August 30th 2009

The wind finally dropped in the night and I was out early as the last night clubbers staggered home intending to work the footpath from Dunchurch to Grandborough.
At least 2 Barn Owl seen and another heard in the distance along with a Tawny Owl while at day break the lagoons had 2 Snipe, Little Ringed Plover and female Ruff.
Due to the clear night the morning was cold so smaller birds were slow to emerge but as the sun rose there were two good tit flocks with one numbering 50+ birds made up of mainly Great and Blue Tits but also included 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler and 6 Long-tailed Tits while the second was around the 30+ mark and contained 12 Long-tailed Tit and Coal Tit.
On returning to Trog the hedgerow bordering the M45 had many warblers including Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat and a Blackcap and down the Southam Rd the second large field on the left had a juvenile Wheatear and 3 Red-legged Partridge.
Decided to give the pond a miss and continued to work the valley but by this time it clouded over and apart from a visible migration of Swallows mid-morning heading south it was hard work with only a Wheatear along the Hill Rd and a Spotted Flycatcher at Sawbridge for my efforts.

Richard