It's been a while since I posted an entry partly because I've had quite a lot on at chez nous with both DIY and visitors but also because the weather has not been particularly conducive to birding. Yesterday was a baking 30C for instance while this afternoon is humid, showery and rather gloomy. The only pattern that seems to exist is one of changeability------but there I am, moaning about the weather again!
As for the birds, there are still plenty of montague's harriers and black kites around, the latter often scouring the recently harvested hay fields. While cycling near Artenac I had the remarkable sight of a montagues harrier taking something from someone's front lawn. Orioles are still very vociferous and one was in my acacia tree a couple of days back. Nightingales too are still in song but I have heard only a few quails including one in the wheat field opposite my gate.
I came across another pair of stone curlews in a maize field near Licheres and I stil think there might be two pairs on the Lairiere plains as I have come across them in fields far apart from each others he cherry crop is huge this year and mine are being raided by birds. The main culprit are the blackbirds but starlings, house sparrows and great spotted woodpeckers are also having a field day.
No comments:
Post a Comment