Notes on birds/wildlife from a nature enthusiast & photographer (copyright Peter Ransome)
Saturday, 8 June 2019
Six dips over three days
On Wednesday 6th June, Josh had found a Marsh Warbler singing on my stomping ground at Fisher Row but I couldn't hear or see it. On Thursday 7th June again after work, he found another this time just past the railway line (in a similar spot to where I found one several years ago) again no sign, it was lovely sunny golden orbed light of an evening, but very nice to see Alison & Chris and catch up and also have a good yarn with Dick F too. Dick kindly showed me where up to 5 female Scarce Chasers were resting on bracken but too far out of reach to photo, but that was not the case for 2 magnificent Norfolk hawkers resting on the same bracken stem right beside the path that posed beautifully until a thundering crescendo of runners feet and 15 runners pounding by just feet away caused one to fly off. Andrew E arrived and instantly found a few more and 2 Scarce Chasers and a Hairy Hawker in tree top foliage. After Andrew E had left I had a very obliging female Scarce Chaser right beside the path just before the bowl. Overall probably 11 (all female) Scarce Chasers and 5 Norfolk Hawkers and 1 Scarce Chaser seen, good compensation for missing the Marsh Warbler. No such luck on Friday 7th June, when amazingly Josh had found a singing Greenish after looking for Richard's earlier Wood Warbler. It was in the north- east corner of the site but there was no sight or sound but good to see Steve P and Andrew E again. I thought there might be young Owls around as I heard a few alrm calls but couldn't find any, Tim B had better success and saw at least 2 Owlets later that evening, so it was a quadruple dip then.
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