Carterton/Alvescot 5 Corn Bunting: At least 2 pairs and a singing male on alvescot downs. 21:01. Milton Common 2 Corn Bunting: Singing. 21:01. Cote Yellow Wagtail: Near great brook. 21:01.…

Carterton/Alvescot 2 Grey Partridge: On downs. 21:55. Milton Common Grey Partridge: Not seen one here before. Unsure of provenance as plenty of red legged Partridge here. 21:55. Mick Cunningham

Carterton/Alvescot 7 Corn Bunting: Devoid of bird migrants/ moving. Though I was out late. In contrast I’ve had a constant procession of red admirals flying between S and SE. This…

Carterton/Alvescot 300 Meadow Pipit: late pm. firstly – at least a 100 put up from stubble by a sparrowhawk. Later I noted flocks totalling c200 descending from very high =…

Carterton/Alvescot 25 Chiffchaff: The muckheap stopped yielding birds c7 days+ ago. However, mid am today a local hedgerow was full of birds. Excluding house sparrows, most were chiffchaffs. The chiffs,…

Carterton/Alvescot Spotted Flycatcher: Hedgerow in field opposite muckheap. 18:32. 3 Yellow Wagtail: Muckheap. Minimum. 18:32. Lesser Whitethroat: Muckheap. 18:32. Whitethroat: Muckheap. 18:32. Chiffchaff: Muckheap. 18:32. Mick Cunningham

Carterton/Alvescot 3 Yellow Wagtail: Maximum number seen at once possibly more but muckheap quieter, including re warblers, so maybe migrants have moved on. 17:53. 2 Lesser Whitethroat: 1 at muck…

Carterton/Alvescot Spotted Flycatcher: Actually in the muckheap hedgerow so assumed different from the recent one at the very far opposite end of the lane. 11:26. Lesser Whitethroat: Muckheap. 11:26. 3…

Carterton/Alvescot Spotted Flycatcher: As ridiculous as it seems, my first of the year on Alvescot Downs. Still at least 4 yellow wagtails on the local muckheap. Sparrowhawk 2. 18:22. Mick…