Spent the afternoon at Upton Warren with my Mum. Highlights 3 Black Tailed Godwits briefly on The Flashes, 2 Green Sandpipers and a distant Little Owl.
SATURDAY 28th JUNE
On a journey to London we counted 13 Red Kites around the Chilterns area, providing an effortless year tick. Other roadside bird entertainment included a couple of Kestrels, several Buzzards and a Peregrine.
FRIDAY 4th JULY
Upton Warren Flashes - Mainly to check on waders again. Four Green Sandpipers this time also 4 Oystercatchers, 5 Redshank and 10 Curlews.
Later we had a walk round nearby Pipers Hill Common (AKA Dodderhill Common, AKA Hanbury Woods) which is an ancient woodland managed by Worcs Wildlife Trust. I've only just heard of this place in a book, but I suspect some of the information could now be a bit outdated. In the past the wood has held birds such as Wood Warbler, Redstart, Nightingale, Pied and Spotted Flycatcher, but its not clear if any of these are still around (Nightingale is almost extinct in Worcs I think). A springtime visit could be interesting and perhaps forages for Owls in the nearer future. We didn't see or hear much, just really common stuff like Wren, Robin and a load of Jackdaws.
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