The linnets at Gupton Farm (Castlemartin Corse) continue to amaze. I arrived during a brief lull in sparrowhawk activity just as both sets of electricity wires were full, with a large flock flying up from the fodder crop below. 2 photos to get them all in, birds counted on screen at home - there are 971 in the first photo, 1560 in the second (430 on wires, 1130 in that flock). Not counted were the many more still out of sight in the crop at that moment, or the mixed groups of linnets and goldfinches encountered along the tracks.
Significant because it reflects success for the NT's new planting and cropping regime at Gupton.
971 linnets in this photo, and at same moment...
1560 here - 430 on wires, 1130 in flock coming up from field
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