11/07/2022

An early morning Common Buzzard over the garden while I was checking the moth trap, also a steady trickle of Sand Martins over.

 
A look around the fields in front of my house found just 2 pairs of Yellow Wagtails feeding young (5 last year), a single pair of Corn Buntings down from 2 last year. Very few insects seen or heard, though not surprising the number of times the local guardian of the countryside sprays the fields, which also probably explains the very low numbers of Reed Buntings, Reed Warblers and Sedge Warblers in the ditches.

A Mediterranean feel to the birds on the ARC, with a trickle of south bound northern breeding waders in Mediterranean weather conditions.

Little Egrets and Glossy Ibis

Cattle Egrets