After thick fog this morning it finally dispersed to leave a bright but breezy afternoon. In the obs garden a couple Chiffchaffs with one singing and distant views from the patio of auks and a skua sp. heading south.
A quick walk around to the Obs Quarry and one of the Little Owls was out on a ledge, before it flew back into its favourite "cave".
From here I walked up past the Crown Estate Fields with a chap called John from Salisbury. It was fairly quiet with just a few Meadow Pipits, Skylarks and Swallows heading north overhead. Up by Helen's Field there more Swallows in the fields and as we walked back towards Culverwell there were 3 Wheatears on the stone wall separating the fields and a House Martin making is way over the hedges.
We walked through the gap here, and a Lesser Whitethroat was calling to our right, whereupon it flew back to a Blackthorn hedge here. It soon disappeared and as we trying to relocate it, what should appear in the Brambles but a stunning Wood Warbler. We watched it briefly as it made its way up the hedge, but when we tried to get in a better viewing position, it had already moved on. We tried the next field along but apart from another Chiffchaff there was no sign of it, however we did get a Common Whitethroat chattering away to us.
Here are few images from this afternoon:
One of the Little Owls in the Obs Quarry
A Meadow Pipit
The hedgerow which had Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and a stunning Wood Warbler
In the next field a Common Whitethroat chattering away.
There's always a Kestrel close-by.
Birds Recorded: 1 Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, Pheasant, skua sp., Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Razorbill/Guillemot, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, 1 Little Owl, Skylark, 1 House Martin, 20+ Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Dunnock, 3 Wheatear, Blackbird, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Wood Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, Wren, Magpie, Rook, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, 1 Raven, Linnet and Goldfinch.