The early bright sunshine, clear
blue sky and light frost was all too much of a temptation so my plan for
another day clearing out and logging on was forsaken for a wander. The
cemetery produced more of the recent same, Great, Blue and Long-tailed
Tits, Chaffinch, Blackbirds plus single Jay and Great Spotted Woodpecker
while most at Radipole were of an airborne type.
I
don't recall any aircraft ever flying so low over the reserve, an
estimated 8 to 1000 feet, and the subject of conversation with other
encountered along the way.
Also on the wing were a number of
somewhere in the region of 50
GADWALL.
and
so to the final run of South American birds, at least for the time
being, it is hoped that in a few short weeks there will be an endless
supply!
YELLOW ORIOLE
