Having not checked my phone this morning when I got up and even leaving it at home when I decided to visit the Obs, it was a stroke of luck that when I parked up and walked around to the quarry that I found out there was a Wryneck lurking there somewhere.
Mind you it hadn't been seen for a good hour or more, so I wasn't that hopeful of seeing it. But as luck would have it and a wait of 35 minutes it suddenly appeared in the bushes to my far right and flew into the brambles in front of me. Sadly it reappear again and after another 20 minutes or so I made my way off to the Hut Field.
Also in the Obs Quarry were 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Common Whitethroat, a Robin, 2 Blackbirds, 1 Robin and 2 Great Tits.
In the Hut Fields were 4 Wheatear with another 2 along the coast path as I headed up the island.
On the rock along the shoreline were 11 Oystercatchers and overhead several Meadow Pipits, and singles of Pied Wagtail and Yellow Wagtail.
Here are a few images from this morning:
The Obs Quarry where there is always a bit of excitement at this time of year.
Apparently a Chiffchaff with very orange legs.
In the Hut Fields were 4 Wheatears.
This confiding bird let me get quite close for a........
..........nice close-up shot.
While others kept their distance.
And likewise.
A Wheatear stops off in the Hut Fields before heading off across the English Channel
Along the shore-line a great big slab of rock was "home" to.......
.........11 Oystercatchers.
Here are 4 of them and..........
.......another shot of the larger group, with a single bird out of shot.
A party of 11 Oystercatchers
Birds Recorded: Cormorant, Shag, Kestrel, 11 Oystercatcher, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Wryneck, House Martin, Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, 6 Wheatear, Blackbird, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Raven, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Linnet and Goldfinch
Butterflies Recorded: Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, Small Heath, 1 Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral and 2 Painted Lady
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) and Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded: Dragonfly sp.
Ships Today
On the horizon the is the Cargo Ship "RB Leah" flying the flag of the Marshall Islands.
It is on its way from Ijmuiden, Holland to Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada.
More on "RB Leah" Here
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