More Migrants

 

Juvenile Sedge Warbler - the feathers are just so fresh on this little beauty. Only my third in Exmouth this year.

 

On the face of it - very quiet today, but some searching eventually paid dividends with the following logged: 1+ Whitethroat, 2+ Chiffchaff, 1 Sand Martin, c15/20+ Swallow, 1+ Wheatear, c10+ House Martin, 1 Whinchat, c50+ Yellow Wagtail, 1 Dartford Warbler, 2+ Tree Pipit, 1 Starling, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 fw Mediterranean Gull and 2 Kestrel.

Off Mudbank - 1 Osprey (caught fish and headed upriver @ 0935), 3 Wigeon, 3 Whimbrel, 2 Redshank, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, c70+ Sandwich Tern, 2 Common Tern, 1 Greenshank and c10+ Ringed Plover.

 

Juvenile Whinchat

Juvenile Dartford Warbler - my earliest autumn Dartford on Orcombe. Previous records have been in March or late autumn.

Portland Ribbon Wave - Bristol Schools - beside a light. Other species found included Single-dotted Wave, Small Blood-vein, Light Emerald, Flounced Rustic, Common Wainscot, Common Carpet, Dingy Footman, Double-striped Pug, Lime-speck Pug and Chinese Character.

Juvenile Yellow Wagtail - c50+ birds moving between cattle either side of Gore Lane.

 

Juvenile Tree Pipit

 

Another angle on the pristine juvenile Sedge Warbler