Monday, 18 April 2011

whinchat and whitethroat

A very early stroll down the railway line at Cors Caron today produced my first( for this year)
whinchat and whitethroat.
Later this afternoon a brief stop at Tan Y Bwlch beach yielded 4 wheatears, one of which was very peachy/rusty.

A female pied fly arrived on Sat afternoon, the male having set up territory on Friday,and by this evening had built her nest in the camera box. Last year the female in the camera box needed a lot of persuading to take up residence and the male had to encourage nest building by taking in the odd leaf, they raised 6 young. I wonder if this is the same pair and that this time she knows the score.