Monday 1 October 2012

Hastings non-rarities

 A male House Sparrow
 The same bird on the deck
 Northern Wheatear
 The same bird as above surveying the scene
A probable 1st winter Robin
Had a nice r&r weekend in Hastings. I laid down my binoculars for most of the weekend but couldn't resist a walk along the coast on Sunday. Had loads of migrants overhead heading west including Meadow Pipits, Swallows and 'alba' wagtails.

It's not always about rarity hunting.

3 comments:

Warren Baker said...

Hi David,
thanks for your kind sympathies posted on my blog.

PS I particularly enjoyed reading your article in this months 'Bird Watching' Magazine, I always enjoy reading about your 'Scrubs' exploits, stats and statistics :-)

Marianne said...

Glad you had a good time in Hastings, David :) I grew up there and still enjoy going back, just not for too long... over the last year or so it's turned into a great place to watch Ravens! http://mazzaswildside.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/brighton-and-hastings.html

BirderRon said...

It never is about rareites for us David. We got excited when our first green finch turned up on new feeders this morning. See what I mean. We've lived here to three months now and we're getting a nice selection birds visiting - including a sapprow hawk!