Lesser Florican - August 2023

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Wednesday 21 August 2019

Seaford Head 21/8/19

For once a calm and bright morning has coincided with a day off, and so I made the most of the morning and completed my first circuit of the headland this month. Plenty of migrants this morning and lots of variety, though little was moving overhead bar the exception of a tight flock of four Snipe and quite a few Hirundines. The area was dominated by Common Whitethroats, though every patch of scrub seemed to hold a Reed Warbler, whilst the highlights consisted of a showy Nightingale and a Hobby.

Totals for the morning:

Wheatear - 4
Hobby - 1
Sedge Warbler - 3
Willow Warbler - 18
Whitethroat - 60
Yellow Wagtail - 19
Swift - 8
Blackcap - 25
Reed Warbler - 16
Redstart - 2
Lesser Whitethroat - 7
Nightingale - 1
Tree Pipit - 1
Sand Martin - 21
Snipe - 4
Garden Warbler - 1
Whinchat - 1
Chiffchaff - 2

Reed Warbler

Nightingale

Willow Warbler

four Snipe

Sedge Warbler