rollingthunder
Well-known member
Following Sunday's LTD at Fens Pools early morning i didn't bother visiting Withymoor on the way back or on Monday - i mean what would the chance of it, or another, relocating there.....
Monday i had a change of scenery and visited The Bittells. A blistering day with a lovely breeze but little of note. I checked a site by the boat moorings that has held a coupla dozen scattered Bee Orchids in the past but the area hasn't been mown for a while by the looks of it and so has become too shaded. On a pile of spoil by the Horse trailers over the causeway road was a nice clump of Salsify, the cultivated variant of common but impressive Goats Beard. They are both related to the very rare Vipers Grass that only grows in a handful of wet meadows one of which is in Warwickshire.
Birdwise a few warblers and a couple of very fresh juvenile Buzzards that reminded me of the 'Steppe' type with contrasting wing-border and light central wing area.
Good birding -
Laurie:t:
Attatched - Salsify and Buteo.
Monday i had a change of scenery and visited The Bittells. A blistering day with a lovely breeze but little of note. I checked a site by the boat moorings that has held a coupla dozen scattered Bee Orchids in the past but the area hasn't been mown for a while by the looks of it and so has become too shaded. On a pile of spoil by the Horse trailers over the causeway road was a nice clump of Salsify, the cultivated variant of common but impressive Goats Beard. They are both related to the very rare Vipers Grass that only grows in a handful of wet meadows one of which is in Warwickshire.
Birdwise a few warblers and a couple of very fresh juvenile Buzzards that reminded me of the 'Steppe' type with contrasting wing-border and light central wing area.
Good birding -
Laurie:t:
Attatched - Salsify and Buteo.