Lutley Wedge 30/07/13 (14°c/22°c) Broken cloud, light rain showers later. (SSW) F1/2

"Swifts on the move"
300+ Swift ➝SW (in 3 hrs)
2 Sand Martin ➝S
c40 House Martin
23 Mistle Thrush ➝S (Flocks of 18 + 5)
3 Whitethroat
1 Chiffchaff
4 B.H.Gull (3➝S) (1➝E)
2 L.B.B Gull ➝S

Swift 30/7/13

 (One of the hundreds heading SW this morning)

Lutley Wedge 27/07/13 (14°c/26°c) Sunny, scatterd high cloud. Wind Calm/Var

50 House Martin
32 Swallow
12+ Swift
4 Raven ➝SW
5 Herring Gull (2ad 3juv) ➝W
2 B.H.Gull ➝W

Lutley Wedge 24/07/13 (17°c/26°c) Sunny, high cloud. Overcast later. (SW) F2-F3

1 Cuckoo

1 Red Kite (flew over high➝ E at 10.53 am)

6 Sand Martin ➝S

c50 House Martin

c10+ Swallow

c100+ Swifts 

2 Chiffchaff

2 Whitethroat

1 Raven ➝E

4 B.H.Gull ➝W

Juvenile Cuckoo 24/7/13

 (The first sighting of this increasingly scarce migrant since 2009!)

Red Kite 24/7/13 

Moulting, with an obvious gap in the wings due to missing outer primaries probably (P7) and also the longest two outer tail feathers (T6) were being replaced and growing in.

Lutley Wedge 16/07/13 (15°c/28°c) Hot, sunny, high cloud. (N/NW-VAR) Breeze F1-2

"High Summer"

c60 Swift

11 House Martin

1 Sand Martin ➝NW

1 Swallow

2 Common Whitethroat

1 Chiffchaff

6+ L.B.B Gull

1 Herring Gull

1 B.H.Gull

1 Grey Heron➝E

Swifts and ♂ Whitethroat 16/7/13

Lutley Wedge 01/07/13 Overcast, breezy (W)

1♂ Garden Warbler

1 Blackcap

3 Whitethroat

4 Chiffchaff

8 Swallow

32+ Swift

8 House Martin

Garden Warbler 1/7/13 Wassell Grove Pools

The ♂ Garden Warbler looked to have already started it's partial post breeding moult of body feathers, with it's fairly scruffy/worn appearance and one loose undertail covert visible