Loads of butterflies but no birds

Speckled Wood

Comma

This morning I decided to head oop north to Napton on the Hill to search for the Spotted Flycatchers and Redstarts that many of the local birders have been mentioning recently.  As I have not been there for about three years, I needed directions from Dan and was soon at the relevant location.

Red Admiral

Unfortunately for me, it was very windy and everything was hunkered down, I gave up and looked for some sheltered spots on the footpath down by the Windmill but even there could only pick up on a family of Bullfinch and a couple of Whitethroats.

After returning home and a leisurely lunch with my birder's wife, we headed out to Hampton Wood for a stroll which again was birdless, so I decided to change my approach and searched for butterflies instead.  We managed numerous Speckled Woods, some Large Whites and Green-Veined Whites, a single Red Admiral and a single Comma.  We also chanced upon three Fallow Deer and a Kingfisher.  Later on, we then took a stroll on the Racecourse which again had nothing except for the Goldfinch flock which is now at about 25 birds.

Kingfisher