Only a handful of visits to the patch during this week, while I attended to some other things. Still the four visits did produce a few birds, although nothing exceptional. Undoubtedly my last Wheatear of the Spring was on the 27th, feeding distantly on the bottom Cattle Fields. The Grasshopper Warbler that has taken up territory in the fields below Taylor Lane can still be heard occasionally, when the wind dropped enough to allow it. And the Grey Partridge pair was once again seen on the summit on the 24th. Otherwise the regular migrant contingent seems to be up to full again, with both Willow Warblers and Whitethroats up to their expected number. Blackcap was singing at one point in the week, but it was heard from a nearby plantation and was not either of the territories I would have expected. Sedge Warbler looks like its time on Soil Hill is done sadly, it would be very late for it to turn up now. Perhaps the highlight of the week however was when I stumbled on a Skylark nest. I grabbed a few photos and quickly moved off. Thankfully it was not near any of the ‘tracks’ so hopefully won’t suffer too much disturbance from dog walkers and quad bikers. Fingers crossed anyway.
Soil Hill: Canada Goose, Mallard, Grey Partridge, Common Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Common Wood Pigeon, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Curlew, Common Snipe, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Kestrel, Little Owl, Eurasian Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Eurasian Skylark, Common Grasshopper Warbler, Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Eurasian Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Eurasian Wren, Common Starling, Song Thrush, Common Blackbird, European Robin, Northern Wheatear, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Bullfinch, European Greenfinch, Common Linnet, European Goldfinch, Common Reed Bunting,
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