Still shrouded by work but at last I managed a couple of hours birding this morning early and given the promising winds I headed for the coast. In a 3 hour seawatch I managed to notch up 2 Manx Shearwaters (they were distant but were showing too much white and contrast for balearics), 1 Great Skua, 35 Common Scoter, 1 Teal, 4 Whimbrel, 2 Dunlin, 20 Turnstone, 8 Sand Martin, 1 Swift, Fulmar, Kittiwake, Gannets, 40+ Commic Terns, 8 Sandwich Tern, and lots of large Gulls, mainly Herring.
Driving home a Red Kite drifted over the road near Goodwood.
At home in the afternoon with a surprise of 2 Turtle Doves flying over when standing in the garden and then another one a couple of hours later on, the first I've seen from the house and the same week a report on diminishing Turtle Dove numbers in the UK has been issued. Other than that pretty normal fare - A Green Woodpecker is being particularly vocal at the moment, a Chiffchaff calling it's autumnal 'hweet', a single Sparrowhawk, 2 Bullfinches, 2 Siskin, a Greenfinch, several Chaffinches, and lots of Corvids and the local Tawny Owls are now being heard again on milder evenings.
... must get the camera back into use !
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