After the Rain

Finally got out around the patch after the rain had cleared (constant rain for about 20 hours !), a Willow Warbler and an elusive Barred Warbler in the garden gave me a little bit of hope for the rest of the patch. Whilst walking along the road between gardens, a most unexpected surprise was a Grasshopper Warbler, flushed from the roadside ditch - I think that this is just the second record of Grasshopper Warbler at Scatness - so is now as common as Lanceolated Warbler !!! And finally, just before dark, a Common Rosefinch in one of the gardens of Colonial Place (too flighty and too dark to get a photo, so I'm using an old one).


Common Rosefinch

Wheatear

Willow Warbler

May Update

A bit of an update for May, Common Tern and Arctic Skua added to the year-list on the 5th and Whooper Swan and Swallow on the 7th. A bit of a fall took place on the 8th, with House Martin, male Pied Flycatcher, 2 Whitethroats, male Ring Ouzel, Dunnock, Redstart, Song Thrush, Lapland Bunting, 2 Tree Pipit and Wryneck on the patch, plus a long overdue garden tick - Reed Bunting ! Between the 17th and the months end a few more minor falls took place, Kestrel and Redpoll on the 17th, Crossbill and Common Rosefinch on the 20th,  2 Red-backed Shrikes, Icterine Warbler and Avocet on the 23rd and a Little Egret on the 30th.

Avocet

Common Rosefinch

Common Redpoll

Icterine Warbler

Little Egret

Lesser Whitethroat

Reed Bunting

Red-backed Shrikes

Albums

These are the last of the photos from the India trip, rather than whack them all on one post, I've spread them over 4 posts. All taken within 20 km of Munnar.

Common Rosefinch

Indian Pond Heron

Malabar Whistling Thrush

Pacific Swallow

Tickell's Leaf-warbler

White-throated Kingfisher

White-breasted Moorhen

Indian Grey Mongoose

Mostly Singles

Mostly singles of everything on the rock today - Rosefinch (a red one this time), Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Pied Flycatcher and Greenshank. Multiples were 3 Willow Warblers, 4 Swift and 9 Swallows.

Common Rosefinch

Pied Flycatcher

Whitethroat

Still Singin'

The male Common Rosefinch is still singing in the garden, now joined by a singing Chiffchaff. The Rosefinch is sporting a nice new and shiny leg iron, so presumably wasn't rung that long ago.

Singing Rosefinch

A fine singing red male Common Rosefinch in the garden today (I think that this is possibly the reddest one I've ever seen)