Summer embers at Shorncote

23 Oct - A sunny warm morning at Shorncote, surely one of the last of the year? as usual several highlights - a flock of 12 Shoveler, Water Rails calling, a Snipe and a Green Sandpiper in flight and 21 Lapwings. 2 Green Woodpeckers seen several times in flight, and briefly feeding on the ground. Male and female Sparrowhawk both hunting, Meadow Pipits on the move, 3 Stonechats and my first Shorncote winter Thrushes of the season in the form of several small Fieldfare/ Redwing flocks. Little Egrets at Shorncote, Cattle Egrets at Waterhay and a Great White Egret at Eysey made it a 3-Egret day.