Thursday, June 08, 2017
Heading for the village to shop and vote, we walked along the river path; and on the edge of the football field, birder Andy Williams waved us over and said he'd just seen a hawfinch in one of the cherry trees!
We had a quick scan but couldn't relocate it, but I returned in the afternoon and got lucky. A chunky bird went swooping low from one tree to another and I was able to see where it landed, in the boardwalk corner of the sports field.
The hawfinch started to feed in the open and I was able to watch her(?) for some minutes, although always from the far side of the field. She flew down into the tree, and I lost her.
Last time I went to vote there was a grasshopper warbler in the dog-walking field. Moral of the story - always go and vote. You'll see great birds!
// posted by Christine @ 9:43 AM 
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