Another fine day and another circuit of the farm, this time rewarded with seven
Lapwings which dropped in just as I was about to drive to Banstead Woods to meet up with Darragh C. In the Woods we caught up with four
redpolls, following three I had over the farm earlier (along with two
Siskins). We spent a little time trying to photograph the
Meadow Pipits in Hither Field which were unusually obliging.
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| Lapwings at Canons |
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| Meadow Pipit at Banstead Woods |
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| ♂ Bullfinch at Banstead Woods |
After managing to site-tick the drake
Shoveler at Carshalton Ponds on a drive-by, in the afternoon Christian C and I had a mooch around Hundred Acre at Beddington. We located the
Siberian Chiffchaff and a couple of
Water Pipits, and on my walk back a
Woodcock flew by in the gloam (my first at Beddington!). It was impressive to see 2,000 or so
Jackdaws flying to roost on Mitcham Common.
