Here we go again - it's latish September and I'm able to spend some time birding around Ventnor. I've been here a week or so (having returned from the US) and haven't seen much of note yet. Visible migration was good when I first got back but has been quiet over the last few days. There are loads of chiffchaffs around, including c. 8 in the garden willow this morning. My walk down into town this morning was uneventful.
I'm off now, at 1.48pm, to the Botanic Gardens via Ventnor Park - maybe I'll jam into a yellow-browed - there have been hundreds along the east coast these last couple of days. Or maybe a Swainson's thrush - two up north today........
430pm update
Well, I sat for an hour at the Botanics and aside from a steady flow of chiffchaffs visiting the pond, and twenty-off swallows heading east, there was nothing of note.
I'm off now, at 1.48pm, to the Botanic Gardens via Ventnor Park - maybe I'll jam into a yellow-browed - there have been hundreds along the east coast these last couple of days. Or maybe a Swainson's thrush - two up north today........
430pm update
Well, I sat for an hour at the Botanics and aside from a steady flow of chiffchaffs visiting the pond, and twenty-off swallows heading east, there was nothing of note.
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