Windy ,cloudy and quite cool, another high summer day in Tirley , but sometimes the patch comes up with some really weird surprise" s and today was one of those days when at 8.30am I was shocked to see a Common Tern flying north towards the Malverns  over a wheat field , a great way to bring the patch list to 81.
In the hedges were 3 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat ,a  singing Willow Warbler and just 2 Chiffchaff .
Overhead 8 Plus Swallow, 7 plus House Martin and a party of 7 Swift which drifted south west put in an appearance , also a family party of 3 Raven.
Birds of prey were 3 Buzzard and a pair of Kestrel at a nest site were welcome.
Skylarks are having a good year here this year with 5 singing today ,a male Yellow Wagtail flew over.
 The best of the rest were 4 Stock Dove, 2 Linnet and a Red Legged Partridge .
 The patch list now stands at 81.