Saturday, 15 January 2022

Up Up and Away - 5th Dimention

 A mish-mash of all sorts heralded the weekend, mostly Common Fare but with a couple of more welcome punctuations, and while the Dawn Chorus is still predominated by the humble

HOUSE SPARROW
there are now interlopers happy to provide Backing Vocals.
GUINEAFOWL
while the first signs of anything On the Wing fell to the 08:15
TUI
heading to the south of the property in the first instance and trying to miss the
ORNIMENTALs
the collective large flocks of mixed Finches and northern Thrushes had reduced to no more
had reduced to
no more than
half a dozen
FIELDFARE
Along the course of the Moors River the
GAGGLE
of increasingly agressive
EGYPTIAN GEESE
had risen to c8.
Transiting the same watercourse on the way back the first of 2
New Birds for the Year
Towering Cumulus Cloud above the Airport
LITTLE EGRET
f.f.y. and at the Gravel Pit while admiring
the rapidly reddening of the faces and crowns of the juvenile but still patiently waiting to 'click' all 3 together!
LITTLE GREBE
above the pond flew a most vocal, but unseen
GREENSHANK
sight or sound they all count here, while ending with both
GADWALL (left) and TUFTED DUCK

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