Round-up of the last week: last Thursday saw the most recent sighting of female
marsh harrier. Uneventful WEBS on Saturday, but Monday saw a
sparrowhawk hunting round Gupton Farm and a
red kite sailed over the Corse while I watched two displaying pairs of
ravens. Also 2
chough. A flock of 30
golden plover stuck around for 3 days this week. At least 3
Cetti's singing in various parts of the Corse, several
water rail calling. Today, I watched a ringtail
hen harrier for an hour as it quartered the reedbed, Kilpaison Burrows and the Starman's Hall area.
It even settled in the grass for a while, with just its head showing - not quite up to Jean Dovey standards but this was unusual so I thought worth posting! Also a different sparrowhawk, near the hide, and a flock of 8 chough near Starman's Hall. Lots of resident passerines in song and displaying, but no migrants.
