Clear skies with a light Westerly and it was seemingly quiet for Rich and I at the western end of the patch but numbers of migrants built from Fan bay onwards, with highlights being Pied fly, 22 Yellow Wagtails , 2(ish) Tree Pipits and a good number of hirundines moving predictably into the wind.
A marsh Harrier and 14 Black Tailed Godwits flew over top wood just as we bumped into Colin & Kevin Johnson who were out and about as were John Clements and Chris Cox who had caught a Fantastic Wood Warbler in the valley.
A new bird for me on the patch, as were the godwits! Seems to have been a decent few days for the former species in the south east, I came across on on Beachy head with Laurence P a few days earlier.
A juv Hen Harrier flew in from the direction of the sea and over us in the valley.
2 Redstart, 8 Whinchat, 9 Wheatear and 20 odd willows plus common and lesser whitethroat in slightly less numbers than recently. John Clemants had 2 Crossbill over and Rich had a brilliant flyover Osprey after id gone for lunch, the 4th I know of locally this year.
PERDIX BIRDER 