A mid-afternoon circuit of Ogden Water today, calm but dull, threatening rain, which stayed away until after I got home.
I tried for the Pied Flycatcher but could not locate it, however I believe I have got a snippet of its call /song on video.
This morning we enjoyed a short walk from Thornton along the cycle track to the tunnel entrance and back.
Some Birds:-
Thornton Cycle Track:
Swift, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Buzzard.
Ogden:
2 Heron (possibly 3) included 1 Juv.).
Song Thrush.
Common Sandpiper made a pleasant change.
A large c30 Long Tailed Tits moving through the waterside bushes was nice to see.
8 Mallard Duckling - I wonder how many Ogden Mallards Ducklings make it?
Cuckoo calling from the West Side (distant), my 1st of 2022.
Lonely looking Juv. Mute Swan.
6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
A Raptor, high in the dullness, that I managed some poor photos of as it passed quickly out of sight is probably a Kestrel.
Yesterday evening's sky watch had a short lived excitement, when a large bird flew high, from beyond Roper Lane and glided 'motionless' for ages before disappearing behind a farmhouse - it was a Heron alas!
A Pied Wagtail was on a house roof when I got back from Ogden.
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