Dave and I were back at Morton Bagot this morning following a two week gap.
In the intervening time Storm Darragh had swept across the site, bringing down one dead Elm and the ivy which was wrapped around it. Apart from that there didn't seem to be much difference.
One species seems to have moved in (or at least increased its numbers). We counted eight Jack Snipe including the first we had ever flushed from the Dragonfly ponds. As usual none were seen on the ground, and my attempts to photograph their rapidly disappearing forms was pretty hopeless. I did manage a silhouetted shot of one pitching back into the marsh but I'm not going to show it as the image creates a false impression of size making it look Woodcock-like. Instead you'll have to make do with this:
As for the rest of the visit, it was a case of the usual birds but in small numbers. These included four Stonechats, a Red Kite, a Green Sandpiper, and a Little Egret.
Only small numbers of thrushes remain, but these did at least include a Mistle Thrush.
Actually one species which we did see a lot of was Bullfinch, at least ten altogether.
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