Tree Pipit by Theo Hortensius
I made two separate trips to Kalmthout Heath over the weekend. Saturday was very hot and it was rather quiet as a result, although there were Stonechats everywhere, with the usual heathland specialties of Tree Pipit and Woodlark also singing. Despite checking lots of trees, I was unable to find a day-roosting Nightjar, so I returned there on Sunday evening to hear them singing. The first one started churring at 21:43 and I even got to see the silhouette of one in flight with what little light remained at 22:00. Whilst waiting for the Nightjars to get going, I managed to locate a singing Pied Flycatcher and enjoyed watching two Hobbies hunting low over the heather for what seemed to be moths, although the first dragonflies were already on the wing.
