Hi hobs!
I got mine just an hour ago:
#63. Hobby :king:
Snap, at long last one went over yesterday!
No.70
Just had THE most wanted individual bird I've ever wanted to visit my garden in the garden. Finally after seeing it regularly 200m away for nearly 4 months, our local "Italian Sparrow" has popped in with a couple of its mates to check out our fat balls 😊. Hopefully it'll appear more regularly now.
Is it an Italian Sparrow? I guess we'll never know 😊
Only the 2nd time in 36 years! Initially seen to fly from the lower Ivy hedge up into the Hawthorn, momentarily resting before flying out across neighbour’s garden...a very un-Common Nightingale no.75.
Blood and sand, Ken!! B
Absolutely amazing!!
I sat on Sauna's porch, when I heard firstly harsh voice, then something similar as Hobby's (or some other raptors) voice, but not quite that. I run to the yard and saw adult and juvenile:
#64. Caspian Terns - fly over. It was close that I dipped this species this year.
Unbe-knowing to me H!...I subsequently found out via a colleague and Twitter, that a record number of different CN’s have been rung this season to the SE of moi between Northward Hill (RSPB) and the Hoo peninsula 100+ so far this season!
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Another feature of early August is the appearance of non-breeding Hobbies, four different individuals in the past three days,they look like 2nd year birds to me (see photo of one of them).