June 17, 2008
Early June birding
Following an excellent May I've managed very little birding, mostly as I've been looking after my labmate's hungry ladybirds. I biked out to Little Wilbraham Fen one evening hoping for Long-eared Owls - no joy with this species, but I had decent views of a reeling Grasshopper Warbler.
This Hobby perched on the same dead tree as a Woodpigeon...
... and was briefly joined by a Jay.
A Reed Bunting basks in the evening sun.
I found this still-warm freshly dead mole - not a mammal I see very frequently.
A pair of Marsh Harriers circled above me just after sunset.
The Peterhouse Pheasants continue to entertain in the college gardens, but while these two are an obvious pair, I've seen no sign of young.
At least two broods of Robins have fledged.
A confiding Mallard pair.
