An absolutely remarkable dawn chorus here at Hilfield.... I briefly saw a cuckoo on the 26th. I had a walk on the 27th and saw roe deer, fox, stock dove, linnet, jay and kestrel, as well as two new birds for me at Hilfield, two whitethroats and a lesser black backed gull. The number of gulls spending the day here at Hilfield has been increasing rapidly, particularly in winter, over the last two years and there must be at least 500-1000 present on some days, with up to five species being possible.
Just to add to that, cuckoos have been calling all day, good numbers of spotted flycatchers, chiffchaffs, blackcaps, mistle and song thrushes, greater spotted woodpeckers and treecreepers are present in the woods and lots of buzzards are around as well. There is also a quite stunning number of newts in the pond. An absolutely stunning weekend helped by some great weather!
I also saw my first green woodpecker of the year down in Devon on the 26th.
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