Friday, 15 April 2016

15 Apr 16

Liddington Hill
Location

Highlights on a wet but very fruitful 2 hour visit to Liddington Hill this morning (7:00am - 9:00am) were a pair of Ring Ouzels, a Common Whitethroat, a Willow Warbler and 1 possibly 2 Whinchat. Whinchats located here at 7:20am, but not seen when I doubled back at 8:15am.

Birds Recorded: 1 Buzzard, a pair of Kestrels, Pheasant, Grey Partridge, Red-legged Partridge, 20 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Skylark, 6 Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Dunnock, Robin, 1 possibly 2 Whinchat, Blackbird, 2 Ring Ouzel (1m, 1f), Common Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Rook, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Linnet, Goldfinch, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer.

Also 12+ Rabbits, 100's of Black Slugs and a Strawberry Seed Beetle

(Martin Adlam)

Location of the male and female Ring Ouzels Here  (Martin Adlam)

The male Ring Ouzel. (Martin Adlam)

A kestrel gets a "smack" from a Jackdaw.  (Martin Adlam)

Black Slug, Arion ater  (Martin Adlam)

Strawberry Seed Beetle, Harpalus rufipes (Martin Adlam)



Other Counties NewsHere


Note: Coate Water and Lydiard Park car park surveys Here.

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