Rise and Fall.

A bit of a fall overnight (first noticed outside the pub last night with the constant screams of Redwings), on the patch all day, checking every cliff, geo, thistle patch, docks, iris beds, gardens, walls, iron age ruins and any other bit of cover ! After all that the results were - 4 Siskin, 2 Blackcap, 13 Robins, 47 Pink-footed Geese, 22 Goldcrests, 61 Song Thrushes, 160 Redwings, 1 Ring Ouzel, 3 Chaffinch, 13 Lapland Buntings, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Golden Plover, 5 Wheatear, 1 Kestrel, 1 Swallow, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Whinchat, 1 Brambling, a Water Rail (which spent all day under the roses in the garden) and a patch tick in the form of a late Wryneck, around the cliffs on the headland. A marvelous day and all from a patch that covers just over 2 square kilometres !

Water Rail.

Blackcap.

Brambling.

Goldcrest.

Lesser Whitethroat.

Pink-footed Geese.

Reed Bunting.

Robin.

Song Thrush.

Tree Pipit.

Whinchat.

Common Gull.

48 Hours.

Not a lot to write home about during the last 48 hours, winds now round to the west with lots of rain ! 3 Blackcaps and a Garden Warbler remain in the garden, elsewhere on the patch - 2 Whinchat, a Tree Pipit and a Lesser Whitethroat.
Some shite photos taken on a shite day in shite conditions -


Lesser Whitethroat.

Tree Pipit.

And some moths from the last few days -

Brick.

Setacious Hebrew Character.