Dave and I made a visit to
Dean’s Lane in the hope of seeing some visible migration. On arrival Steve was already there and said
“I wouldn’t bother getting out of the car”, apparently it was pretty quiet. We stayed about two hours and had over 150
Meadow Pipits, twenty-two Linnets, twenty-one Swallows and forty-two House
Martins, although we weren’t sure if the House Martins were actual migrants or
local birds. Twelve Jays also flew north
and it looks as though there might be another irruption. During our stay we also had three
Sparrowhawks, five Buzzards, two Kestrel, at least three Great Spotted
Woodpeckers, a Raven and a Nuthatch and heard a Chiffchaff and a Treecreeper.
From Dean’s Lane we drove the
short distance to Blackbrook Reservoir. As
we walked down the track to the reservoir it was pretty quiet although we heard
a Green Woodpecker and a Great Spotted Woodpecker flew over. On reaching the reservoir the water was
pretty low and there were several Little Grebes around the bridge. We counted thirty-seven Mandarins, mainly on
the southern shore with just a few on the northern shore. Five Swallows over the water were the only
birds of note.
Our next stop was Swithland
Reservoir and we stopped on causeway first where we had a Buzzard and plenty of
wildfowl, which were mainly Wigeon. The
northern side was rather low and we eventually found a female-type
Goldeneye. There was also three Buzzards
over Buddon Wood and two Jay flew over.
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