Busy, busy lately, so this is just a quick summary of what happened on the nature front.
A fortnight ago swifts were flying around the estate merrily. One bird seemed to be entering the eaves of a house across the road. I was starting to have ideas of videoing them but the weather broke at the end of the week and I haven't had even heard them screeching since.
That Thursday I had a meeting in Kendal and was surprised to see a grey wagtail hopping around on the pavement in the town centre. Fair enough the River Kent was not many yards away but I haven't seen one in an urban environment before and if you see a wagtail on country roads. it's always a pied wagtail.
Last Wednesday there was a short bike ride to Ae Forest which I was happy to keep short as I had a heavy cold. I took my time and looked out for redstarts by the stream just before Amisfield Moor without result in by now downright dreary weather. On the moor there were a few pipits and a couple of willow warblers to be seen and I also heard a whitethroat on the run down off it.
Just before the crossroads at Ae Forest a large volley of siskins went through the trees, just as a group of fellow cyclists drew up behind.
Yesterday I was at Kingholm Park for other reasons and another mysterious brown butterfly moved away out of the grass just in front of the Pavilion. That is the third time I've had this experience recently and not been sure what I'd seen, but I'm inwardly convinced it was the same species each time!
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