After the rain not being has bad as they said it was going to be and I needed to work, I was off to Hirwaun to find it mostly dry and misty. Straight away I had a flock of Gulls mobling a Common Buzzard and a Sparrowhawk chasing a small bird, most likely a Robin it flew in to a bush never to be seen again. Has I tried to shut off and think work I heard a metallic tack and I thought that sounds familiar, it called a couple more times and it sank in it was a Ring Ouzel. It's a pretty big garden and loads of cover and has hard as I tried to see the bird I could not pin point it. It was calling constantly for a good five minutes but then a domestic cat stepped out and it went all quiet and that was that. As soon as I got home I went staight online to check the sound and it was a Ring Ouzel. I think with the mist on the mountain it must have dropped in the garden to feed. Next up I took the dogs to Abercwmboi and went up in to the forestry. I found a puddle full of Tadpoles, it seems only a couple of weeks ago when I got my first frog spawn and already Tapoles are out. The area looks really good for shrike but with so much good habitat in the valleys I would have had to be very lucky to spot one.
Cracking record with the Ring Ouzel.
ReplyDeleteWell done with the ouzel, its nice to hear things are moving, just singles of redshank and breeding wader sp at Rhaslas.
ReplyDeleteThank you lads and it,s nice know waders arevon the move.
ReplyDeleteI heard Redwing flight calls, as I checked my rain gauge, yesterday evening, so all change.
ReplyDeleteI had them in the bottom of my street yesterday and when i took the dogs out i found a blackbirds nest and the female was sitting tight and the wood Anemone out along the river and the Tree bumble bee are back in my nest box for another year
ReplyDeleteGood job you never saw the Ring Ouzel Mart you know how jealous Phil gets if someone see's one before him.
ReplyDeleteRob, I was thinking of posting how grateful I was that Martin got in before me this year. Tetchy comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteHe really kicks off if he has to buy his own tea.
ReplyDeleteyes i know that and like a bear with a sore head.
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