It's been a fairly quiet couple of weeks, but last Saturday 2 Stonechats were at the Borrow Pit and 3 Cattle Egrets were just off patch in the Upper Cherwell Valley.
Yesterday afternoon there was at least two Chiffchaffs still with the roaming tit flocks.
This morning was a bit more lively with a lot of birds moving around overhead, including Chaffinches, Wood Pigeons, Redwings (just a few), Skylarks, Meadow Pipits and the odd Siskin noted. With clear blue skies and bright sunshine I'm sure there was more but went over unseen. Notable highlights were 2 Great White Egrets that went south then doubled back north, 3 Lapwing south, 4 Hawfinches north that JFT picked out whilst we were watching a Crow mob a Sparrowhawk up high, and a Mistle Thrush. The Snow Goose was also present again early.
The Hawfinches are a really good patch/local sighting and clearly part of an influx this Autumn, although so far it's not as big as the influx in 2017.
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