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This morning I checked out an area in one of my Atlas Squares called Spital Road Pit (sw edge of Coldbrook). Despite being a working pit (at times) it proved last summer to have quite a variety of birdlife (along with other creatures). - There were 5 Alder Flycatchers singing. I recall there were a few more last summer. - A Bank Swallow colony has increased dramatically. Last summer there were ~20 nestholes. Today I counted 26 in one gravel face & 48 in another. Obviously this is a new colony. Last summer I thought they had little chance since the gravel faces they were nesting in, were being worked on intermittently. However this year they are nesting much higher so I presume they are safe from the front end loader. - Spotted Sandpipers nested here in 2006 but no sign of them this year. - Red-eyed Vireo, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Redstart, Least Flycatcher & many other species were heard. - I heard one short high-pitched sound I was confused by. It turned out to be a 2nd year male Redstart. It's a standing joke with the group I usually bird with that any confusing bird song can be ticked as a Redstart!! - I was intrigued by something oddly shaped that "floated" by me a few times. It finally landed and I was able to get a photo.The shape and pattern of their bodies suggests (a mating pair of) stoneflies & I presume, because of their size would be "Taeniopterygid broadbacks". However the extremely long legs would suggest something else. Note the red on the legs and parts of the body. Help! http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/520342445/ Angus
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