As I headed down the path for my exercise walk today I caught sight of movement in one of the trees and saw a Little Owl fly across the back of the tree and appear to land on a back branch. I have heard one calling fairly regularly but have not managed to see it yet. I could see that it was up there but it was well obscured. What I was really chuffed to see, moments later, was that there was a second Little Owl peeping out at me from the other side of the tree. I love watching owls and any day that enables me to do that is definitely a good one. It is great to know that there is a pair and I hope that they can manage to breed successfully. A dog barking nearby saw them moving on along the hedgerow but I felt incredibly lucky to have been able to have got such great views.
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| Little Owl |
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| Little Owl |
I carried on round and overall it appeared quite quiet. It came, therefore, as a very nice surprise to see movement in one of the top fields, as I passed by, and to find that there were 6 Wheatear (109) in the field. There were 2 female and 4 very smart males.
The rest of my walk round remained pretty quiet with no sign of anything else new in. I came across some striking Oak Apple Galls as I came along the lower path.
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| Oak Apple Galls |
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| Oak Apple Gall |
A Robin was singing sweetly as I finished.
The next day on the 17th April I had 16 Mediterranean Gulls (110) fly over the garden calling away which is a new bird for me for the garden list. Rather than make a separate blog post I have added them in here.
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| Mediterranean Gulls |
Birds seen this visit include: 24 Blackbirds, 8 Goldfinch, 15 Chaffinch, 2 Dunnock, 8 Robin, Blue Tits, Great Tits, 27 Carrion Crow, Jackdaws, Rooks, Wood Pigeons, 2 Wren, 2 Little Owl, 12 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 6 Magpie, 1 Whitethroat, Skylarks, 6 Wheatear, 11 Linnet, Herring Gulls, 1 Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Swallow, 5 Song Thrush, 8 Cormorant,
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