A dull and at times foggy day with occasional drizzle. Thrushes were back in good numbers today with
Redwings into 3 figures. News of a Long-eared Owl at
Skaw yesterday sent me north for a speculative punt, fortunately it paid off whilst checking the plantation a LEO flew from the conifers, obviously favouring it for roosting in (
unbeknown to us). When it eventually settled it gave good views even though it was constantly harassed by the local Starling population. Also of note a Woodcock flew by and 3
Goldcrest were buzzing around the plantation.
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An eventual check of patch was rewarding with 2 Ring
Ouzels (patch tick) that showed as well as they do. The
Redstart was still around as well as a
Chiffchaff, 4 Robin,
Blackcap and 5+ Song Thrush. A check of Vats-
houll to see if the
OBP was still around drew a blank.
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Due to it being my sons 11
th birthday thought it best to cut short my days birding, to do some dad stuff ? And was rewarded with another Ring
Ouzel this time just outside the back door, and was a most welcome garden tick.
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