August notes

A shimmer of a red tail atop a bush, it can only be a Common Redstart!

Juvenile Eurasian Green Woodpeckers are very scaly compared to adults – and much more approachable!

Warblers like this Lesser Whitethroat have been gorging on berries

All yellowy, young Willow Warblers have been decorating the bushes

Northern Wheatears are now passing through – most are 'duller' females or young males but this adult male has a stronger head pattern

This juvenile Eurasian Blackbird was feeding for itself one morning

Wood Sandpipier in flight on a cloudier day!