A night ‘jarring’ on Kelling Heath has turn into an annual occasion for Linda, Peter, Sue and me: final evening the climate was good, so we left house at 6.30 and had been in our favorite spot by 7.40.
For the subsequent couple of hours we watched Dartford Warblers flitting by way of the gorse: now and again they really flew in between us! We noticed a minimum of two juveniles and two adults, however they by no means perched for a photograph!
Stonechats had been extra obliging: a pair of adults had been busily feeding a few cute juveniles proper till it was virtually darkish.
This being the longest day and all that, the Nightjars did not begin churring till almost 10pm, however once they did there semed to be fairly a number of current. One obliging particular person known as constantly and made forays from a close-by tree: it’s possible you’ll want to show up the amount.
Different birds included a croaking Woodcock, Yellowhammer and, in fact, a lot of Linnets!
