Merlin 1
Kestrel 8
Sandwich Tern 5W
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Skylark 20
Swallow 125
House Martin 2
Sand Martin 3
Grey Wagtail 4W
Meadow Pipit c.375 (225 moving W)
Tree Pipit 1
Stonechat 7
Wheatear 1
Whitethroat 6
Blackcap 15
Garden Warbler 1
Chiffchaff 35
Scandinavian Chiffchaff 1 ex. Belle Tout Wood
Spotted Flycatcher 2
Blue Tit 5
Lapland Bunting 3 ex.
Goldfinch 30
Raven 4
Speckeld Wood 8
Comma 2
Red Admiral 5
Lapland Bunting over the Top Fields
Little Egret off Cow Gap Beach
The Ringing Hut in Whitbread Hollow
Scandinavian Chiffchaff P.c. abietinus in Belle Tout Wood
A black-billed, black-legged colourless Chiffchaff for surprisingly early in the season. With its broad whitish supercilium, greyish-brown upperparts, pale ear-coverts and whitish underparts (including pure white undertail-coverts) this bird certainly proved immediately arresting amongst the accompanying collybita. In addition, it frequently uttered a monosyllabic 'cheeep' call, being reminiscent, although to my mind louder, than tristis. Such distinctive individuals are normally assigned to eastern populations of abietinus. Found unfortunately late in the day, the above image was obtained in the poor light of Belle Tout Wood, so fails to convey quite how distinctive this individual appeared in the field, although it is worth comparing its cold-toned plumage with a typical September collybita below:
Chiffchaff P.c. collybita photographed on 12th September 2009
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Spotted Flycatcher in Belle Tout Wood
