Canons Farm was very misty are dreary when I arrived mid
morning. My plan was to follow the farmers tractor around and sift through the
gulls that were taking advantage of the morsals that were churned up by the
light plough en route.
Common 23 and Black Headed 162 numbers were up on yesterday
with Herring 52 down by two thirds and not a Lesser Black Backed to be seen.
Corvids were everywhere with Rook 3 seen today. The gamekeeper did shoot a Crow
which emptied the fields of everything around lunch time!
I changed tac locating the Linnet flock c200 and the mixed
flock Chaffinch c100 and Linnet 124. The clicking was cut short on the
Chaffinch as Mr Loud steamed through the field with his dogs sending both flocks skyward and into the far corner of the next field. I had reached 56
with many still to count!
I returned to the tractor mid afternoon where the majority of
the Herring gull was unlike the few individuals in the morning! The farmer
still has a few fields to do I wonder if the forecast of rain will drop something
in!
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