Tuesday 30th April

 A day out today with a couple of mates and our first stop was at Lydlinch Common in Dorset were we only saw 2 Garden Warbler , 2 Blackcap and a Common Chiffchaff .

So we then went for a look at the Ulners Gorse nature reserve and we were lucky enough to see the bird that we were looking for a Common Nightingale !

We then went to have a look around Salisbury Plain and we saw the following , 4 Red Kite , 3 Common Whitethroat , 5 Great Bustard , around a dozen Corn Bunting , 4 Common Skylark , 3 Roe Deer and a few Brown Hare .

We finished the day of at Marlborough Down and saw 3 more Corn Bunting , a Northern Wheatear and a smart looking Yellowhammer .

Red Kite ( Milvus milvus ) . Salisbury Plain . Wiltshire

 

Great Bustard ( Otis tarda ) ( Female ) . Salisbury Plain . Wiltshire

 

Common Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) . Salisbury Plain . Wiltshire

 

Corn Bunting ( Miliaria calandra ) . Salisbury Plain . Wiltshire

 

Yellowhammer ( Emberiza citrinella ) . Marlborough Down . Wiltshire

 

The Last 2 Days

 The last 2 days I have had a look at the Exminster Marshes where I saw . a male Gadwall , 6 Little Egret , a Cattle Egret , 4 Common Sandpiper , 5 Whimbrel , numerous Barn Swallow & Common House Martin around a dozen Common Sand Martin , 3 Common Swift , 2 Sedge Warbler , a European Reed Warbler , a male Reed Bunting and a calling Common Cuckoo .