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18C Thursday 12th October 2017 ~ A few hours at Napton-on-the-Hill mid morning produced my first
Redwings of the Autumn, with four birds in the treetops at the churchyard.
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| Redwing ~ My 1st of this Autumn |
I spent a while here just sitting and listening, letting the birds pass through and while here
Goldcrest, Coal Tit and a couple of
Mistle Thrush, one even singing for a brief period. I noticed a couple of
Red Admiral butterflies at the tops of the Ivy, plus a single
Comma, which was perched on one of the several Yew Trees.
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| Sparrowhawk ~ Napton Hill |
Heading off along the track down towards the farm at least (4)
Redpoll, plus (2)
Pied Wagtails in the sheep field. Here I bumped into Richard Mays and Dave Cox just as (4)
Brambling passed through. One of two
Sparrowhawks for the day appeared overhead and a single
Siskin, before we headed back to the churchyard.
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| Boeing C-17 Globemaster ~ Napton's also a great place to indulge in my other hobby π |
Napton Reservoir was reasonably quiet, the only notables, (4)
Shoveler on the water, a
Chiffchaff singing around the car park, (3)
Redwing over, along with a possible
Grey Wagtail, which unfortunately didn't call!
