Saturday 8 September 2012

8th September 2012 Beachy & Ivy Lake SE1 & Clear

Little Egret 1
Hobby 1
Mediterranean Gull 3E ad w/p
Swallow c.300
House Martin c.75
Sand Martin 2
Wheatear 10
Yellow Wagtail c.35
Tree Pipit h
Whitethroat c.20
Lesser Whitethroat 3
Blackcap 6
Grasshopper Warbler 1 ex.
Sedge Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 3
Chiffchaff c.15
Goldcrest 1

Hummingbird Hawk-Moth 1









Grasshopper Warbler at Belle Tout
A yellow-suffused individual


Ivy Lake
Red-footed Falcon 1 2cy male ex. catching Dragonflies

Migrant Hawker at Ivy Lake







 
Second calendar-year male Red-footed Falcon at Ivy Lake
 

 
 



Whilst the underwings of this bird have been photographed extremely well elsewhere, in the field, it was surprising how pale certain areas of the underwings could appear - identification of a 2cy male Amur Falcon is not the the faint-hearted!