A check round to see what has arrived....after yesterdays aborted visit of 50 minutes....checked on the Nightingale and it was singing sweetly....but had to retire ill.....so today....feeling better so a wander round most of the site...
First call was for the Nightingale again....intermittent singing but still present....the fourth Willow Warbler was singing near by....the other three being in situ...
Whilst waiting for some singing a Cuckoo decided to strike up and was pretty persistent for some time.
I headed mostly to the places where the new species were likely to turn up....a Lesser Whitethroat in the traditional spot along North Field....
Along the eastern edge of North Field, in the field margin, I came across this plant, hadn't seen it there before....
Field Horsetail, Equisetum arvense
A contender for the oldest plant genus, around 150 million years! These plants relatives dominated the late Mesozoic period and grew up to 30m high.
There are some Horse or Marestails in one of the ditches so I will have to chase them up at some point. Its usually Marsetails that prefer wetter environs.
Plenty of Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps....the Cettis Warbler was bright again and seems to be ranging slightly west at times....Reed Warbler in the same place, east side of West Pit, in the small pit....4 Whitethroats were found.
Whitethroat accommodation
4 Mandarin were flying over Middle Pit and a Kingfisher was there.
So....that just leaves one warbler to get on site....Garden...
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