Eakring Bird news | ||
May 2008 | ||
Featuring news and sightings from Eakring | ||
May
1st |
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Still very quiet in the area. The Grasshopper Warbler was again at Eakring Flash and there were few overnight warbler arrivals. | |||
May
2nd |
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A pair of Turtle Dove were along the old hedge at Eakring Flash early morning. Very few warblers arrived and there were just a few Sand Martin and Swallow moving through. | |||
May
3rd |
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Just a handful of migrants moving through this morning, but better numbers of warblers arrived overnight. A pair of Turtle Dove were at the Oil Bore Holes site on the edge of Eakring village. | |||
May
10th |
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Two Oystercatchers were the highlight of a quiet morning, present in a set-aside field in the Red Hill area. A trickle of Swallows flew north-west throughout the morning and still at least one Grasshopper Warbler at Eakring Flash. | |||
May
11th |
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Extremely quiet throughout the area again this morning. A handful of new warblers arrived overnight, including two Whitethroat, single Garden Warbler at Red Hill and a Sedge Warbler at Eakring Flash. Just eight Swallows were noted moving through. | |||
May
13th |
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Still very quiet, but a Barn Owl at a site in the area, flew past within a few feet late evening. 28 Lapwing were at Tug Bridge Farm, part of a record number of breeding birds in the area this year. | |||
May
15th |
May
18th |
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The male Reed Warbler was still at Eakring Flash this evening. Three Turtle Dove were near Eakring Field Farm briefly and a Barn Owl was again showing well at another location in the area. | |||
May
20th |
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A new species for the area this evening, coming during a short moth trapping session at Lound Wood, when a Nightjar flew over the wood and headed off south-west at 23:15h. The bird was obviously migrating and called four times times at regular intervals as it flew over, each time producing a slightly unusually toned short 'churr'. | |||
May
22nd |
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Now two male Reed
Warblers at Eakring Flash, following the arrival
of a second bird overnight. There was also another new
Sedge Warbler there and two Grasshopper Warblers remained.
Another Grasshopper Warbler sang briefly late evening
from Oil-seed Rape at Tug Bridge Farm and is thought
likely to be the same bird present on April 27th. Small
numbers of House Martins and Swifts flew north and
north-east. Highlight of the morning though, was yet another Roe Deer sighting, the fourth such record this year. |
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May
25th |
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A fairly quiet morning again, but the Long-eared Owl was seen again at Eakring Flash. A third Reed Warbler arrived overnight and small numbers of House Martin continue to move through. | |||
May
28th |
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An extremely late Common Sandpiper flew over Lound Wood calling at 21:55h and seemingly heading north. It is possible that it may have spent the day at Eakring Flash, but there was no daytime visit to confirm this. | |||