Headed to Selsey this morning, with a light NW wind and not much visibly happening - it picked up a little, with Common Scoter (25), Eider (3) , Red-breasted merganser (13) a flock of Wigeon(23) with a single Shoveler and after a short while 3 Great Northern Divers were seen on the sea and then a short flurry of 10 minutes saw several divers flying through with 8 Red-throated Divers (one landed) and a single Black-throated Diver that was flying with 2 Red-throats making a useful comparison. A Razorbill sat close on the sea before flying off a Rock Pipit flew along the beach and 2 large Starling flocks around 200 birds ) flew in from the sea, at which point the glare from the sun was making viewing difficult.
I headed inland to the downs near North Stoke, the views were great in the sunshine, and again great numbers of passerines in flocks in the arable fields. 2 Ravens cronked as I got out of the car then I flushed a covey of 20 Grey Partridge and marvelled at the flocks of Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting and especially the numbers of Skylark which were everywhere and many doing unseasonal display flights. At least 5 Red Kites were seen and 8 Common Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk and 3 Kestrel, but nothing more unusual on the raptor front.
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| one of the many Skylarks, |
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