I made brief visit to the area
around the church at Newton Harcourt this morning as David had been seeing
Spotted Flycatcher quite regularly. I
agreed to meet David but he is still not able to use his bins following his eye
operation. After parking the car I
walked beyond the church and almost immediately saw a Spotted Flycatcher in the
garden of the manor house. As I walked
further down the road I found at least another three and also had a Nuthatch
and Treecreeper. When David arrived we
stopped near the gate overlooking the church and saw a Green Woodpecker in
flight near the canal. We continued to
the bridge over the canal where there was party of Long-tailed Tits that
contained several Blue Tits and a single Chiffchaff. Further up the road we saw a couple of
Bullfinches and there was also a distant mewing Buzzard but we were unable to
locate the Blackcap David had heard as he walked down the lane. When we got back to the canal bridge the tit
party had moved off but another Treecreeper provided some excellent views and a
Great Spotted Woodpecker flew over. I
finally walked down the lane once more having further views of a Spotted
Flycatcher and also a Coal Tit.
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