dad popped down to climping this morning to try his luck .on his way he stopped at the river were he had to lovely commom sandpipers.
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1 of 3 whinchats |
at climping gap he managed to see several wheatears flying low over the fields as he lock the bike up, there was a good number of whitethroats, along the horse paddock hedge .he also had 2 really nice whinchats were sitting on some low bushes enjoying the early sun, a reed bunting and reed warbler were watched as they move along the reed filled ditch.
a good number of martins were over head and a few swallows and a green woodpecker came darting over the cornfeild
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lesser whitethroat |
a lesser whitethroat was heard then seen as it was eating blackberries about 5 blackcaps were also seen .
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2 whinchats |
he then spotted a really nice spotted flycatcher which did not stay around long anothe to have its picture taken.
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little egret |
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whinchat |
over birds around were a family of 3 sparrowhawks 1 kestrel, linnets and greenfinches and on the way back to the bike there was 1 more whinchat and 1 yellow wagtail . back at the river he managed this great picture of a little egret.
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lesser whitethroat |
Hi , like the new look blog , a good mornings birding at Climping too .
ReplyDeleteyear mate it was a good day at climping, thank about the desighn atb.
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