Saturday 29 October 2016

Local twitch

Today's forecast was flat, grey all day but rainless and so it turned out and with an early start Andy Johnson's Shore Lark on Hayling seemed a good bet. Arrived early(ish) to find Andy and one other watching it just east of the carpark.
Watched very close over the next hour, generally ignoring birders, togs and dog walkers, although interestingly when a local cat popped up next to me the bird adopted a tall posture and started sub-singing!! Later, it was chased around strenuously by a Meadow Pipit.

A Sandwich Tern was stooging around offshore.

At Pulborough adult(ish) Peregrine (84, local bird) put on a lot of hunting action, all to no avail, a Green Sandpiper point blank under the hide window, at least eight White-fronted Geese and a close fly past by a Marsh Harrier.

Otherwise just plenty of Goldcrests and the odd winter Thrush.