No blog activity this week. I've been internet free for a week at the famous (amongst ringers at least) Icklesham site in East Sussex. It's been rather nice having not having to deal with email for a week.
Back on the patch this morning before the rain set in. It was depressing. Highlights were a new brood of
little grebe (three) and a year-tick
stock dove.
It depresses me even more to hear of the new scrapes at Newton coming up trumps with a Stilt Sandpiper. It's brilliant for the
Stringer, he has put a lot of work in there and deserves some good birds. Druridge could and should be pulling in birds like stilt sandpiper. It won't attract any passage waders this autumn and won't again until the Budge fields are properly grazed. The frustrating thing for me is that I can't do anything about the situation....
Here are some photos from today.
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| Hoverfly Helophilus trivittatus |
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| Hoverfly Helophilus trivittatus |
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| Green-veined white 'on the job' |
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| small skipper on knapweed |
