Melbourn ROSEFINCH still present

I had close views of the first-summer male COMMON ROSEFINCH at Foxfield Farm (TL399458) at 8am this morning (down to 10m by the road), but it wasn’t singing.

The householders at Foxfield Farm and Foxfield House have been very tolerant so far, but I notice that one landowner has dug out the ditches on his verges, presumably in response to the maverick few who have been parking on private verges.

Please park ONLY at Kingsway Golf Centre (8am-9.30pm), not by the road, and walk about 200m along the hedge below the power lines.

Still lots of turtle dove activity at Fowlmere NR, plus barn owl chicks spreading their wings in the evenings, juv water rails, etc.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Doug Radford (Fowlmere RSPB warden)