Saturday in the drizzle of mid morning found a superb male Ring Ouzel in the pony paddock near the Coastguard HQ,he took flight towards the Hole and I followed on to find another 15/20 birds in the hawthorns at the bottom of the valleys..
RING OUZEL
RING OUZEL
Went back today in sunnier conditions and there were still quite a few birds in situ-
they appeared to be feeding on worms rather than berries this morning perhaps yesterdays rain had brought more to the surface.
A Redstart was also in the hole along with a good mix of birds including coal tit,yellowhammer,corn bunting,redpoll,linnet ,greenfinch,chaffinch,blackcap,chiffchaff,goldfinch,grey partridge and green woodpecker.Towards Fan Bay a Short Eared Owl was flushed from the grass and was immediately set upon by the local peregrine but not seriously.
REDSTART
GREEN WOODPECKER
.SMALL COPPER still on the wing
HERCULES TRANSPORT PLANE two of them provided a very noisy fly past on Friday afternoon
This one came very low and very close to the cliffs.
CUMULO NIMBUS OVER FRANCE.
KEARSNEY SUNSET
Nice one Phil, I always think that the hole should turn up more stuff, my annual visit always seems to be quite productive, great pics :-)
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