It can be frustrating when rarer birds turn up during the week as working in London means having to wait until the weekend often for them to disappear on a Thursday or Friday - I don't do much in the way of twitching rare birds but particularly if they're fairly close to home, then I'll make the effort. A very smart an obliging male Desert Wheatear arrived in Worthing on Wednesday and had been giving excellent close views late into Friday afternoon, so I was up early and headed there for just after first light knowing that I had to be back late morning for a pumpkin carving commitment with the girls.
Several others were also there looking , but it was soon apparent there the bird had vanished - no doubt looking for somewhere giving a closer resemblance to desert than Worthing beach next to the pier. The more likely cause were the strong overnight northerly winds and bright clear skies. A small movement of passerines were battling the wind, with small flocks of
Chaffinches, Siskins, Pied Wagtails and
Meadow Pipits and a few
Redwings moving along the coast with a few late
Swallows and House Martins.
Back at home it is still fairly quiet around the feeders. There seem to be more
Coal Tits around and still 3 or 4
Goldcrest a slight increase in
Chaffinches, a dozen
Siskins favouring the Alders and
Pied Wagtails regularly fly over (but I think these are resident birds commuting over the houses). Still 30+
Redwings around the trees in the gully next to the house.
And thanks to Henry with the mushroom ID - Adie's very grateful as her project now looks impressive !
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| Anyone sick of Pumpkins ? |
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| Maybe this was used to scare off the Desert Wheatear ? |
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| These wee the ones I grew |
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| Our Bantam Rooster remains unimpressed with Halloween |
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| Taking pictures of our own ducks must mean it;s very quiet for wild birds. |
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