We are at the very beginning of the migratory season, and the signs of migration are staring to show. We still have a lot of the wintering birds here, but migrants are coming along.
I was out yesterday and today in the region to have a look what the migration is looking like. First of all, there are more and more Swifts, both Common and Pallid, that are frolicking above the southern circular field in Yotvata. This morning, as I left, the numbers were increasing, with about two hundred flying around. A 3-to-1 split between Common Swifts and Pallid Swifts. There were a few Barn Swallows in the mix, as well as Rock Martins. I had four Corn Buntings there,two, as well as a small flock of Skylarks.
At the northern circular field, there is the flock of Red-throated Pipits in the tall grass, but today, no Little Bunting. Here is a picture of it from last week.
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| Little Bunting |
Two Isabelline Wheatears were doing what seemed to be mating displays, but no good photos of it. There was the usual mix of Crested Larks, Ringed Plovers, Skylarks in this field, too. The manure piles there had very few birds on them, just one lone Stonechat and one White Wagtail.
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| Stonechat |
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| Egyptian Goose |
A short visit to Yotvata sewage revealed a pair of Egyptian Geese, and very little else. The place is almost deserted, with very few White Wagtails, a small flock of Spanish Sparrows, a lone Bluethroat, a few Graceful Prinias calling, and two Little Green Bee-eaters. Not having that much to do, I took a couple of pictures of the resident flock of Tristram's Starlings that makes the car park and surrounding trees it home.
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| Tristram's Starlings |
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