Up for another visit to Butser. An early Buzzard was flapping around the A3 slip road.
Similar weather conditions to yesterday with the odd spot of drizzle. Half a dozen Yellowhammers over the carpark on arrival and soon after the sound of (and glimpse of) Ring Ouzels adjacent to the carpark. Out on the hill a few more with Redwings and Song Thrushes but generally difficult to pin down. Two early Buzzards were checked out by a Sparrowhawk and later a tatty Red Kite slipped westwards. No time today to check all the scrub on the south. Probably in excess of thirty Skylarks, and a single Stonechat, although I'm sure there would have been at least another; these birds are never around singly.
Back at the carpark ten more Redwings dropped in, several gorgetted Ring Ouzels were popping out for berries off the Yews giving decent views and a group of four dropped out of the sky, presumably new birds. A male Blackcap was in the same area.
A brief chat with Paul Stanbury confirmed similar numbers of most species although his working of the western slope below the car park after we went our separate ways revealed considerably more Ouzels, possibly up to 50 in total!
Out in the fields two Roe Deer were feeding and a very bloody looking ex-sheep, hopefully not the result of a dog attack, was being pecked at by crows and magpies.
