With news that there were at least 3 Ring Ouzels, a few Serin and 2 Cirl Buntings in and around the Crown Estate Fields, it would have been a shame not to drive a couple of miles to see them.
As per usual the Ring Ouzels had gone and the Serin were impossible to find. However I did hear a Cirl Bunting singing in Culverwell before it flew south.
Other highlights were:
Whimbrel - 7 heading east over the Higher Lighthouse.
House Martin - 4 heading north over the Crown Estate Fields.
Swallow - 2 heading north over the Crown Estate Fields.
Tree Pipit - heading north over the Crown Estate Fields.
Common Redstart - 1 in the Crown Estate Fields and 1 close to Helen's Fields
Wheatear - 14 in the top fields
Common Whitethroat - 2 in the Crown Estate Fields
Chiffchaff - a few mainly in the Obs Garden
Willow Warbler - a few mainly in the Obs Garden
Pied Flycatcher - a female in the Crown Estate Fields
Birds Recorded:
Kestrel
7 Whimbrel
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Skylark
4 House Martin
2 Swallow
2 Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Dunnock
Robin
2 Stonechat
1 Common Redstart
14 Wheatear
Blackbird
2 Common Whitethroat
5+ Chiffchaff
5+ Willow Warbler
1 Pied Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
1 Cirl Bunting
Seven Whimbrel heading east over the Higher Lighthouse and Coastguard Lookout
A Meadow Pipit surrounded by a field of Daisy's.
A lone female Pied Flycatcher in the......
............Crown Estate Fields.
Here is a short video of her.
Butterflies Recorded:
Orange-tip
Large White
Peacock
It was so windy today, but there were a few butterflies on the wing, like this Peacock
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
At least five unidentified species
Ted:
Ted having a good run and here..........
..............he is buried by the Alexanders.
He did escape eventually
Ships Today:
