The fields around North Baddesley are starting to hold fairly large numbers of birds as they are harvested and ploughed. In addition to the Black Headed Gulls, Wood Pigeons and Corvids.. Midweek saw 6 Lapwings plus a few Stock Doves, and today 3 Wheatears and 3 Herring Gulls were in a field being ploughed.
Headed north to Chilbolton and saw a couple more Wheatears, plus 3 Stonechats, several Meadow Pipits, a Willow-Chiff! and 3 Buzzards. Area round the Satellite dishes does seem to draw the Wheatears in on passage, but I'm finding it difficult to move up a gear to scarcer migrants.
Finished the day at a fairly large gravel pit just north of Casbrook Common. Little Grebes look to have bred here, and the banks look much more overgrown with vegeation since my last visit. A Tufted Duck was looking quite bewildered to be the only duck on the water. Also a single Snipe in the area.
Overnight Moth trap had some more goodies in: A Frosted Orange was the pick.. Smart looking moth (See pic). Also a Svennson's Copper Underwing to complement last weeks Copper Underwing, and a few Large Yellow Underwings, Lesser Yellow Underwings, Brimstone Moth and Small Emeralds.
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