Monday, 12 September 2022

Honey Buzzard(s) - Ventnor Downs

Today was a productive day; Luccombe Down; 06:40 - 15:00. Winds SE/ESE, with sunny intervals. 

The highlight was four Honey Buzzards, presumably different birds: singles at 11:10 (probable adult), juv at 12:30, adult SE at 12:58, another juv, the fourth bird, circled over north (lost sight of it) at 14:00 (seen with Neil Newnam). Plus, a decent movement of hirundines, mipits, and tree pipits etc. 


No photos of HBs this year (presently no camera other than a phone one) - but the dark juvs today were very much like this one we saw Sept 2016 (Headon Warren) and were quite subtle. 




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