The partridge surveys this year were all done on farms immediately around the Leadenham area. The farmland birds were all on point, Yellowhammer, Grey Partridge and a bumper count of Corn Buntings, with many birds showing extremely nicely. There was also a nice scattering of rarer species that I was not expecting; Short-eared Owl, Red Kite, Black Redstart and Ring Ouzel, the latter being the absolute standout of the April surveys.
In May, when I had time in the afternoons I took an afternoon and headed to RSPB Frampton Marsh about an hours drive away on the Lincolnshire wash coast. It was a fairly quiet day when I visited but there were still some nice waders and really chilled out birding. The best of the birds was a cracking Turtle Dove, one of two that I saw and three that I heard. Still a bird that I have only seen a handful of times, so awesome to get good views like this.
-Turtle Dove
Species List:
RSPB Frampton Marsh: Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Common Shelduck, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Red-crested Pochard, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant, Great Crested Grebe, Woodpigeon, Turtle Dove, Common Swift, Moorhen, Coot, Pied Avocet, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Curlew, Whimbrel, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, Little Egret, Common Kestrel, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Skylark, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Cettis Warbler, Whitethroat, Starling, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting, House Sparrow, Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Blue-tailed Damselfly,
