All over the place

Wind turned to the North West which for us here is not good. Birding considering is difficult as there is not the movement that you would expect. But then when are we satisfied?

Home: Stepped outside the front door to see what was obviously 2 pairs of SWALLOW heading north. They where very low considering.

Corton Logging Mill: Best bird was a close encounter with a brown juvenile SPARROW HAWK Which was post sitting when I came round the corner. I also had a fly over COMMON BUZZARD that put every gull up on the plant roof. I was frustrated by another fly bye in the shape of a little LBJ. The thing was it was at 30 feet and as it flew it was showing a slight white to top of tail. No Wheatear and no Whinchat this bird so it was a distinct possibility of a Red Breasted Fly, but it would not show, so there you go. I also had a GREEN WOOD and 2 JAY. MOORHEN, CHAFFINCH, GREAT TIT, BLUE TIT, LONG TAILED TIT, GREENFINCH, GOLDFINCH, MAGPIE, ROOK, CROW, WOOD PIGEON, ROBIN, WREN,
The best pic today was of a SMALL WHITE BUTTERFLY.

Links Hill:   Had a fly in bird from well out but very difficult to id. In fact the only thing I could pin it to was a migrating WOOD PIGEON. So the only thing of not out at sea was a very brief view of a HARBOUR PORPOISE.

Leathe's Ham: Influx of varied duck again today with a sizable number of female PINTAIL, also TUFTED DUCK, MALLARD, GADWALL, WIGEON, DABCHICK, MOORHEN, 3 LITTLE EGERET and 2 GREY HERON.

This must be a male Pintail in eclipse by showing a really good green blaze on his wing which is often hard to see at this time of the year.

 Star gazing.