A warm and sunny weekend.
I stopped off at Etton-Maxey on my way to get fish and chips on Friday from Market Deeping - there was a red-crested pochard there and one avocet.
I wandered over to the reserve again on Saturday morning with Henry. There seems to be no sign of the wheatears any more, but there were two avocets today (they have been seen since Thursday), raising hopes that they might breed again as they did in 2008. They were both resting on the mud, when I was there.
Later playing tennis with Mads and Tom, a hobby over Helpston Post office and a male sparrowhawk overhead too. Swifts and house martins in the air!
I stopped off at Etton-Maxey on my way to get fish and chips on Friday from Market Deeping - there was a red-crested pochard there and one avocet.
I wandered over to the reserve again on Saturday morning with Henry. There seems to be no sign of the wheatears any more, but there were two avocets today (they have been seen since Thursday), raising hopes that they might breed again as they did in 2008. They were both resting on the mud, when I was there.
A red kite was over the village during the Church fete on Saturday afternoon - they often seem to turn up for the various church and school festivals - do the crowds of people attract their attention in some way?
Back again to Etton-Maxey on Sunday - on the way to and from the tip! Saw one avocet from the hard standing and also a little egret.
At Swaddywell on Sunday evening with Frieda, Jean, Ivan and Eileen - we saw one female wheatear and a male sparrowhawk. The lesser whitethroat was singing loudly from the bramble near the bird feeders.Later playing tennis with Mads and Tom, a hobby over Helpston Post office and a male sparrowhawk overhead too. Swifts and house martins in the air!
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