A coolish start and a quick look in the old orchard by the road didn't lead to any significant sightings, recently a young Fox has been seen jumping around in the long grass there and despite going into 'stealth mode' (possibly to be renamed clumsy oaf mode!) on a couple of occasions it disappears before I get a chance of a picture! I really thought I was close once and I must have looked extremely dodgy, almost on all fours half crawling across the field!
The car park was still quiet, NUTHATCH being of note and 2 SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS putting in an appearance. I was drawn again to the corner of the veg garden where I could see a lot of activity again. There are now a few piglets running around in a little pen in this corner, which could be the attraction. There were at least 5 SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS, 2 adult and 3 young, 3 WILLOW WARBLERS, a TREECREEPER, several CHIFFCHAFFS, CHAFFINCHES and BLUE and GREAT TITS. At the corner of the moat 1 GARDEN WARBLER explored a young oak and 10 HERRING GULLS flew north. The hedges were quieter but still held half a dozen REED BUNTINGS and several YELLOWHAMMERS. Stephen had the WHEATEAR again in the same field as yesterday and as I left a BUZZARD flew west. I'm a bit behind still on photos so here are a few that I managed to upload yesterday.
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| Yes I did get wet, this was Sunday! |
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| An addition to this years mammal list was this Mink! |
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| The Tower and Priests Cottage |
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| Willow Warbler |
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| The 'showy' Sedge Warbler from yesterday |
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| The Wheatear still present today. |
5 comments:
Some nice shots there, shame about the Mink one though!
Thanks Marc, the Mink is a shame, I'm sure they've put paid to many broods of the few nesting waterbirds we get here.
It all looks so peacefull on your patch Alan :-)
Like the sedgie!!
Alan ,
I like your Sedge Warbler shots too , and well done with the Wheatear .
That's certainly a 'big sky' at Sissinghurst .
Hi Warren, Thanks, it generally is quite peaceful the time I'm usually there but once the castle opens it can get a bit busier.
Hi Greenie, Thanks, I love all that sky, sometimes a calling bird going over can be difficult to find but at least there aren't too many obstructions :-)
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