Light SSW winds convinced me to head up the cliffs as apposed to inland first thing this morning and although the headland walk was fairly quiet (110 Sand Martins, 20 Swallow and 2 juvenile Yellow–legged Gulls west) my day was made when I walked back down the cliff path onto my street and had a female Honey Buzzard circling low above the houses at cliff top height.
The bird got a single buzz off one of the adult Peregrines and a few Gulls vocally complained but it drifted over the cliff top and towards the castle – cue me legging it back up the cliff path in an attempt to see it again, I picked it up high over the A2 heading inland. Ive seen a handful of Honey Buzzards that would have flown over my house but never one from the street itself, very exciting for me!
PERDIX BIRDER 