Our final day at the Obs for this autumn and left around midday. A sea-watch early morning and then packing up to come home with a bit of birding in between.
2 Arctic Skua, a Red-throated Diver, c30 Balearic Shearwater, 2 Manx Shearwater, 3 Common Scoter, 2 Oystercatcher and c15 “Commic” Tern.
VizMig: c50 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Swallow, 6 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, a Swift, 4 Meadow Pipit, a Tree Pipit, plus 2 Sparrowhawk, a Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Wheatear and a Blackcap.
Dragonflies: Common Darter.
Butterflies: Red Admiral and Wall Brown.
Moths: Striped Hawkmoth, Convolvulus Hawkmoth, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, a Scar Bank Gem and a Latticed Heath.
A catchup from Tony Williams whilst I’ve been away.
Lollingdon Hill: 250+ Swallow and House Martin over.
Bunk area: Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, several Blackcap, and 4+ Chiffchaff.
5 House Martin, 3 Swift and a skein of c50 Canada Geese over Church Road this evening.
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Sunrise
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Convolvulus Hawkmoth
Latticed Heath courtesy John Lucas
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Scar Bank Gem courtesy John Lucas
Tonight's partial Lunar Eclipse
