Not one for complaining about a southerly wind, but the change in direction brought about a drastic halt in the finch movement with small numbers of Goldfinch and Linnet apart. With the large numbers of passerines in the area of late, I was bemoaning the lack of Merlin, one duly found this morning sitting in top of bush at the bottom of long wood.

Merlin - 1

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Ring Ouzel - 1

Song Thrush - 4

Mistle Thrush - 1

Rock Pipit - 1

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 30

Skylark - 17

Firecrest - 1

Goldcrest - 15

Chiffchaff - 7

Swallow - 75+

Little Egret - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 2

Yellow-legged Gull - 1

Med Gull - 50+

Curlew - 10

Grey Plover - 7

Merlin

Ring Ouzel

Yellow-legged Gull