Nice Yellow Wagtail Aston End

Had it not been incredibly hot last weekend, I would have taken a walk round Aston End on the Bank Holiday Monday, so with the weather being a bit better I did it today. If news been positive yesterday Colin and I would have tried to get the Brown Booby off St Ives in Cornwall, but with no sighting since early Thursday morning we decided not to go down there. Its a long exhausting overnight trip, not something I enjoy these days, as it really takes it out of me.
Anyway, the two hour five mile stroll wasn't too bad, but it seemed that birds were in short supply. No Skylarks for example. All the fields had been harvested, and some already ploughed, so whether the breeding birds had been pushed off or not Im not sure. I've tended to assume there is a small permanent population supplemented by migrant and wintering birds.
Basically the usual circuit started in the plantation by Gresley way where there was a big tit flock. The hedges along the lanes were pretty quiet with odd Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps now and again, and a rather smart Lesser Whitethroat at Lords Farm. Now and again small parties of Swallows were heading south, with a much bigger feeding flock near the paddocks by the river. While watching them, I heard a Yellow Wagtail. Initially I assumed it was a flyover but I heard it again and saw it in a ploughed field. Got a few photos before it eventually flew east.

There aren't many flowering plants around in the fields and margins, so there weren't many butterflies, thought Small Whites were seen frequently. There were a couple of Painted Ladies in a small sunny spot, and there were a couple of Red Admirals, Peacocks and Speckled Woods, plus a single Common Blue.

Got home to discover that the Booby had been seen at well from 1030am on the eastern side of the bay and then settled on rocks close to shore in St Ives itself, then flew off west around 1230.