Nightjarring!

An evening 'jarring' on Kelling Heath has become an annual event for Linda, Peter, Sue and me: last night the weather was perfect, so we left home at 6.30 and were in our favourite spot by 7.40.

For the next couple of hours we watched Dartford Warblers flitting through the gorse: on occasion they actually flew in between us! We saw at least two juveniles and two adults, but they never perched for a photo!

Stonechats were more obliging: a pair of adults were busily feeding a couple of cute juveniles right until it was almost dark.

This being the longest day and all that, the Nightjars didn't start churring until nearly 10pm, but when they did there semed to be quite a few present. One obliging individual called continuously and made forays from a nearby tree: you may need to turn up the volume.

 Other birds included a croaking Woodcock, Yellowhammer and, of course, lots of Linnets!