A pleasant sunny day with a light south westerly unlike recent days of rain and strong winds. This was the first time for over a year that all the Bockhill Birders were out together.
At sea 3 Arctic Skuas, 10 Common Scoters, 2 Greenshank, a Redshank and a Ringed Plover flew SW.
Overhead were 4 Swifts, 5 Grey Herons, 11 Skylarks, 40 Sand Martins, 7 Grey Wagtails, 2 Alba Wagtails and a Tree Pipit. Also a Serin flew south from Kingsdown Lees.
Today we had 166 warblers, our best count this year, which was 3 Reed Warblers, 6 Willow Warblers, 47 Chiffchaffs, 58 Blackcaps, 29 Lesser Whitethroats, 22 Whitethroats and a Grasshopper Warbler. Other grounded migrants were 3 Whinchats, 3 Wheatears, 3 Firecrests, 6 Spotted Flycatchers, 1 Ring Ouzel and 2 Common Redstarts, one of which was this magnificent Male.
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Phil, Richard, Nigel, Brendan, Gerald, Simon, Jack.
