It was that sort of a day with our special walk round with David Lindo and myself drawing an appreciative crowd of patient followers. The sun was beaming all day and alight westerly wind stopped us from overheating in excess layers.
Chiffchaffs and a subdued Blackcap sang from the woodland and Brimstone, Comma, Small Tor and Peacock butterflies were on the wing as well as a few more Drone flies and a couple of furry Bee flies
Brimstone ---perched!!!! (HTV)
Bee Fly (Mark Hart)
A Green Woodpecker yaffled and as we were looking down at some Marsh Frogs, David was looking up and voila.... Red Kite on the list!
Magnificent! Much snapping ensued and we followed it till it headed out over Wennington Marsh and the Silt Lagoons where it still remained low and actively looking for a snack...
(Tony Orwell)
(Marianne Taylor)
Cetti's sang but never showed and we were unlucky not to see the Bearded Tits that Basil T saw after we passed him at the Dragonfly Pool but it was a great walk on a beautiful spring day and David was a star as ever.
A smiley Henry Wyn-Jones with David....
Hopefully we can do something similar in the autumn....
16-3-14
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer