I wasn't on patch for most of yesterday, but a last ditch mooch around was enough to bump into my first Whinchat of the year - three of them in fact. They were showing really well in a small sheep paddock between Axmouth and Rousdon, such stunning and charismatic little birds...
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| Male number one |
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| The other male and a female |
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| Same two but head on |
Today I have also not been around for most of it, due to work. Thankfully though the Wood Warbler that was found along the road near Lower Bruckland Ponds mid morning remained in situ, and at 7:30pm was still trilling away. This represents my third for the patch, with previous records being Beer Head 8th August 2006 and Private woodland near Colyton on 29th April 2013 - so a proper good local scarce. The light wasn't great when I got to see it, but that didn't stop me trying...
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| Such clean white underparts - and yellow like no other yellow! |
Seems to be an unusually good spring for migrant Wood Warblers on the south coast this year, despite their vast reduction in numbers on their breeding grounds.
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