A Quiet End to June

So for the last post of June, we don't have much to report. A walk around our lock down route around our field and canal produced very little. The canal was empty, not even a Coot, Moorhen or Mallard in sight. Just Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird and Tits in the wood, the only photo of note was a Blackbird perhaps trying to cool down on the path;

The highlight of the walk was an Apache Helicopter with its 30mm Chain Gun at the ready looking for people ignoring lock down rules! Actually it was probably en-route to RAF Cosford judging by the direction it was going.

By Monday the weather had changed temperature dropping from 30+ to just 15 degrees and the wind was a tad fierce, causing havoc in the garden. We had booked a slot at Charlecote Park National Trust for the afternoon, but looking at the weather, I was in two minds if we should go, but we did.

We were disappointed to find only a third of the estate land was open, with the best birding sites closed off, still we braved the wind and cold and walked where we could. The house gate house provided probably the best birding moment;

A young House Martin, probably near fledging, looking for its parents to return with a tasty morsel. There were tons of swifts flying around and the feeders to the side of the house produced just Blue and Great Tit and some Goldfinch.

We were surprised when a Little Egret flew down the river, but then apart from corvids and pigeon, not much else to report.