It was back to the New Forest in July on the Raptor Rapture with Dominic Couzens in the hope of seeing some raptors. The first to pop up was a Kestrel, which decided to hang around, leading to 'Another raptor over there...oh no, it's just the Kestrel'! A couple of Stonechat showed off in the blazing sun and the next Kestrel turned out to actually be a Hobby. There were hundreds of butterflies around including Silver Studded Blue.
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| Pony |
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| Stonechat |
A bit more of a wander led to the top of a hill, where we stood to scan the top of the trees for other raptors. We were lucky enough to see Honey Buzzard - a first for the UK and Goshawk - a lifer! That was a great trip and we were extremely happy (and sunburnt).
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| Stonechat |
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| Treecreeper |
Trip list: 28
Year list: 167
Lifers of year list: 20
