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Pagham Birder: The Blog

A regular account of the birds seen mainly on and around Pagham Spit, the Lagoon and the North Wall plus other birding exploits from time to time.
Any news of interest regarding the ongoing erosion problems on Pagham Beach will, from now on, be shown on my other blog together with general beach photos.. Click on the link... Pagham Beach Blog on this page.

Friday, September 12, 2014

North Wall...yet another visit!

Another early start in search of migrants. A few warblers about along the bushes but not in any quantity....
A juvenile Whitethroat in the hawthorn...no shortage of berries this year!
....and then a Sedge Warbler on the top of a bush...
...or is it? When I saw this on the screen I had second thoughts...any thoughts anyone?
On to Macrocarpa copse where a Heron was having trouble with the local Corvidae...






He stood his ground and eventually they pushed off!

Teal....included because I like the colour of the water!
...and then on the return  5 Whinchats were showing well on the fence the other side of Breach Pool.

The highlight though was meeting Andy House who had spotted a distant WRYNECK!! Sitting quite still in a Hawthorn but highlighted by the sun...much too far away for even a record shot....but a really good bird to see! Thanks Andy (and for peering through your X60 Swarowski!)

p.s. Yesterday evening at 6.10 pm 5 Brent Geese flew over the bungalow and headed for the harbour....my first of this Autumn.

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