Black-tailed godwits, Leighton Moss

Saturday, 3 August 2019

Local patch

I've neglected the local patch lately due to the weather so I nipped out for a wander round during the cricket lunch interval.

Typically quiet for this time of year though 105 feral pigeons flew overhead at one point. Plenty of thistledown in the fields but only a couple of dozen goldfinches. Just the one female blackcap eating blackberries and a brief glimpse of three whitethroats.

A juvenile great spotted woodpecker on one of the dead trees behind the school was a nice surprise.

Juvenile great spotted woodpecker, Barton Clough

And judging by this youngster it looks like the dunnocks have had a second brood.

Juvenile dunnock, Barton Clough


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