Friday 17 September 2021

Honey

Ventnor Downs 07:00 - 12:00 
Southerlies and broken cloud; became more overcast by lunchtime. 

Highlight from the 'raptor' mound watchpoint: ad male Honey Buzzard at 09:35, my second HB of the year/autumn; picked it up over the east corner of the Radar station compound; carried on eastwards and circled; left southwards. Vis mig included 1000's of hirundines (in every direction), one tree pipit, two grey wagtails, a couple of hundred mipits (some grounded near the old car park), and a wheatear.

Photo by Derek Hale - departing adult male Honey Buzzard

 
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