Focussing on just a few local areas has its good and bad points. It can be pretty dispiriting going to the same venue nearly everyday and seeing the same Common Buzzards, Corvids etc but on the other hand you do see changes starting to happen, new birds on the block: Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps gathering, probably local breeders but starting to disperse ready for the big move. Another plus is finding your own stuff. Today 'on the patch' north of Caldecote there was a marked increase in numbers of Chiffchaff - up to 8 whereas a few days ago there was only 2/3 seen.The Whitethroats and Lesser Whitethroats, however, seem to have moved on. Around Caldecote itself, today was momentus, well not Mega but I thought 2 Whinchats was pretty good. There was also a party of 5 Linnets and a single Yellow wagtail. I've also been to Alvecote a few times but apart from the Greenshank a few days ago its been quiet with last week's storms raising the water levels. Similar story at Shustoke apart from the Common Sandpipers. So its a question of sticking at it waiting for that moment when you find that Wryneck creeping about on the pasture.
Chiffchaff, looking a little hot and bothered
Whinchat
Whinchat
Whinchat
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