Carterton/Alvescot
300 Meadow Pipit: late pm. firstly – at least a 100 put up from stubble by a sparrowhawk. Later I noted flocks totalling c200 descending from very high = c200. 20:43.
11 Yellowhammer: put up by sparrowhawk. 20:43.
2 Siskin: heard twice overhead, nut not seen. Not a wooded area and not recorded here by me. Both times mipits were in the air too. 20:43.
300 Meadow Pipit: late pm. firstly – at least a 100 put up from stubble by a sparrowhawk. Later I noted flocks totalling c200 descending from very high = c200. 20:43.
11 Yellowhammer: put up by sparrowhawk. 20:43.
2 Siskin: heard twice overhead, nut not seen. Not a wooded area and not recorded here by me. Both times mipits were in the air too. 20:43.
Mick Cunningham