Driving around the M25 this morning I had an annoyingly brief glimpse of a flock of lapwings taking flight from the fields between junctions 26 and 25. Any other spiecies and I might have been hard pushed for the identifictation but there is no mistaking the way lapwing wingws curl in flight or the pale flash on every beat. Flocks like that are far less common these days.
I also had another glimpse on the egret on Boxmoor. If I was a determined twitcher I could note three spiecies of egret within a short drive at the moment which is something that still comes as a suprise.
At home the blackbirds have stripped the rowan tree and have, I assume from where they take flight when I come home, been sampling the few fallen quinces that I failed to remove from the lawn last week. I put a fat block in a feeder on one of the quince trees a couple of days ago and there are some beak marks on it but I have yet to see any birds on it. In the back garden, having finished the box of fat treats I put some raisins on the ground feeder which have been studiously ingnored.
I also had another glimpse on the egret on Boxmoor. If I was a determined twitcher I could note three spiecies of egret within a short drive at the moment which is something that still comes as a suprise.
At home the blackbirds have stripped the rowan tree and have, I assume from where they take flight when I come home, been sampling the few fallen quinces that I failed to remove from the lawn last week. I put a fat block in a feeder on one of the quince trees a couple of days ago and there are some beak marks on it but I have yet to see any birds on it. In the back garden, having finished the box of fat treats I put some raisins on the ground feeder which have been studiously ingnored.
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