I had about an hour and a half, and just wanted to see some birds, to see spring. Having missed most of May so far, it was great to be birding again.
Immediately after having been dropped off, I walked to the usual lookout spot, where around 15 birders already were. I set up my deck chair, got my scope out, and soaked up the mid-morning sunshine.
Already, the lovely tones of a nearby Woodlark drifted to my ears, accompanied by plenty of Chiffchaff, Yellowhammer, Whitethroat, and somewhere down in the valley- a Cuckoo. This was lovely. I soon found the Woodlark and took a few pics before getting back to my seat to scan for this site's speciality- the European Honey-Buzzard.
After a few minutes, a Goshawk was found in the distance, but although I got pretty decent scope views, I couldn't get the camera on it for the life of me. O well.
After watching the Goshawk circling for a bit, all of our attentions were turned to two buzzards way off in the distance- one of which was, almost definitely, a Honey-Buzzard. The longer tail and the way it was holding its wings pointed to Honey, and away from common. But, being too far for the camera, I had to settle for distant scope views.
There were quite a few Common Buzzards that came close, and a few distant buzzards that I did photograph, which may have been Honey, but just too distant to be sure of.
There were good numbers of Whitethroat around, and a few more Woodlark were seen, along with a singing Tree Pipit and plenty of Linnets.
A Yellowhammer came and started calling for a while in the tree behind where I was sitting, but it was very hard to spot through the branches.
Another Common Buzzard circled below us for a while, and the Yellowhammer then flew into the open, giving some brilliant views.
Man I've missed birding. This was absolutely wonderful.
Sadly, and all too soon, the time had come to leave. But not without another Woodlark flypast right overhead, a Tree Pipit displaying down below, and one more Common Buzzard pretending to be the sought-after Honey-buzzard.
Well, what a lovely trip. Great birds seen, some close, some far, but all the same, a brilliant mix of species, and it was so great to be back out again this morning. Hopefully, next month I'll be able to get out a bit more once exams are over. But, for now, this was a brilliant place to go and see all the spring birds out and about.
Thank you all very much for reading, good night:)
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