More Badgers at the Allotment

On Tuesday (21st) after a busy morning helping dad cut and split firewood ready for next winter, I had a wader around Paston Cliffs. Towards the Paddocks a couple of Meadow Pipit and Pied Wagtail were all of note, still no Wheatear! Walking East a small group of Meadow Pipit flew through, among them a rather dark individual looked like it may have been a Rock Pipit, the birds only briefly alighted on the cliff face and I couldn't get a decent view. At least 8 Yellowhammer are still present and the Linnet flock surprisingly seems larger than during the winter. The field closest to the Gas Terminal was being ploughed and planted with potatoes, most of the gulls normally on the beach had headed up top. The Glaucous Gull present in the area for a while was unmissable, joined mainly by Herring and Black-headed Gull but also 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull. 5 Stock Dove joined in the feast.

Early Tuesday morning I had set up the camera trap while at the allotment, and after collecting it on Thursday as further images of badgers. These looked smaller/slimmer than previous clips so I wonder if these are younger individuals? During day light hours the camera was set off at regular intervals by a steam of small birds coming in to collect nesting material from the detritus of old bedding spread by the badger's sett. Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock, Robin, Chaffinch and more interesting Long-tailed, this means i must now lookout for the delight of a Long-tail Tit nest nearby.