A brief walk out this afternoon before the rain.
A large field next to the Bunk line hosted a large flock of Starling, Fieldfare, Redwing, Linnet, a few Skylark and Pied Wagtail.
Shortly after I arrived a Sparrowhawk appeared overhead, the Starling flock flew up and manoeuvred into two tight balls of birds, the rest just scattered in various directions.
The Sparrowhawk flew through without making a kill and approx. ten minutes later, returned. The same scenario played out again without the Sparrowhawk, again, not making a kill. In total the flock was probably just shy of 1K birds.
I decided to hang around in case something else turned up hoping for an afternoon snack but no luck.
A little later a flock of 56 Pied Wagtail flew from CSW to the field.
As the rain was imminent, I thought it best to return home and made it just in time.
A Grey Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 2 Herring Gull, c100 Black-headed Gull, etc, also noted in the immediate area.
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