Breeding Birds
Two pairs of Whitethroats and two of Bullfinch ensured young birds enlived my patch walk. In addtion, Robin, Lesser Whitethroat, Chaffinch, Kestrel (2 young), Great Tit, Robin, Long Tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Greenfinches, Magpie and Collared Dove all bred. It was clearly a very good year for Blackbirds - with half a dozen or more youngsters in the garden in early August. Young House Sparrows and Goldfinches were difficult to place. A juvenile Green Woodpecker appeared on the canal side regularly .In recent years Swifts and House Martins have been rarely seen in our part of the village but there has been a bonanza of both alongside substantial numbers of Swallows.
On the canal a pair of Mute Swans are rearing three cygnets. Moorhen families on the canal and elsewhere have suffered a lot of chick mortality, but enough survive.
New birds
New bird to the patch on the morning of 4 August was Greenshank over at 7am.
Also that morning two Kingfishers strayed off the canal bank - where they are rarely seen - into one of the rapidly drying ponds. Possibly training a youngster fletting glimpses were on offer until the adult settled on a post.
Other wildlife:
Dragonflies have been my new thing recently - three or four species present.
Butterflies surveys so far yeild more disppointing results than previous years.
Amphibians were the surprise with Smooth and possibly Great Crested newts
And, most surprisingly of all - the call of a Midwife Toad can be heard here
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