Friday, September 20, 2013
Dorney
It was still overcast and dull when I got down to the flood this morning. A ruff that had been reported was still there, and a very delicate, pretty ruff it was too. Wish I'd found it!
A ringed plover (juvenile, I think) was also still there.
The bushes along the stream were full of chiffchaffs with at least one willow warbler. A male blackcap and a Cetti's warbler were also briefly seen. Half a dozen recently arrived meadow pipits brightened up the common.
A sparrowhawk was flushed from the hedgerow where it had been on the ground unseen; and as I drove away I could see five or six yellow wagtails with the cattle.
// posted by Christine @ 9:25 AM 
