It wasn’t fairly curtains on the autumn as there was nonetheless one other two nights of gentle southerlies earlier than the chilly north easterlies began this morning. The moth migrants have been nonetheless on the transfer and the traps yesterday morning had a extremely respectable catch with 25 Rusty-dots, Golden Twin-spot, Cosmopolitan, Blair’s Mocha, Radford’s Flame Shoulder and 5 Olive-tree Pearl.
It was fairly sluggish birding within the backyard yesterday morning HERE, the highlights being a Brambling over and a few Firecrest within the lane. I popped out for nightfall at Church Norton the spotlight being a first-winter Yellow-legged Gull and a noticeable improve in waders within the harbour HERE with over 3500 birds.
Seemingly birds have been being stirred up within the north easterlies over the backyard this morning HERE with 31 Dunlin, 170 Golden Plover and a Bar-tailed Godwit over and a motion of Inventory Dove involving 269 birds heading southwest. Barwit was a backyard tick- now on 114 for the backyard HERE.
I am off to Oman on the finish of the week so took the household out for Isaac’s 4th birthday prematurely as I am away for the precise date. We did Fisher’s Farm Park within the morning after which over to Arundel Wetland Centre after which for Chinese language on the excellent China Palace in Arundel. A number of ins and outs on the Wetland Centre together with Nice and Cattle Egrets and Marsh Harriers. HERE. The very best wildfowl was the fragrant fried on the China palace with only a few wildfowl really on the wetland centre.
There have been just a few extra moths final night time earlier than the chilly air got here in however it’s now 6 C exterior so looks as if it now’s lastly curtains for the autumn.
Nice and Cattle Egrets at Arundel
First-winter ‘Yellow-legged Gull’ or intergrade
Barwit excessive over the garden- backyard tick
Golden Plovers over the backyard
Golden Twin-spot- solely the third file for the backyard
Cosmopolitan- solely the second backyard file
Radford’s Flame Shoulder- actually not a lot of them this autumn so good to see this
Blair’s Mocha
December Moth- okay it is official it is now winter
Darkish Chestnut and Chestnut
Document numbers of Rusty-dot Pearls (above) and Olive-tree Pearl (under) for the backyard. I have been seeing Rusty-dots scattered round together with one on the window of Chichester music academy on Friday throughout Jacob’s drum classes and one tonight in Arundel on a window of a store within the excessive road
