Thursday, September 13, 2012
Dorney
My first yellow wagtails of the autumn were on the common this evening. At least eight, maybe a dozen or more, were in with the penned cattle near the buildings. When I crept closer, the cattle crowded up to the gate and started to moo loudly, which made me feel a bit of a fool. One or two of the wagtails were bright and buttery, the rest the usual autumn biscuit colour.
Three snipe were seen on the flood and a lesser whitethroat was feeding on blackberries in the Roundmoor Ditch. Chiffchaffs were also present, and something crest-sized was glimpsed from below in the dense bushes just above the weir. Tantalisingly, it disappeared before I could get a good look.
// posted by Christine @ 11:18 AM 
