Today was reserved for the birds. I did not rise with them
but got myself into gear soon after and headed to my first stop of the day
Thursley Common. The common is pretty quiet at this time of year but the weather
conditions were ideal with low cloud and no wind therefore bird song could
easily be pin-pointed. I didn’t expect too much with regard to movement
overhead but kept an eye on the sky just in case.
I travelled light so that I could cover a large area in the
few hours I spent listening for groups of birds. I heard several Dartford
Warbler’s on the heath which suggests they have made a good recovery in this
area over the last few years since the fire.
Stonechat was fewer in number but was as easily located popping
up on the tops of clumps of heath. Water levels were generally high particularly
on Pudmore Pond. I returned to the car park for lunch and then made my way to my second chosen site Thundry Meadow…..
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