I went to Dean’s Lane in
Charnwood first to see if there was any sign of visible migration as a Woodlark
had been seen yesterday. I had not been
there long when three Sand Martins went over closely followed by a few Swallows
and three Meadow Pipits. There was a wait
of forty minutes passed before there were any further when again a few Swallows
passed over. I finally decided to call
it a day after ninety minutes as at best it could be described as slow.
From Dean’s Lane I travelled
to Swithland Reservoir and stopped on the road bridge on the southern
basin. There were c.100 House Martin
over the water and a Grey Wagtail flew over calling on a couple of occasions but
there was little else of note. Four
Buzzards then flew over and a Sparrowhawk was observed harassing a Kestrel juts
before I left for the northern half of the reservoir.
There were fewer wildfowl on
this side but I did see a further two Buzzard, two Hobby and a Raven.
Juvenile Great Crested Grebe at Swithland Reservoir
Juvenile Hobby at Swithland Reservoir
No comments:
Post a Comment