Herons, probably from the Millin Pill heronry, have been making daily forays to ponds near Martletwy recently and today was no exception. A Little egret flew into the Eastern Cleddau from that direction a couple of days ago, so perhaps it is also attached to the heronry up that way.
A dozen or so swallows were feeding low over short grass in a recently
cut silage field this afternoon, close to the sheltered edge of some nearby
woodland in the blustery conditions. There didn't seem to be a lot of obvious
insect life in the field but the swallows were managing to find some.
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| Aphids on the nettles seemed to be the main attraction for one of the blue tit families |
Along the field and roadside hedgerows there are now many feeding family parties of blue tits, blackcaps, great tits, chiffchaffs, dunnocks etc. Watching where they were feeding this afternoon reminded us of the natural insect and seed food resources these roadside hedgerows provide and how important it is for their survival that these hedgerows remain uncut at this time of year!
