Jacki 12/08/23  9.00 - 13.00.  Blashford North  All appears OK. Some of the sightings from this morning:

• A commotion of coots
• A swim of cormorants
• A dole of doves
• A sord of mallards
• A gaggle of geese
• A water dance of grebes
• A screech of gulls
• A crown of kingfishers
• A circlage of martins
• A plump of moorhens
• A booby of nuthatches
• A colony of sand martins
• A lamentation of swans
• A volery of wagtails
• A descent of woodpeckers

Ref: Fanous. S (2014) A Conspiracy of Ravens. Oxford. Bodliean Library, University of Oxford.           Images: Bewick. T (1797 - 1804) History of British Birds.