Next meeting 30th June Testwood lakes car park 10am
May’s bird watch was cold for this time of the year and the sky filled with rain clouds. Despite this 12 of us all seemingly enjoyed the m
orning out. The birds seen and heard totalled 20 a small number than usual. I saw and heard a Stone-Chat (picture) and must admit its bird song sounded like its name - two stones coming together with a clink. As Mike pointed out not all names make sense as a willow warbler does not frequent willows nor is a marsh bird’s habitat a marsh.
From Mike
At Eyeworth Pond this May morning we enjoyed typical November weather and once again the birds were very elusive. However on the pond a drake Mandarin and two broods of Mallard kept their distance from us at the edge of the car park. The dark woodland path gave little away but as we emerged towards Longcross Plain a Willow Warbler sung from the hillside scrub and we heard its delicate, down-the-scale, liquid song recalling in its delivery, a tiny waterfall. A harder call drew our attention to a Stonechat and we enjoyed good views of a very smart male warning its mate of our presence, whilst nearby a Woodlark quietly watched us from open patches in the heather, twice rising to fly a very short distance but offering a measly portion of its beautiful, fluty song and who could blame it on such a grey day. When singing well the Woodlark is considered by many to be the finest of all our songbirds.
Overall, few birds were recorded out we look forward, ever hopeful, to a brighter day at Testwood Lakes on Friday, 30 June 2006 at 10 am.
orning out. The birds seen and heard totalled 20 a small number than usual. I saw and heard a Stone-Chat (picture) and must admit its bird song sounded like its name - two stones coming together with a clink. As Mike pointed out not all names make sense as a willow warbler does not frequent willows nor is a marsh bird’s habitat a marsh.From Mike
At Eyeworth Pond this May morning we enjoyed typical November weather and once again the birds were very elusive. However on the pond a drake Mandarin and two broods of Mallard kept their distance from us at the edge of the car park. The dark woodland path gave little away but as we emerged towards Longcross Plain a Willow Warbler sung from the hillside scrub and we heard its delicate, down-the-scale, liquid song recalling in its delivery, a tiny waterfall. A harder call drew our attention to a Stonechat and we enjoyed good views of a very smart male warning its mate of our presence, whilst nearby a Woodlark quietly watched us from open patches in the heather, twice rising to fly a very short distance but offering a measly portion of its beautiful, fluty song and who could blame it on such a grey day. When singing well the Woodlark is considered by many to be the finest of all our songbirds.
Overall, few birds were recorded out we look forward, ever hopeful, to a brighter day at Testwood Lakes on Friday, 30 June 2006 at 10 am.
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Friday, May 26, 2006
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