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Sunday, 21 July 2013

Cuckoos

Juvenile Cuckoo
 Ruddy Shelduck
 Juvenile Peregrine
 Juvenile Black-headed Gull
 Common Blue
 Soldier Fly on Ragwort
Six-spot Burnet
Two Cuckoo on 100 acre were a real treat today- the first juvenile I have seen well in years at the farm. Other birding notes include a juvenile Peregrine, 15 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper and a Ruddy Shelduck of unknown origin on 100 acre. Lots of young birds about Great Spot and Green Woodpeckers, young Kestrels , finch flocks are starting to form, a few tit flocks on the edges, warbler families and plenty of juvenile gulls.
After the cloud burnt off there was plenty of butterflies again- hundreds of Meadow Brown and probably 100+ Essex Skippers and the most Six-spot Burnets I have seen on site before- 30-40+.
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4 comments:

  1. Benoit21 July 2013 at 18:02

    The fly looks more like a Hoverfly (a Cheilosia) to me.

    Thank-you for your blog!
    Benoit

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  2. Peter Alfrey21 July 2013 at 22:22

    Maybe it is. Here's another photo :
    http://peteralfrey.blogspot.co.uk/

    Its the bottom of the first blog post

    Any idea what species?

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  3. john22 July 2013 at 03:25

    Some wonderful photos there, Pete.

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  4. Peter Alfrey22 July 2013 at 09:44

    cheers John

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