29th August 2018

After an aborted visit this morning due to heavy rain, I returned mid afternoon and walked a short circuit taking in the Paddock, the Leas, Clifftop, Farm Wood and Gun Emplacement. It was fairly birdless until I reached the Freedown, where there were two Redstarts and two Spotted Flycatchers. Warbler numbers seemed low but I managed two Chiffchaffs, two Willow Warblers, five Whitethroats, six Lesser Whitethroats, five Blackcaps and a single Reed Warbler. Brendan