Well the idea was to have a walk around The Bill, the Top Fields and Sweet Hill Farm in the hope of spotting Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat and Common Redstart as they are now starting to arrive on the island. Well that thought went out the window, when yet again we have south-westerlies gusting to around 50mph. When will we ever get a prolonged spell of calm weather!!
Unsurprisingly I failed on all three accounts, but was rewarded with some fantastic views of the Western Subalpine Warbler, which stayed overnight and well into today.
Birds Recorded:
2 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Skylark
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Blackbird
1 Subalpine Warbler
3 Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
2 Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
A Buzzard keeps a wary eye on me and Ted.
And a very dark-coloured Buzzard passes by at Sweethill Farm
Butterflies Recorded:
5 Speckled Wood
1 Red Admiral
Bees Recorded:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
1 Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) - form succinea
General Shots:
I must be getting close.
Yep. All eyes are on the Western Subalpine Warbler