Sunday, 17 April 2016

17th April 2016

Went down to Portland Bill this evening. Went up to the bushes in the top field first but couldn't locate the bluethroat just had singles of Peregrine, Raven and Sparrowhawk.

Walked down to where the subalp had been seen. Wandered around in circles flushing Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers, until after 20 mintutes, a warbler with White outer tail feathers flew up. Got onto the bird when it perched and sure enough it was the WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER. It showed breifly a couple more times before disappearing into the scrub. 

Had another look at the bushes in the top field, where I had a couple of breif views of a chat that may have been the bluethroat, but it was getting dark and I was unable to make out any details on it. 

When driving back up from the bill towards Southwell, I had a Short-Eared Owl hunting near the roadside from the car window.

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