Winter is coming but autumn is not over yet. Woodpigeons have been on the move in the last couple of days with about 1000 per hour going over the Beddington obs this morning. I did Otmoor yesterday morning which was all gearing up for the winter with well over 1000 Golden Plovers on Flood Field and flocks of Wigeon building on Big Otmoor. Also had 1 Dunlin in with the plovers and about 30 Snipe out on Greenaways.
December moths in the moth trap at the Old Vic - another harbinger of four months of winter.
With lockdown re-starting tomorrow it could well be a very long winter. Local nature could well be a vital lifeline (a natural intensive care unit) in the coming weeks and months.
December moth
Male Stonechat at Otmoor yesterday- this photogenic bird almost insisted I keep up the Stonechat theme on this blog. The results from Aberdeen are in of two of the suspected Stejneger's Stonechats in the North of England this autumn - in both cases the field identifications were supported by the DNA and both have been confirmed as Stejneger's. Eagerly awaiting the results of our bird at Medmerry.
Golden Plovers at Otmoor (above) and Woodpigeons (below) over Beddington this morning
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