Wednesday 11 March 2015

spring has sprung

Yesterdays warm weather revealed daffodils in the paddocks in full bloom and the first butterflies of the year.
A red admiral was near the meccano and two presumed small tortoiseshells reported from castlecroft.
A chiffchaff was well seen in the scrub halfway between castlecroft bridge and pool hall.  (the latter held a single great crested grebe and 12 tufted duck, 11 of which were male.) Another presumed common chiffchaff was seen fleetingly by the meccano. Neither bird sang so I don't think we can view them as migrants necessarily as they could be dispersing wintering birds.
Two very active goldcrests were on the old railway line by the coach depot, a treecreeper performed well in the same spot on Monday. plenty of sightings of jays and great spotted woodpeckers and lots of singing wrens and robins in this bit this morning also male sparrowhawk overhead.
the male kestrel is still frequenting the bottom of the barleyfield and it or another bird hovered over wightwick mill lock as seen driving by on Saturday.

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