I've found it hard to stay motivated this autumn and as a result have stayed very local and as a result seen very little of note. Mostly with Otis who is prone to running off if not kept on a lead. Highlights follow:
Sunday 08 September: Garden Warbler and 2 Spotted Flycatchers on Mill Hill with Megan and Otis.
Wednesday 11 September: 2 Common Sandpipers and a Wheatear at Shoreham Fort with Megan and Otis.
Thursday 12 September: An Osprey flew up the Adur viewed distantly from Mill Hill, also 3 Ravens and Spotted Flycatcher with Megan and Otis.
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| Spotted Flycatcher on Mill Hill |
Saturday 14 September: An/the Osprey flew down the Adur in front of Lancing College viewed distantly from Mill Hill, also a Spotted Flycatcher with Megan and Otis.
Sunday 15 September: Three Spotted Flycatchers at Mill Hill and an/the Osprey over the Old Toll Bridge (at least 2 were seen on the Adur at this time) with Megan and Otis.
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| Osprey over the Adur |
Monday 16 September: Four Common Sandpipers and a Greenshank on the Adur Saltings on the rising tide.
Tuesday 17 September: Four Jays, 50 Swallows, 15 House Martins, Whitethroat and Whinchat at Mill Hill with Otis.
Thursday 19 September: A Sand Martin, 80 Swallows and 60 House Martins east over Mill Hill with Megan and Otis.
Friday 20 September: Single Great Spotted and Green Woodpeckers, 60 Swallows, Whitethroat, 2 Wheatears, 9 Stonechats and 3 Yellow Wagtails along the Beeding Hill Triangle with David Buckingham and Otis.
Saturday 21 September: Cetti's Warbler and 3 Chiffchaffs dodging the showers with Megan and Otis at Brooklands.
Sunday 22 September: 150+ Swallows and 600+ House Martins east, 30 Chiffchaffs, Reed Warbler, 20 Blackcaps, 3 Whitethroats, Firecrest, 2 Spotted Flycatchers , 40 Meadow Pipits and 50 Goldfinches in 4 hours at Mill Hill, half with Megan and Otis.
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| Whitethroat on Mill Hill |
Monday 23 September: Twenty-two Lapwings , Bar-tailed Godwit, 81 Great Black-backed and 1350 Herring Gulls and a Kingfisher on the Adur with Otis.
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| Kingfisher on the Adur |
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| first-summer gull of uncertain ancestry on the Adur |
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| Otis at home |
Tuesday 24 September: Seven Chiffchaffs and 40 Linnets at New Monks Park and the Bar-tailed Godwit and 7 Dunlin on the Adur with Otis.
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| presumed argentatus Herring Gull on the Adur |
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| Bar-tailed Godwit on the Adur |
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| presumed North Thames Herring Gull on the Adur |
Wednesday 25 September: A Red Kite and 80 House Martins east over Mill Hill with Megan and Otis.
Thursday 26 September: 110 Gannets and 12 Sandwich Terns mostly west off Widewater between 07:35-09:05 and later 80 Swallows and 60 House Martins east over Mill Hill with Megan and Otis.
Friday 27 September: 2 Sparrowhawks, 7 Swallows, 8 Chiffchaffs, 8 Blackcap and a Whitethroats at Mill Hill with Otis.
Saturday 28 September. A distant Buzzard was the only (slightly) notable bird seen in 2 hours walking round Wakehurst Place with Megan, Nessa and Otis.
Sunday 29 September. Six Turnstones and 6 Swallows at Shoreham Fort with Megan and Otis.
Monday 30 September. The long journey to Unst begins. ETA soon after 11 on 01 October, all being well, 27 hours after leaving home.
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