Almost didn't go out cos I had a bad belly but well pleased I did!
Carr Dyke: 15.15 - 15.30
Yellow Wag - 1
Whitethroat - 4
Farmer's Lane: 15.40 - 16.00
Buzzard - 1
Kestrel - 1
Swift - 6
Butterwick Hale: 16.30 - 17.30
Swallow - 6
Red-leg Partridge - 2
Tree Sparrow - 4
Yellow Wag - 1m ( pics)
Buzzard - 1
House Martin - 6
Whitethroat - 1 pr ( both had grub etc in beak - cracking pics taken
) all within yds of carCurlew - 1 heard
Blackie - 1m
Lots of Rooks + Crows and Jackdaws.
Black Bank: 17.40 - 18.40
Swallow - 6
Mallard - 2m
Aylesbury Duck hybrid - 2
Whitethroat - 1 pr with caterpillar etc ( DJ took pics)
Blackie - m
BH Gulls
Reed Warbler - 1 heard
GSW - 1
MSQ: 18.55 - 20.40
Oyk - 4 ( MISSED THIS OFF, SORRY )
A crackin male ? raptor going towards BWN
GSW - 1
Robin - 1
Chiffy - 1 heard
Mute Swan - 1
Coot -1
Chaffy - 1
H Martins - c6 ( was too busy with the Terns)
Coal Tit - 1
Swift - c6 ( yes the terns again)
Cuckoo - 1 ( heard for ages late on )
Last but not least the main reason I went to take far better pics than last week and also to shoot video with tripod. Set myself up on the Grebe Lake seat and waited while DJ went walkabout. On plonking myself down, the female was on the raft, so I shot a few pics off and then waited for the male to return with her supper, about twenty mins later I heard one or other calling so crossed my fingers etc
Wanted a pic first and by golly got it when the male gave her what looked to me like an Eel but more likely to be a fish, as it was part way in her beak and throat it was hard to see. Decided to hang on and hopefully catch the same on video. By then I was starting to get cold and waited in anticipation, sure enough the male returned and again I heard a call. Sure enough got the almost same scene repeated when it gave her the fish and shot five mins of video. I was punching the air and saying yeah got what I came for! JUST REALISED I HADN'T SAID IT WAS THE PAIR OF COMMON TERN, IN CASE ANYONE THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING ELSEWent back to car for a snack etc and waited for his lordship, then showed him my efforts, to say he was a little peeved was an understatement
An excellent day considering I almost stayed home, well done that man!
Next jaunt is Wednesday, hope it doesn't rain.
Kind regards
John and DJ
PS: Nearly forgot had a Kestrel over Bottesford Beck on A159 on way home
