rollingthunder
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A 3 1/2 hour blast around some local Notspots turned out to be not particularly rewarding, cool temperatures and a distinct edgy breeze did not help.....
An hour or so up at the Waltons looking in suitable habitat for Ring Ouzel produced zilch so still a blank Spring for me. 3 spp of warblers singing and a solitary Fieldfare on the way past Nimmings Car Park.
Dropped into Kidderminster to look at the Weavers Wharf Peregrine situation. The Chimney has a reasonable amount of dried droppings down one of the sides. I wouldn't have said 'fresh' but one of the local shoppers confirmed the birds presence - either that or Jackson Pollock has risen and has taken up residence! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock I can only summise that the female was sitting and the male is away hunting. I shall return in a week or two and things should be a lot more lively with mouths to feed.
On to Hurcott and an ample supply of smelling salts. No hirundines and a couple of Great Crested Grebes. There were a couple of photographers sitting on the edge of the pool all cammo'd up with sniper type lenses. God only knows what they were hoping to photograph but there they were. There used to be a nice tree that had fallen over into the pool but even this has now been removed so no perches for passing Terns here! I have never visited an area so good-looking yield so little with depressing regularity. I noted 2 Reed Warblers burbling away in the background.
Finally finishing over at Whittington on the Turbine Cottage track. 5 Wheatears (2m3f) salvaged the day plus some Swallows, a scan of the telephone wires didn't show any perching Corn Blobs:C
Obvously more time spent perusing would possibly produce but tbh it was too cold and as i had access to some wheels sometimes it's nice just to hit places. The weather is due to moderate a little bit for the Bank Holiday, let's hope so, i really don't like this cold stuff.
A couple of friends are now in Georgia having flown into Tblisi. They have hired a car and texted me with 9 Guldenstadts Redstarts, an Alpine Accentor and a male Garganey - a good start to a 2-week trip, bring on the Great Rosefinches:eek!:
Amid all the hysteria of the #maltaslaughter climbdown it's important to realise the scale of bird-killing, associated with the mafia fraternity, on Cyprus. This government has the power and assets to actively do something about this disgraceful situation http://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/news/another-killing-season-cyprus
Laurie:t:
Attached - "Jack the Dripper".
An hour or so up at the Waltons looking in suitable habitat for Ring Ouzel produced zilch so still a blank Spring for me. 3 spp of warblers singing and a solitary Fieldfare on the way past Nimmings Car Park.
Dropped into Kidderminster to look at the Weavers Wharf Peregrine situation. The Chimney has a reasonable amount of dried droppings down one of the sides. I wouldn't have said 'fresh' but one of the local shoppers confirmed the birds presence - either that or Jackson Pollock has risen and has taken up residence! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock I can only summise that the female was sitting and the male is away hunting. I shall return in a week or two and things should be a lot more lively with mouths to feed.
On to Hurcott and an ample supply of smelling salts. No hirundines and a couple of Great Crested Grebes. There were a couple of photographers sitting on the edge of the pool all cammo'd up with sniper type lenses. God only knows what they were hoping to photograph but there they were. There used to be a nice tree that had fallen over into the pool but even this has now been removed so no perches for passing Terns here! I have never visited an area so good-looking yield so little with depressing regularity. I noted 2 Reed Warblers burbling away in the background.
Finally finishing over at Whittington on the Turbine Cottage track. 5 Wheatears (2m3f) salvaged the day plus some Swallows, a scan of the telephone wires didn't show any perching Corn Blobs:C
Obvously more time spent perusing would possibly produce but tbh it was too cold and as i had access to some wheels sometimes it's nice just to hit places. The weather is due to moderate a little bit for the Bank Holiday, let's hope so, i really don't like this cold stuff.
A couple of friends are now in Georgia having flown into Tblisi. They have hired a car and texted me with 9 Guldenstadts Redstarts, an Alpine Accentor and a male Garganey - a good start to a 2-week trip, bring on the Great Rosefinches:eek!:
Amid all the hysteria of the #maltaslaughter climbdown it's important to realise the scale of bird-killing, associated with the mafia fraternity, on Cyprus. This government has the power and assets to actively do something about this disgraceful situation http://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/news/another-killing-season-cyprus
Laurie:t:
Attached - "Jack the Dripper".