes when only a Chiffchaff and a Whitethroat had made it to the list. Then the last part of the reservoir track gave me a brief view of a Whinchat, which is always a good bird to see and not a common bird in this part of the county, I searched around to get better views but it had simply disappeared but it made up for what otherwise would have been a very quiet morning.

Common Whitethroat
Chiffchaff

Whinchat

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