This morning me and TSO drove up to a local site well known for cuckoo sightings in May ,along with lots of other good stuff. We knew it was rather late for cuckoos but were hoping to get the usual handful of nifty ticks ... Tree Pipits Pied Flys, Redstarts, Wood Warblers, Spot Flys, Green Peckers, Whinchats, Goldcrests ... all good stuff. BUT ...... the really interesting thing was ... the species that WEREN'T there ! The first thing we noticed were many almost leafless trees ..... most unusual. It seems that everything is a month behind due to the crap weather. And the first thing you usually get are Tree Pipits ..... every other small tree usually has a Treep singing away conspicuously ... this time ... none. Very odd. But interesting. And we only managed to find 1 (one !) Redstart and one (1!) Pied Flycatcher. Crumbs. Wood Warblers ... none. Woodpeckers ... none. 1 (one) Orange Tip butterfly fluttered by. Lots of Willow Warblers ... no chiffs. It all seemed very odd. So ..we drove home. Adref, in your actual Welsh. Maybe, just maybe, it could have all been a dream ... So ..let's have some dreamy music .... ...and here's the "sing-along" version ... you know you want to ...
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