Out of the Blue.

A bit of a mixed bag on the patch today, the best of which was a Bluethroat in Brian's garden this morning (which promptly flew off over the wall into the middle of a field !), the only other thing of note during the mornings walkabout was a Lesser Whitethroat. I covered pretty much the same places in the afternoon and now there were definitely new birds in - 3 Siskins in the thistle patch along with a Song Thrush, 4 Lapland Buntings knocking about, at least 2 Whinchats, 7 fly over Snow Buntings, a Jack Snipe in the mires and finally a Kestrel heading south over the road.
It seems like the Redstart finds the garden to its liking, as it was still there this morning.

Kestrel.

Lapland Buntings.

Lesser Whitethroat.

Song Thrush.

Whinchats.