Sunday 24 May 2015

May 24th
We spent the morning at Shuart in an unsuccessful attempt to hear the Quail that Derek Smith had heard earlier. We saw 2 Chiffchaffs, 7 Blackcaps, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 3 Green Woodpeckers, 3 Cuckoos, including a hepatic female, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Lapwing, 5 Whitethroats, 9 Linnets, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Swifts and 1 Common Buzzard.
Derek Smith covered virtually all of the eastern half of the Marsh between 0430 and 1000 and recorded 1 Little Grebe, 1 Fulmar W, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Buzzards, 2 Marsh Harriers, 1 Hobby, 2 Sparrowhawks, 14 Tufted Duck, 5 Gannets E, 3 Sandwich Terns, 5 Common Terns, 1 Barn Owl, 3 Cuckoos, 32 Stock Doves, 2 Grey Partridges, 1 Quail singing infrequently from 0500, 6 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warblers and 5 singing Corn Buntings.
A Red Kite flew W over our house at Bishopstone at 1330. This is the 21st Red Kite seen in the area this spring.

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