A good day in terms of visible migration on the patch today. This afternoon I had 27 House Martins and 2 Sand Martins fly SE over Stanklyn Lane. Sand Martin is a patch lifer for me (although they have been recorded in the area previously). Also along Stanklyn Lane were 2 Chiffchaffs, a flock of 16 Mistle Thrushes, 50 Starlings, 3 Yellowhammers and 1 Common Buzzard. Whilst on Heath Lane, a flock of 7 Yellow Wagtails flew SSE
Butterflies of note were 2 Small Tortoiseshell and 1 Speckled Wood. 2 Hornets were also seen.
A Kingfisher was seen at Captains Pool this morning (TS) and was present this afternoon when I visited. This is a great record and the first for 2 years. Another Sand Martin was seen over Captains Pool and a further 15 House Martins were seen going SE.
Great to get a patch lifer Jason. The Kingfisher was a nice treat as well, quite a day then :-)
ReplyDeleteYep it was Warren, especially as I hadnt been able to get around the patch for a few days.
ReplyDeleteSeems to have been quite a bit of Hirundine passage Jason getting going late morning after all the clag cleared. Sand martin at Lutley this am and much larger numbers of House martins and Swallows than of late showed up when the skies cleared.
ReplyDeleteIts interesting that you were getting similar movements of Hirundines at Lutley Craig. Lets hope there is more to come this week.
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