Back from 10 days working in South Korea to a September chill in the air and a moderate NW wind. Yesterday’s walk up the cliff was fairly unremarkable beyond a Juv Cuckoo, Hobby, Yellow Wag & Tree pipit, a handful of willow warblers and c20 Chiffchiff the best thing however was over 1,000 House martins moving SW along the cliffs. Numbers of House Martin today were higher and an estimate of 1900 moved again SW with over 400 feeding along the undercliff a Langdon, with 2 Sand martin and perhaps 50 Swallow aswell as a common swift.
2 Spotted Flycathers between Langdon and Fan bay 3 Whinchat in the fennel field and more willow warblers than the previous day but the morning’s highlight flew up onto the top of a hawthorn in the bottom of fan bay – a Wryneck.
It flew to some of the isolated bushes on the eastern slope of Fan bay before diving into the grass – there are many anthills hidden in the long grass between Fan bay and the lighthouse.
A few locals came and connected with it which is unusual for anything I come across here!
PERDIX BIRDER 