Early morning trip to Sutton Park partly to try and avoid the predicted downpour where ironically enough the day just got warmer and warmer and the clouds gradually disappeared.
Highlights today was seeing three Buzzard and two Kestrel all in the air at the same time above the heathland, that was until one of the Kestrels startled a Green Woodpecker or vice versa which prompted the Green Woodpecker to make one hell of a noise which in turn startled all nearby birds. The Green Woodpecker was also nice to see because along with another highlight, a pair of Treecreeper, they are birds you just see enough these days.
Birds seen today were, Kestrel Buzzard, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Treecreeper, Wren, Robin, Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Song Thrush, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard and Canada Goose.
Another highlight was finding an area of roughly sixty square foot under some Silver Birch trees which held hundreds of Funghi, I was in my element snapping them all away with my camera, of which I'll post more on my Flickr, it made up for the lack of butterflies, all I saw today was the Gatekeeper (in the photo) and a lone Small White, very poor indeed.
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