Batting by the Home Side

An evening walk to the Mill Lakes produced very little, as it was so late by the time I arrived. There had been a thunderstorm earlier in the evening, and good numbers of Common Swift were hawking insects over the lake. Little Owl was seen in the usual location, and no less than nine Mistle Thrush were feeding in Broad Valley's East Paddock and gathering on the overhead wires. Around the Miller's End area of the Pit Tip, three Pipistrelle bat were seen following a regular route alongside the edge of the woodland - predictable enough for the odd photo.