With the pressures of work it has been nearly a week since I covered the patch. Having read the Portland website and seen they had 800 to 1000 Spotted Flycatcher yesterday and was hopeful that I would be able to find our pair, but they still have not reappeared this year ,that is a real downer .
It was a great day , quite warm so I was hoping for a few late migrants.
In the hedges today were 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 7 Whitethroat , the Lesser Whitethroats seem to have moved on. .Raptors today were a Sparrowhawk, male Kestrel and a pair of Buzzard.
Overhead Swallows numbered 25 plus with 9 plus House Martin and a single Swift over.
It is good to report that we have a pair of Yellow Wagtail on the patch , great birds !  There were at least 4 singing Skylarks which is always good to hear.
The best of the rest were 7 Stock Dove, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Red Legged Partridge and a flock of 17 Lesser Black Backed gulls on pasture.