Rain, clearing by 14:00, 16º, light to mod S then fresh SW.
A rather wet Lollingdon hill early afternoon found 2 Wheatear and a Stonechat along the fence line hawking insects in the rainy weather;
fortunately the sun came out just after 14:00 along with more insects.
Around 14:30 a female Merlin
raced through the fields to the south and headed towards the downs above Aston
Tirrold.
Other species noted were a Chiffchaff, 3 Blackbirds
and a Song Thrush, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Yellowhammer, 30+ Linnet,
20+ Skylark, 7 Magpie, 2 Buzzards and 3
Red Kites.
Another Wheatear
and a flock of 60+ Linnet on Cholsey
hill.
A Peacock and Small White butterfly active on
Lollingdon hill after the rain had ceased.
A Magpie visited
the garden this morning and within 1 minute the Carrion Crow had chased it off, the crows still seem to be
intolerant of any other corvid species in the garden. The 2 Moorhen and a single Stock Dove still visiting.
Wheatear & Stonechat
Wheatear
Wheatear
Stonechat
Stonechat
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