I was only out briefly on the 2nd, much cooler and was surprised to see 2 groups of Buzzard close to each other totaling 13 birds. A lone female Whitethroat and one of Brian's 2 Lesser Whitethroat was nice, plus a Willow Warbler in the scrub near Lea Farm.
When I got back for a very quick look again later a Spotted Flycatcher was showing on and off, as was the Lesser Whitethroat.
Today it was cold again and not much had been seen, but the Lesser Whitethroat was in the big Hawthorn again, I had my first Little Egret this month and steady trickle of mostly House Martins were heading South.
I got onto 2 brown jobs, which dropped onto the landfill in front of the scrub to the left of Lea Farm, they looked like pipits, but time of year would mean it could be either Tree, or Meadow, so it has to go down unconfirmed, Meadow Pipit hasn't started before the 5th in recent years, but with that cold North wind, that might not mean much.
Standing in the car park chatting to Richard and Alan, a male Redstart appeared in the usual spot, making it the 3rd male this autumn and first for September.
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