7th October : Watermead Lake Aylesbury. 

Spent a couple of hours at Watermead Lake.

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Yellow Wagtails.

Birds turned up on Autumn passage at three sites locally, one in flight over our house, seven on a local farm & four in the Misbourne Valley.

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9th September : Kestrel

Two Kestrels taking advantage of the wind at Pitstone Hill today.

Second bird.

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9th September : Pitstone Hill.

Spent four & a half hours on Pitstone Hill today, didn't cover much ground, but saw plenty of birds.

Looking towards Ivinghoe Beacon.

Stonechat

Whinchat

Meadow Pipit

Chiffchaff

Yellowhammer

Pitstone Windmill in the distance.

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Goldfinches.

Goldfinches enjoying a preen after having a bath.

 

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Garden Bird Bath.

Last year I sunk a disused metal dustbin lid in the ground as a mini bird bath, with all the dry weather during this past summer it's really been paying dividends, providing some great close up opportunities.

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Greenfinches. 

Greenfinches have been visiting the garden in good numbers with up to 20 being seen on several occasions. 

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28th July : Crossbills.

I made three visits to the Great Hampden woods where up to 150 Crossbills have been seen. First visit I drew a blank, second visit was far more rewarding, when as I entered the wood I found one resting high up in the canopy, a bit further in twenty or so were preening, feeding & flitting through the tree tops. 

I'd heard that there was a pool somewhere in the woods that they were drinking from, noticing the birds dropping down some distance away, I eventually located them on some low branches just above the pool that was out of sight.

On my third visit the weather was dull, only managed to see one bird, though it did provide this atmospherical photo.

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