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| Siskin, Devon, March 2020 (Copyright TD Wright) |
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| Coal Tit, Devon, March 2020 (Copyright TD Wright) |
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| Little Owl, Devon, March 2020 (Copyright TD Wright) |
I've missed out on the waves of Spring migrants so far. Even spending time looking around the Yacht Club, Tramsheds, Bovis estate, Borrow Pit and Seaton Marshes yesterday failed to produce any migrants at all! (Unless you count a lone Chiffchaff singing at Borrow Pit which I don't as they overwinter).
However, the
signs of Spring are definitely there. At Sidmouth Road Cemetery today the Greenfinches, Chaffinches and Wrens were all carrying nest material. A Green Woodpecker looked magnificent in its Spring plumage. The primroses were out too. In the evenings the Little Owl is calling repeatedly. The Grey Wagtails are nestbuilding and displaying. Several species of butterfly have been on the wing.
I don't mind waiting a little longer for the out-and-out Summer visitors and passage migrants. Just means more fun still to come. Which might help us birders get through this difficult time of Pandemics and Brexit shortages. Good luck, everyone.
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