Back on Form

Some rain overnight and the patch was back on form, during a 5 hour stint around the old casino site and the nearby park there was 1 Savi's Warbler, 1 River Warbler, an Olivacious Warbler, a Booted Warbler (plus a bird that seemed to fit both), 30 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Isabelline Wheatear, 1 Lesser Grey Shrike, 12 Red-backed Shrikes, 1 Hoopoe, 10 Reed Warblers, 2 Robin, 2 Redstart, 8 Blackcaps, 6 Barred Warbler, 40 Whinchat, 3 Honey Buzzards, 4 Whitethroat, 6 Ortolans, 2 Little Gull, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Peregrine.

Ortolan Bunting

Olivaceous/Booted Warbler

River Warbler

Rain

Finally got out onto the patch, after a day of stupidly heavy rain - so bad that the foyer of the hotel was a foot deep in water ! The patch was fantastic though, even if it meant stopping and sheltering every now and then. All seen in a 2 hour period - 1 River Warbler, 1 Booted Warbler, 2 Nightjar, 1 Black-headed Bunting, 12 Ortolans, 1 Sedge Warbler, 40 Reed Warbler, 15 Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Barred Warbler, 3 Lesser Grey Shrike, 25 Red-backed Shrike, 1 Little Crake, 10 Yellow Wagtails, 15 Isabelline Wheatear and 4 Little Gulls.

Lesser Grey Shrike

Nightjars

Red-backed Shrike

River Warbler

Black-headed Bunting