Light Northerlies under an overcast sky and rain setting in at 9am. A good morning for Hirundine movement with 60 Swallow 18 House Martin and 2 Sand Martin coming in over the clifftops. One of the 3 Stonechat pairs have fledged their first brood of juveniles, the only notable migrant at this date was a Short Eared Owl flushed by a man with his dog in Fan bay.
Luckily the man noticed what had happened and went the other way allowing the Owl to hide in the cover again, only to get disturbed 5 mintues later by Jackdaws. It then proceeded to circuit Fan bay giving fantastic views before heading inland over towards the farm.
3 Red Kites a Yellow Wagtail, a Grey Wagtail and c25 Swift were all noted on the 20th.
PERDIX BIRDER 