Sunday, June 1, 2008 - BTO atlas survey - Home stretch! and one that got away. |
The final round of BTO Atlas "timed visits" is in June, so I got off to a good start by completing one this morning.
Weather was rainy, but held off for the first hour, and apart from having to shelter under some bushes for 15 minutes, I got round relatively dry! The showers certainly didn't have any effect on the bird activity, there was never really a quiet moment during the survey.
Whilst sheltering from the worst shower, a bird flew past fairly distantly, looked like a female Blackbird or Thrush. As it disappeared into the belt of trees it looked to have a green rump.. Only bird that seemed to remotely fit would be a female Golden Oriole, but unfortunately it didn't show again, so one that got away. Either that or I'm going colour blind!
What I did see was a very distant single Stone Curlew, feeding in a pig farm paddock. Also a few Grey Partridges, a Corn Bunting, and decent numbers of Skylarks, Yellowhammers and Linnets.
Closer to home, a Cuckoo was calling yesterday, clearly audible from the garden. A family of Robins are nesting in the vicinity of the house.. The adults permanently scouring the garden for caterpillars out of the oak trees. |
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