I was intrigued by yesterday’s “Red-breasted Swallow”
so I had another look around the bonnet area late morning.
There was a pr. Swallow, in and out of the stables,
there this morning but nothing that looked out of the ordinary.
I have put a photo on the blog, of a Swallow that I managed
to get this morning.
It was in nearly the same place as yesterday’s oddity.
Soil
Hill
18:00
– 19:40
I had a cold walk up and around Soil Hill this
evening accompanied by intermittent snow showers.
It wasn’t that bad on the top, as the sun came out
to make it look warm, even if it wasn’t!
C25 Woodpigeon in the fields near the bonnet, Meadow
Pipit and a Pheasant seen on Taylor Lane.
Then a bonus of a Wheatear
at the top of Taylor Lane.
On the Hill (very windy):-
Pr. Lapwing, 3 Mallard, 5 Meadow Pipit, 6 Skylark, Pheasant,
c35 Woodpigeon below Ned Hill Track.
Pheasant and a Pied Wagtail seen on the return
journey – the Wheatear was still in the Taylor lane fields.
Yesterdays' photo
A snow flurry
Mixenden reservoir in the distance
A weird trick of the light. The right hand Swallow, top pic shows a similar shadow on its breast.
ReplyDeleteLike the Swallow John and well done to get a photo. I think Andy had one over Northowram a few years ago (if I remember correctly!!!??. Some of our birds are buffish as well.
ReplyDeleteIn Collins guide it describes as follows "Birds along E Mediterranean coast ssp transitiva are reddish buff below and those in Egypt ssp savignii are deep rusty red. Your bird could be the former (??) and got mixed in with ours on its way through Africa.
Could not eyeball the oddity this morning Bri.
ReplyDeleteInteresting stuff Dave.
Always good to get a different photo - even if I haven't a clue what I've got.
John