A report of a Cattle Egret in the horse paddocks at Motspur Park late yesterday afternoon led to me joining Kevin G and Shaun F there at the crack of dawn this morning. Alas, there was no Cattle Egret to be seen and we later learned that it had been a mis-identified Little Egret after all. The couple of hours that I spent on site weren't without interest, though, with an adult ♂
Peregrine on the pylons being the highlight.
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adult ♂ Peregrine at Motspur Park |
Later, Geoff B and I ambled around Canons Farm, seeing/hearing three
Little Owls and seeing that around 40
Skylarks were still around. We popped into Banstead Woods for a short while but all was quiet there. Arriving back at home, a
Stock Dove was perched in the big tree in the garden, a real mega here, and a female
Great Spotted Woodpecker afforded excellent views as it drummed.
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Stock Dove at Belmont |