A similar day to yesterday with lightish westerly winds
and a fair amount of brightness; birds around the Hooking census route included
my first 2 Bonxies of the year which
flew south over The Links, a little influx of 16 Wheatears, a Fieldfare, 2
Rooks, 58 Sanderlings, a Great-northern Diver, the Pink-footed Goose, a single Black-tailed
Godwit on Hooking and a Woodpigeon (no sign of the Kingfisher).
Caught
2 Chiffchaffs at Holland in the evening along with a Woodpigeon with a huge,
fresh, bleeding hole in its chest – I could see the green Clover shoots poking
out of its crop that it had just eaten, it was fine though flying off like a
rocket when I released it! 112 Linnets
came in to roost and 100+ Meadow Pipits were in the surrounding fields.
Foraging Black-headed Gulls
and a Common Gull
Typical response when a Bonxie flies through!
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