First thing this morning both Deer Park and Trehill fields felt pretty quiet: just Stonechats and a handful of Meadow Pipits. But, at about 1000, Chiffchaffs started falling into the valley, sitting on the Deer Park wall, and hawking out and around the sallows. I lost count at a dozen at any one time, with a handful of male Blackcaps thrown in. Most were quiet: only one was in full song.
About an hour later the Wheatears arrived. The field directly next to the NT car park has been fallow for two years now, and has a stunning collection of wild flowers and plants. And the Wheatears gravitated to it: again, up to a dozen at a time, split approximately two thirds males, one third females.
Most had moved on by the evening, but not all. Really looking forward to see what/who arrives tomorrow.
