Tuesday 7 July 2015

Another cloudy and quiet morning


7 July 15           morning               mid section

cloudy,  16°c,    1007mb,    SW 8-13 mph


The whitethroat in the Shrike Bushes seem to be on a second brood, a pair were seen visiting an area constantly, though I didn't see any food or nest material being delivered. Also what appeared to be a immature was seen dumping a faecal sac ( poo ). The male or maybe another was singing near by.
            The moorhens at the Wetland site caused Ian and myself some head scratching a couple of weeks ago when we couldn't decide whether we had 1 or 2 broods, its been looking more like just a single brood since, but this morning the matter was solved when I ( and some of  their offspring ) witnessed the two adults copulating.
     Two grey wagtail at the Prefab spill weir briefly, were again unable to be aged or sexed.


Mallard 1 brood ♀+ 8 nr f/grown imm ( WL9 )  PF,
Moorhen pr copulating + 3 juv Wetlands,  pr + 4 imm Prefabs,
Black Headed Gull 2 ( 1 imm ) Compton Field
Lesser Black Backed Gull odds over mid section
Swift odds over Barleyfield
House Martin 6+ Barleyfield
Grey Wagtail 2 Prefab Weir
Wren 7 singing mid section
Dunnock 5 singing mid section
Robin present mid section
Blackbird 4 singing mid section
Song Thrush 2 singing mid section
Whitethroat pr + 1 imm c/f-sac + visiting nest site  Shrike Bushes,  another singing  SB east,
Blackcap 6 ( 4 singing ) mid section
Chiffchaff 5 singing mid section
Chaffinch 1 singing Meccano Br
Greenfinch 1 singing Compton Rough
Goldfinch 2 ( 1 ad ) Top Roses

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