Grizzlies

Mons Pool held 7 Ringed Plovers and a Dunlin this morning - the latter also present last night with a single Ringed Plover. The best bird of the weekend, however, was a Spotted Flycatcher briefly along Northcroft Lane on Sunday - my first ever spring patch bird. There have been plenty of Swifts around of late too, with 300+ on Saturday and c.100 on Sunday. 

This afternoon, I went looking for Grizzled Skippers. Numbers were slightly disappointing, despite the warmth; however, the rather breezy conditions probably didn't help. Nevertheless, I found 4 at Staunton Quarry, 2 on the ramp at the southern end of the Cotham Sustrans route, and 1 at Cotham Station - but there I couldn't find any on the disused railway line between Cotham and Kilvington Lakes.