Wednesday 6 March 2013

Early Spring

5th March - temperatures climbed to 15 deg C today - a beautiful day, encouraging much bird song and my first Brimstones of the year.

The wintering Chiffy was in full song on the west side of the lake and the plentiful Pintail are now showing themselves swimming in the open water much more frequently - still 12 birds today, though down from the weekend high count of 19.


A Tawny Owl was calling again from the conifers between the last cottage and the STW, so is presumably a roost site.

A patch year tick arrived in the form of a Lesser Redpoll, feeding low down on seed plants just yards from the bench - I grabbed a record shot as it swayed in the breeze.


Otherwise, similar fare - surely some departing and returning migrants will appear soon!

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