I buckled and went for an early lunch today, just as the misty cloud was dispersing.
Watching with Trevor, we picked up 1, then a second Hobby high up, the smaller one spiraled away West, the other then came over our heads at least twice over the next hour, with a third bird, also occupying nearby airspace.
During all this excitement a Spotted Flycatcher flew into the Ash trees on the left side of the car park field, staying in view for a few moments.
At 11:50 Trevor picked up 3 corvids going over Sandford/BSL ESE, which turned out to be Raven, 2 came over calling from a Westerly direction, much lower but we couldn't say if it was two additional birds.
A light sprinkle of House & Sand Martin and Swallow, plus 4-5 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard and 1 Sparrowhawk, made it a good hour, wish I could be out there still now.
So I managed about 45 minutes from 16:15 and saw another, or one of the same Hobby lingering overhead, then more or less nothing until 16:55, when 5 Red Kite and 4 Buzzard got up to the North, this in turn got me scanning and I picked up my first September Swift since 2010, so am pretty chuffed with that.
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