17 August, 2016

Best day of the autumn so far, not in numbers but a good variety of species knocking around the patch, combined totals below.

Tree Pipit - 1 golf course
Redstart - 1 golf course
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 first wood
Whinchat - 2 bread lane field opp the paddock
Yellow Wagtail - 5 bread lane fields opp paddock
Wheatear - 12+
Garden Warbler - 2
Willow Warbler - 24
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 18
Stonechat - 2
Blackcap - 6
Reed Warbler - 11
Sedge Warbler - 1
Treecreeper - 1
Goldcrest - 1
Linnet - c.120
Meadow Pipit - 10
Reed Bunting - 2
Peregrine - 1 gas tower
Sparrowhawk - 2
Kestrel - 2
Grey Partridge - 1
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Green Woodpecker - 3
Sand Martin - 15
Swallow - 37
Sandwich Tern - 8 offshore
Little Egret - 2
Whimbrel - 5 golf course
Oystercatcher - 25w
Redshank - 1
Green Sandpiper - 1 golf course rife