Female Common Stonechat (Andy Cook)
I didn't get to The Scrubs this morning as I was over in Sunny Walthamstow, East London. A stroll through Wanstead Flats in the vain hope of rediscovering the two Ring Ouzels discovered yesterday by the Wanstead Birder drew a blank. It was however, one of those mornings and indeed afternoons when you instinctively felt that it would be good for raptors.
Evidently that was the case with London-wide reports of a juvenile Marsh Harrier over Brent Reservoir and generally, Common Buzzards, Red Kites and a supporting cast of Sparrowhawks and Kestrels. I scored a kettling Common Buzzard and maybe three ultra high Sparrowhawks.
Meanwhile, over at basecamp a male Common Redstart graced the embankment and a female Stonechat was also found. The latter species has gone from being a regular migrant to scarce visitor.
This is getting exciting!
2 comments:
Hi Dave, it does feel like it's starting to get exciting, we had a Hoopoe yesterday on our patch in Kent, unfortunately I missed, always great to find Redstarts!
A lovely start to spring in Cheshire. Sand Martins in great numbers.
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