Turtle Dove at Alciston

My Term 6, 2016 birdlist got exciting on Tuesday with a wonderful Turtle Dove at Alciston, only the second time I have seen one.

Apocalyptic thunderstorms to the west and north in the distance, but Alciston was dry.

Turtle Dove just before it flew to an Ash tree and began calling.

A walk in the surrounding fields gave several sightings of Red-legged Partridge and two splendid 'countryside' Foxes.

My Term 6 list has reached 32 species, with the previous record from 2015 being 76.

Wren, Alciston