Spent the last couple of days doing Oakley Airfield. Pretty impressive number of birds up there, Ebird list and some vis mig sound recordings too HERE. Highlights included a Lapland Bunting yesterday (no photos or sounds recordings despite 5 hours trying to relocate it, so I won't be submitting it), 8 Corn Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer, 4 Reed Bunting, 100+ Skylarks, 30+ Meadow Pipits, 1 Brambling, the odd Redpoll and Siskin, 15 Redwing, 2 Snipe, the Golden Plover flock is now 200+, at least 200 Linnet up there and the whole lot were being hunted by a Merlin and a Peregrine. Also 26! Grey Partridge up there. It's a pretty impressive site.
A few new for years in the Old Vicarage moth trap.
Golden Plovers
Snipe- presumably the airfield has the potential to attract other waders too (e.g. Davidstow Airfield) especially considering there are already 200 Golden Plover and a couple of Snipe up there. Can easily imagine Ruff or Dotterel there and even other waders stopping off.
Grey Partridge (above and below) - a covey of 20 and another of 6 including young birds
Merlin
Red-line Quaker
Closest I can get is Pine Carpet
Brindled Green
Blair's Shoulder Knot
2 comments:
I think that the Carpet is too worn for a confirmation or advice, they are hard enough when they are fresh ! :)
Yes I put it down as a maybe
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