Visited Danebury at Dawn, but not a lot to be seen. Thought I heard a Ring Ousel call but could not locate anything other than a Blackbird with two white feathers on it's back, in a kind of crescent shape! Pity that this place hasn't built on from the promising Wheatear sighting about 3 weeks ago. Still plenty of Fieldfares around, and good numbers of Chaffinches, Song thrushes, Blackcaps, and Yellowhammers.
From here, called in at Sparsholt which was a nice area. House Martins were building nests on the walls of the college reception, and at the Fishery there were Red Legged Partridge, Grey and Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Moorhen, Mallard and Black Headed Gull, plus some Lapwings in the surrounding fields, and best of all, a Little Owl in the distance, but scoped well as he flew from post to post.
Spent a further hour at Farley Mount. The huge field south of the monument was full of Skylarks. Quite an impressive sight, and more Lapwings. Nice to be in countryside that is brimming with displaying birds. Also present were good numbers of Buzzards, 2 Red Legged Partridges, and a couple of Blackcaps.
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