Friday 10th November 2023.
It has been quite a dismal wet last few days and even early this morning, the rain doth fall once more. Thankfully, it eased up and a bit of sunshine finally broke through this morning and so after my first shift over Pembroke Road, I took Buddy and Ted for a walk around Highland Road Cemetery again. Though very damp around the Cemetery, as per usual, there is always something to look at there and today, the male Sparrowhawk put on a great display by flying over my head and circling round a couple of times until it spotted something and went into a stoop to the south.
Only 18 species were seen or heard this morning, which was a lot quieter of late and apart from the Sparrowhawk, the other reasonably decent birds were heard only and that included the Green Woodpecker and Chaffinch, though I did see the Jay briefly.
The birds or heard this morning included the following:
- Herring Gull
- Carrion Crow
- Jay
- Magpie
- Blue Tit
- Great Tit
- Chaffinch
- Goldfinch
- Starling
- Wren
- Pied Wagtail
- Sparrowhawk (male)
- Feral Pigeon
- Wood Pigeon
- Collared Dove
- Robin
- Blackbird
- Green Woodpecker
There were plenty of Agaricus toadstools around the Cemetery today, but there were no other fungi seen. Insects were at a premium this morning as well with only a few Common Wasps seen. All in all, a rather quiet morning walk around the Cemetery today. In Hampshire, the long-staying female Long-tailed Duck was still on Hayling Oyster Beds and 2 female Goosanders and a Red-throated Diver were off Brownwich this morning. It looks very promising for a Waxwing invasion this winter as large numbers have been recorded in northern England and slowly making their way down. Fingers crossed.
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