I've been down quite a few times since my last post, but failed to see Hobby and made a half hearted attempt at Tawny Owl on the bird walk today..without success.
Of interest was the 3 Little Egret, which was a new June high count, but 7th that fell to Richard's 6, which fell later on the 9th to Geoff claiming 7, then 8. It is a little confusing that 9 was written on the board for the 7th? Either way something interesting happened with Little Egret and blew away all previous June counts, not that beating 2 birds on 11th and 27th of last year was a tally that would be hard to exceed.
What does it mean, perhaps an early brood from an unknown location, as I didn't see the 6-9 birds I couldn't say what age they were.
1-2 Teal have now appeared and yesterday and early Green Sandpiper dropped in, joining the pair of LRP's which look quite happy in the SW corner. It would be amazing if they settled and had a go at breeding here.
At 79 we are just 3 away from last June's total and equal 3rd place, next is 85 in 2006 and 2013 in 2nd and 87 in 2010 and 2012. There is scope to beat 3rd place, as a fair few species could show up yet, Little Grebe, Shoveler, Redshank, Little Owl, Mistle Thrush, Willow Warbler and Cuckoo, are all possible.
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