16th August

The rising at 5.45am
Green Woodpecker juvenile playing hide and seek.
Brown Hawker ovipositing.


Swift: 1 flew south at 6.30am, most birds will soon have departed the UK, try and beat your latest date.
Willow Warbler: 10 birds mainly in area 1.
Chiffchaff: 8 birds most feeding with the above in the oak trees in area 1.
Garden Warbler: 1 in area 29 mainly to the right of the feeders in area 29.
Blackcap: 7 birds in area 29.
Grey Wagtail: 1 feeding in the moat surrounding the Giraffes in the zoo.