Northern Wheatear, Caldecote, Warks. - note how bulky this bird looks
Yellow wagtail
Brimstone, Ladywalk N.R.
Comma on Rape
Green-veined White
Orange tip
Green veined White
He approaches, she waits
Rattus norvegicus - Canal pool, K.W.P. Tuesday 4th May 2010
The Grande Tour began at Caldecote, the 5 presumed Greenland race Wheatears were still present. Presumed on the basis that theyve been present for over a week when most 'British' Wheatears are on their breeding grounds. Shustoke res. had maybe 100 Common Swifts and a couple of House Martins. Lee Johnson had heard a couple of Lesser Whitethroats on his rounds but that was about it. I moved on to Coleshill Quarry where I spotted a single Ringed plover and Brian Kington. After coffee at a new venue for me on Gorsey Lane. Interesting concept in fine dining, the premises obviously doubled as a Greasy spoon during working hours and became an Indian restaurant in the evening.
On to Ladywalk, it was now a lovely day and the insects were making the most of it. There were swarms of Caddis and a variety of Butterfly species but not many birds apart from warblers. Coton was unremarkable. At Cliff a large rat was feeding on something not nice and 3 youths were occupying Skan hide. They'd clearly been smoking something exotic and soon left. Fortunately the new air conditioning and northerly breeze combined to disperse the odour they had created. 2 Common terns were the only birds of note. For the first week of May to only find a single wader species in the Tame valley area is surprisingly but looking at the weather map gives a bit of a clue with Northerly winds reaching as far as Spain and North Africa. So why the influx of Red rumped Swallows?
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