Out and about

Two hours spent on Lower Hollesley in lovely sunny weather proved to be very rewarding.  There were several Grayling flitting over the heather; I checked a Dartford Warblers nest, which had previously held eggs but now had three young but were too small to ring.  I was then shown a Skylarks nest, my first ever built in pure heather.

It was then off to the coast to a Corn Bunting hotspot, where at least six males are on territory.  The first nest was on the ground in grass and had three young birds and a second nest was built about twelve inches from the the ground in a thick cover of wheat and held two eggs.

Two Grayling

Skylarks nest built in heather

Young Skylarks

Skylark chick

Corn Bunting nest with two well marked eggs