Bluebells ahoy!
Decided to pop back today and do a longer route to include the north field area in the hope of finding a new Chiffchaff singing to join the 2 already on site...both over wintered birds....but no luck....just the two songsters today. Both had moved a few metres north of their position a few days ago....
The Cettis Warbler was singing quite happily....longingly?....for Whetsted this is a long staying bird! Theres a real hope a girly will turn up very soon and this will be the beginning of breeding at the pits for this species....
I found Coal Tit singing above the footpath that runs along the eastern end of the pits, a new species for the site this year....there were also some, number unknown, Fieldfare in the field, haven't seen or heard any winter thrushes for a while....
Song Thrushes were in full voice today....
There were 3 Little Egret around the pits....2 together and in the next pit which joined them after a while...
2 distant Little Egrets
The Linnet / Reed Bunting group, joined by Yellowhammers the past two occasions I have seen them, had moved a little west to the planted shrub/scrub by island pit.....I had first seen them out in the field, which at this point has been left and not cultivated....so there must be plenty of food out there....which is good news for Skylark as well, there are a number singing in this area so they actually stand a good chance of success if the field is left alone and they nest on it rather than in the cultivated area....
...im not sure whether to view it as good or bad news, there are no Skylark on the north field, there were at lest 4 singing males last year and the nests were ploughed in....a least theres no chance of that happening this year....
12 Pochard were the other highlight on the pits with plenty of Shoveler in attendance....the Common Gull was joined by the usual variable headed Black-headed Gull and a Mediterranean Gull....
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