30 August, 2014

Another blustery start to the day with some sparodic showers early morning but with the wind decreasing and the sun shinning the birds began to show.

Merlin - 1 juv female flew over bread lane
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 golf course
Spotted Flycatcher - 1
Tree Pipit - 1
Redstart - 3
Whinchat - 4-5
Garden Warbler - 2
Lesser Whitethroat - 3
Wheatear - 17
Yellow Wagtail - 30
Grey Wagtail - 1
Pied Wagtail - 2
Blackcap - 22
Whitethtroat - 40
Reed Warbler - 2
Chiffchaff - 2
Willow Warbler - 5
Reed Bunting - 3
Linnet - c100
Meadow Pipit - 7
Green Woodpecker - 3
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Buzzard - 2
Sparrowhawk - 1
Mediterranean Gull - 2
Little Egret - 2
Grey Heron - 4
Ringed Plover - 34
Green Sandpiper - 1 fields north golf course
Sand Martin - 25
Swift - 3
Swallow good numbers moving west

Long staying Redstart bread lane

One of several in ploughed fields off bread lane