Young birds are all over the place which is great to see. We've had young Blackbirds, Dunnocks and House Sparrows in the garden and I've come across young Dunnocks and Blackbirds while out and about. Today I saw a few fledged Long-tailed Tits and heard Great Spotted Woodpecker young calling.
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| House Sparrow young 'un in the garden |
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| Young House Sparrow |
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| Fledged Dunnock |
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| Fledged Dunnock |
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| Juvenile Blackbird |
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| Juvenile Long-tailed Tit |
A rarity turned up at the Mere last week and was found by Jon. A Great Reed Warbler was heard by Jon on Saturday 10 May but he couldn't be sure of its ID so he didn't report it. The following day he heard it loud and clear, and so did Dale and myself. It has been heard and/or seen every day since. We went out in a rowing boat to get better views into the edge of the reed bed and had good views, although my attempts at photographing the bird were not great. Between the movement of the boat and trying to keep the anchor rope from going under the boat, I didn't get onto it with the camera apart from one image...
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| Great Reed Warbler |
The wind has been a feature of the weather unfortunately over the last week - with Easterlies or North Easterlies every day. It isn't so bad when the sun shines brightly, but on grey days it is really cold! We've had more than our fair share of grey, cold mornings I can tell you!!
This morning was a good morning as the wind was very slight and the sun was out - cue warblers singing and insects emerging!
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| Singing Sedge Warbler |
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| Common Reed Warbler | |
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| Common Blue Damselfly |
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| Azure Damselflies in mating position |
I took a lot of photos of insects today so I think I'll dedicate a full post to them in a day or two.
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