After the excitement of yesterday, I had a bit more of a sedate day today with a morning trip down to Otmoor and then Balscote with Dan. We hit Otmoor at about 10:00am this morning and wandered round the whole reserve. We clocked 2-3 Marsh Harriers, 1 Red Kite, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and 2 Snipe but could not catch up with the long staying Glossy Ibis or 2 Dunlin which were reported. In fact, the reserve was very quiet indeed today with barely any hirundines and no Hobbys whatsoever.
We then popped by Balscote which was also quiet and only held Stock Dove, Tree Sparrow, Linnet, Bullfinch and 37 Lapwing. Butterflys included Marbled White, Gatekeeper, Peacock, Large White, Green Veined White, Meadow Brown and Small Skipper (I think!).
Overall, a bit disheartening but I am sure things will liven up over the next 6 weeks.
After the technical difficulties with the Pacific Golden Plover movie I shot yetserday, I finally managed to upload it today.
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