Hare

Hare

Greenland Wheatear

Female Greenland Wheatear

Found this beauty up near Church Farm today.  

Also added Yellow Wagtail to the yearlist (69)                    

April 25th

Added Field Vole to the village mammal list. (9)

More Migrants

Saw my first Swift, Lesser Whitethroat and Spotted Flycatcher of the year today. (68)

22nd April

First Bat of the year in the form of a Pipistrelle in the field in front of the house tonight. (8)

And Feral Pigeon snuck on to the yearlist (65)

Muntjacs

These 2 Muntjacs were getting rather friendly up  near the Rectory.

Female Muntjac

Muntjac Male

April 20th

I saw the female Peregrine again today. I actually flushed her from a kill on the ground, from where she landed in a tree to watch me until I moved off so she could return to her meal.

Peregrine 

April 19th

First Whitethroat of the year up at the top end of ‘Skylark Hill’ (64)

And 2 more butterflies Speckled Wood and Green-veined White (10)

First Swallows

April 17th brought the first Swallows to the village with one up at the main road and one near Dovecote Farm (63)

April 15th

A lone Canada Goose flew along the stream close to the village this morning. (62)

Robin’s Nest

Found this Robin’s nest up at the Rectory today.

Wheatears

I found 2 male Wheatears near Gorwelle this afternoon, (61)

Also there was a Smooth Newt in the farm pond (2)

April 11th More butterflies.

Comma, Large White, Orange Tip and Holly Blue were on the wing today. (8)

April 9th

I was awoken at 5.10 this morning to a Tawny Owl creating a racket on the top of the telegraph pole right outside the house. (60)

White Pheasant

White Pheasant

I discovered this unusual Cock pheasant around the north of the village today.

Yellowhammer

April 4th

Today’s warm weather brought out the butterflies with Small Tortoiseshell, Small White and Peacock all seen. (4)

April 1st

A few Reed Buntings around today (59)