Lesser Scaup

Lesser Scaup at Longham Lakes in Dorset, always a bit distant for pics but lovely scope views and a great bird (no really, I love a duck me!).

Rosy Starling

A couple of pics of the Rose-coloured Starling from the other day:

Hawfinch, Crossbill, Ring Ouzel, Dartford Warbler & Rose-coloured Starling

Plenty of Hawfinches at Rewell Wood over the last few days, and a Crossbill too, a Rosy Starling in Selsey, the briefest of Ring Ouzels in Church Norton churchyard and a Dartford Warbler on the west side at Pagham, not too bad really, it's perked up a bit.

Autumn

Three Curlew Sandpipers on the east side at Pagham yesterday means I have seen quite a few this autumn but sadly I haven't been able to find anything more interesting on the wader front. No Wrynecks or Shrikes for me either this autumn and just the one Yellow-browed Warbler..Melodious/Icterine/Barred Warblers on the Selsey Peninsula, and West Sussex in general, also appear to be a thing of the past. When was the last good warbler in West Sussex? Pallas's at Church Norton? Bonelli's? No doubt I am overlooking something somewhere though. Still, the 9th of October and just maybe....