WHD

Last day with the bro - just a flying visit - but out in the field it's been (again) interesting and productive.
Today we tried west Wight, but didn't extend our luck any further with finding anything too unusual.
A bank of fog over the Solent made for interesting scenery. Overhead vis mig was steady with alba wags etc. On the deck a good count of stonechat (41) was indicative of their movement. It was also interesting to see more commoner species acting like migrants too and possibly arriving or trying to leave: namely blue tits, great tits, great spotted woodpecker, and dunnocks; all of which were seen either high up over the headland, or landing upon it - all notably well away from perhaps their 'normal' cover.

 

A GSW was seen high up over the most western part of the cliff line - it stalled and went back inland and eastwards

 

 

Dunnock flying over

 



 

Looking west: the other side of this fence is a sheer drop - these tits were seen to filter inland