Yellow Wagtails

A few Yellow Wagtails (and Whinchats not pictured) at Medmerry the other day.

Ring Ouzel

Had to do a couple of journeys but thanks to Ah & IP did eventually catch up with the Ring Ouzel at Northcommon Farm:

Buntings, Spoonbills & Ruff

Reed Buntings & the wonder that are Corn Buntings (top bird IMHO!) and a Spoonbill at Medmerry and two of the three Ruff at North Wall:

Grasshopper Warbler

I am indebted to Dave Potter & Martin Peacock for the shout as I spent an hour today in the company of a Grasshopper Warbler-well an hour hearing it on & off and about five minutes of seeing it in the corner of a bush, great bird though! The two P's have some amazing pics as usual though and I will post the links here asap. Site the usual West Sussex one which I am not at liberty to disclose (but everyone knows anyway it seems!).

Grasshopper Warbler, completely not bothered by me standing about 10 feet away as you can see!

Channel Wagtail

A call from OM this morning that there was a Blue-headed Wagtail at North Wall had me scurrying that way this morning-on arrival the bird was showing and I tweeted it out. Here's where it gets interesting! A deluge of tweets to say "it's a Channel Wagtail!" duly arrived, some (younger) people labouring the point somewhat I felt! Anyway, a chat commenced and those present decided that it was indeed a Channel Wagtail & what a lovely bird it was!

Channel Wagtail:

Pied Flycatcher, LRP & Spotted Redshank

Pied Flycatcher from Church Norton the other day, LRP at Medmerry & Spotted Redshank from White's Creek, Pagham.

Spotted Redshank:

Pied Flycatcher:

...& a Little Ringed Plover at Medmerry:

Blue Rock Thrush

No luck for the Large Tortoiseshells at North Stoke this week but solace was found in a Blue Rock Thrush found at Beachy Head. You might argue both species have escaped from cages (!) but I was really pleased to see the BRT after a rough week!

Blue Rock Thrush video