September 5th

Today started bright and sunny, with some warmth early on.  No doubt this encouraged the 20+ juv swallows to sit on the telegraph wires early on, with others feeding around the fields.
There was 1 Yellow Wagtail with the cattle this morning, plus a flock of Pied Wagtails.  The first Meadow Pipit flew over calling.

Birds are returning to the feed station, with a Nuthatch regularly present, thier constant calling readily make their presence known. A small number of Tree Sparrows are present, hopefully more as the autumn progresses.

A visit to a local lake produced several Chiffchaff, Little Grebes and Water Rail.  Two were calling from the reeds, making them invisible.  Both Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker were calling.  Several Speckled Wood butterflies were out, plus one Small Tortoiseshell and a Green-Veined  White.