Friday 4 May 2012

Swifts move through

I did not get out until gone 4pm but I managed to do 2 hour stint around the patch . It was very apparent that overhead passage was going to be the order of the day with 80 pus SWIFT and 75 plus SWALLOW moving north, also 8 HOUSE MARTIN tagging along. The hedges were slightly quieter with 6 BLACKCAP, 2 CHIFFCHAFF, 1 WILLOW WARBLER, 4 WHITETHROAT,2 YELLOWHAMMER, 2 LINNET, no whinchats today. The top fields were not as busy as they have been, a flock of 10 PIED WAGTAILS feeding, a superb female SPARROWHAWK made a valiant attempt at a passing SWALLOW , I actually heard the wind snap as the bird turned in midair. The best of the rest were 6 BUZZARD , 4 RED LEGGED PARTRIDGE, 3 STOCK DOVE, also 2 HARE . It makes me wonder if I am seeing all this at the end of the day what am I missing when I am working.