These lovely animals are often glimpsed around wetlands, but they rarely give good views. This one was very slow to move, due to the cold weather this morning, when I moved a metal dustbin… it hissed, inflated it’s body and gave off a rather unpleasant smell!
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Tuesday September 25th
The westerly stream of thousands of hirundines and a few hundred Meadow Pipits now contains small flocks of Linnets, with regular Chaffinches and Siskins. I could also hear single Tree Pipit and Lesser Redpoll. The best place to see/hear these is the field opposite the car park, where they are passing over very low, and on the lip of the cliff below the Coastguard Station and at Lovers’ Seat. At the latter location, I enjoyed watching a Sparrowhawk soaring around the cliff-face, to the annoyance of the resident Jackdaws.
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