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First thing outside this morning I was pleased to get a garden tick in the form of a male Stonechat perched on the phone wires above our drive. I've never had this species on any of my garden lists so its a good record. They are usually down along the coast path at Howick Haven about half a mile away. It flushed before I could retrieve the camera.
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After breakfast we had a walk to the pond to feed the swans and back by the hall. On the route were 2 Gadwall on the pond still, 64 Pinkfeet and 30 Greylags flew south, 3 Redpolls and a few Siskins were in the woods. Blackbirds and Song Thrushes have arrived in force over the past couple of days with large numbers in all hedgerows / woods etc. The sun even prompted 2 Song Thrushes into song. Later, 5 Skylarks and about 80 Lapwings flew south.
This Kestrel, above, spent a while in the village too later seen harassing the local Buzzard.
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In the wood this Japanese Maple was stunning...
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Two butterflies today, Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell. If the weather forecast is right they might well be the last...
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Above - Shaggy Inkcaps or Lawyers Wig in varying stages of growth and decay.
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Above - This is the moth I thought might be Autumnal Moth?
Later we went to Craster for lunch and I had to take the picture below. An Aston Martin Vantage on the drive of an ex-council elderly persons bungalow. Imagine them popping to the shops in it. Its a better class of pensioner in these parts you know... :)
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