Wednesday 20 May 2015

WHINCHAT on Chat Clump

20th May 15             morning                  mid section

blustery occ showers,  8-11°c,  1015mb,  WNW 12-15mph,


The morning started quietly with no sign of grey wagtails on a short shufty, Barleyfield dead, until I put my bins on the Chat Clump before I disappeared into the Wetlands, as usual. A small dumpy two-tone bird was sat there? it was either a whinchat or stonechat ( guess why it's called Chat Clump?). I moved to a better view point and after a while it showed again WHINCHAT a female. A species which used to turn up annually in small numbers until recently but has (along with other species) become quite scarce.


Mallard 1♂ 1♀ Wetlands
Buzzard 1 over Barleyfield
Moorhen 1 Wetlands
Swift 2 over Barleyfield
House Martin 2 over Barleyfield
Wren 8 singing mid section
Dunnock 5 singing mid section
Robin 3 singing mid section
Whinchat 1♀ Chat Clump
Blackbird 3 singing mid section
Song Thrush 2 singing mid section
Whitethroat 2 singing Barleyfield
Garden Warbler 1 singing Barleyfield Annex
Blackcap 5 singing mid section
Chiffchaff 4 singing mid section
Great Tit 1 singing Hanging Grds 
Jackdaw 10 Barleyfield
Chaffinch 4 singing mid section
Goldfinch 3 Shrike Bushes

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