It's that quiet time of year when most birds are busy breeding and made worse by the fact that most hides are closed, so time to see what was going on at the Wallington road. It wasn't long before a Red Kite wafted over, joined by another three when the farmer arrived on his tractor to turn his hay.
A couple of Goldfinches were posing amongst the Hemlock seed-heads, and this one luckily delayed its departure until I was ready. A little further along a Corn Bunting was jangling at the side of the track.
A pair of Meadow Pipits were looking for insects in the newly-cut hay and posed for photos a couple of times.
But the stars of the show today were the Sky Larks which were fairly active feeding on the oats in the field, singing from the air and, much easier from a photography perspective, singing from the ground.
This one was cocking his eye skyward to assess a potential threat.
It took me a while to work out where this one was singing from as it was well concealed in amongst some Mugwort and Bristly Ox-tongue.
What a lovely relaxing way to spend an afternoon.
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