Black-eared Wheatear
The early arrivals
Black-eared Wheatear
Raptor Viewpoint
New Forest
Adder
Stonechat
Dartford Warbler
As we had arrived at the Yellowlegs a
fellow midland birder told us possible Eastern Black-eared Wheatear had been
reported at Acre Down scheduled to be our next destination ! We were all
buzzing and after a quick pit stop for refeshments it was off to the forest.
Thankfully we landed whilst there was still
car parking available. Once again an easy walk towards the raptor watch point
took us directly to the superb striking Wheatear ! What a bird !
The bird, a dark throated stunning spring male, showed really well and we viewed
from a couple of positions. The bird was favouring some dead branches where I
manage to get a few digiscoped images.
As the Wheatear was showing off to his
audience Rowland found his regular Goshawk perched up when then took flight
allowing me to get the best views I’d ever had of this mighty bird of play,
simply awesome.
As much as we tried we could find any Wood
Larks or Honey Buzzard, the wind looked to have put them out of sight but we did get some great views for
four different Dartford Warblers including a pair just off the main path. Other
sightings included a strange hovering Common Buzzard, endless Stonechats and
Skylarks.
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