A fine sunny morning at Morton Bagot. By the time Dave joined me I had been snapping away at a group of Lesser Redpolls and one of a pair of Stock Doves at Netherstead.
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| Lesser Redpoll |
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| Stock Dove |
I know they're not rare, but you have to make hay while the sun shines.
The rest of the morning had its moments. We flushed a Jack Snipe and three Snipe, a Yellowhammer flew over, the usual Teal and Lapwings were present despite the nearest flash being frozen.
The small upper pool in the pool field still has water in it and is surrounded by reed-mace which was supporting a Stonechat, five Reed Buntings, two Blue Tits, and two Wrens, but sadly no Penduline Tits. One day maybe.
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| Wren |
The delay in this post is the result of an email from the moth recorder, and a Barn Owl whose pellets I collected from an old roost site. The mammal list will be boosted by the skulls within them as soon as I have worked out what they are, and was enhanced by an all too brief sighting of a Stoat.
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