flycatchers et al

A few flycatcher pics from the garden. The first is a spotted and the other two (clearer) ones are pied.

It's been a busy last few days for me and the only birding that I have done has been around the garden and nearby fields.

There is still plenty of evidence of migration taking place.: The pied flycatchers are incessantly cheeping away and the occasional, silent, spotted flycatcher joins them. There have also been quite a few willow warblers and common redstarts in the garden.

In the nearby fields wheatears have been in evidence and I saw a flock of around a dozen whinchats at La Tache.

A lesser spotted woodpecker was in the garden yesterday as was a tree pipit.

Even closer to home are the recently hatched ducklings which took to walking into the conservatory yesterday!