16th April
Three hour walk before breakfast brought a mixed bag, the lagoon was
quiet except for a fox worrying the rabbits, a pair of swallows and a few
common warblers. I met ken at Radwell and we spent a pleasant half hour
watching a kingfisher he spotted diving
for his breakfast from an assortment of perches, with some success, while I
tried to digiscope it on my phone. Les and I spent the afternoon at Fowlmere
but that was totally uneventful, except for hearing our first reed and sedge
warblers of the year.
17th April.
A visit to the lagoon at last brought the sounds of a Willow warbler
song from below the cliffs. Ken had a Raven flying over his house which was a
good record. Patch
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18th April
A proposed trip to Grafham and Little Paxton had to be called of as the
A1 was locked, luckily we were able to get off and went to the lodge but all it
turned out to be was a pleasant walk, we did hear a cuckoo though.
19th April and 20th April no trip
21st April After a damp and misty start to the day a
walk on the patch revealed three more Lesser whitethroat territories, it seems
they had a good winter in Africa.
Next week Tim and I will be doing a big day out on the patch
on 25th, aiming for as many different species as we can manage on
the day, hopefully somewhere between 50 and 65, watch this space.
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