Along the river from Bucket wood,I could see two Common Sandpipers,one imm Oystercatcher and one adult Little Egret.
Two Kingfishers were seen at Allders lake.
Over the past week Red Kites have been in evidence,including two together over the garden.
It proved to be a juvenile just starting its post juvenile moult and about two hundred yards from where we had the singing bird in the spring.
All this month Tufted duck have been building in numbers.One possibly two drake Pochard are present in the area and 3 Shoveler were
Cetti`s Warbler and Garden Warbler,both ringed in the East scrub.
I was ringing in the East scrub last week.
BIRDS RINGED
Nightingale 8 (juv)
Robin 6 (juv)
Great Tit 1
L T Tit 9 (juv)
Cetti`s Warbler 2
Blackcap 5 (juv) 2 (ad)
Blackbird 1
Chiffchaff 3 (juv) 1 (ad)
Common Whitethroat 1 (juv)
Lesser Whitethroat 1 (juv)
Bullfinch 2 (ad)
TOTAL 38
This summer at least 4 Cuckoo have been seen in the area,being last seen around June 19th.
This past week young Green Woodpeckers have been very vocal in the East scrub.
A Wood Pigeon turned up in our garden about six weeks ago with a deformed bill.The upper mandible was crossed over the lower and looked dead.Although it had difficulty in feeding it looked healthy enough.Then last week I noticed the upper mandible had fallen off.The good news is it still manages to feed,although it takes about four or more goes at picking up food before it manages to swallow it.
small numbers of Med Gulls have also been in evidence.
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