| The Lincolnshire Bird Club http://www.lbcarchive.co.uk/forum/ |
|
| Spotted Flycatchers : Dunsby/Edenham - 1st July http://www.lbcarchive.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=25763 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | Freddy Johnson [ Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Spotted Flycatchers : Dunsby/Edenham - 1st July |
a.Dunsby (near Bourne) : Further to Hugh Dorrington's post of 22nd June (below), I drove down to Dunsby today (1st July) from Lincoln. Hugh had kindly offered to show me 3 Spotted Flycatcher 2017 territories in the village where young birds had recently fledged and had remained in the area. We recorded : Territory 1 : Adult feeding a young bird on posts at the edge of a field, with the second adult in the vicinity. Territory 2 : Adult feeding a young bird, plus we checked the empty nest from which the young birds had recently fledged. Territory 3 : The empty nest was behind a wooden trellis on a house wall. That visit to Dunsby was the fourth or fifth yearly occasion on which Hugh has shown me the village's SpotFlys......many thanks, Hugh. b. Edenham (near Bourne) : En route to Dunsby, I had visited the small village of Edenham, particularly the Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels. In fact, it was a revisit as the churchyard is a traditional nesting site for SpotFly. I wasn't disappointed, recording an adult bird flycatching from an ancient Yew and also gravestones. An enjoyable day out in the sun after the recent spell of miserable weather we've been experiencing. Freddy |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|