Pittswood Birds

Another migrant filled day today, (for my patch anyway!). I found yesterday's WHEATEAR in Migrant Alley this morning whilst walking in to work, or was it another one? Also 4 YELLOW WAGTAILS dropped into one of the paddocks whilst I was scanning it, bit of luck! I couldn't find anything in the paddocks on the way home, so after a quick bit of lunch I returned there. I was a bit fed up when I got there as the college stables were showing 15-20 new students the horse jumps, which meant they were walking right round migrant alley. Anyway I sat and watched one of the fields and it wasn't long before I heard the piercing call of a Yellow Wagtail, it went over my head and dropped down some 30m away. I decided to walk around the maize crop, and upon entering the paddock where this mornings Wheatear was, I relocated it. Some twenty minutes later it was joined by a WHINCHAT, which just appeared! Then ten minutes futher passed and there were 3 Wheatears in the paddock, again I didn't see them arrive.
After the excitment of seeing the Osprey yesterday, I thought today was going to be a bit of an anti-climax, but it turned out to be another great visit. There was also another MEADOW PIPIT, that flew over, as did a HOBBY, and 3 CHIFFCHAFF were seen in various parts of the scrub at the north end of Migrant Alley.
I also saw a large raptor, way to the south-east, but it was to distant to make anything of it, probably a Common Buzzard.

Above is the SONGTHRUSH that I was photographing when yesterdays Osprey went over. I forgot to post it in my excitement!

Above: Another Whinchat at Migrant Alley. If you click on the pic below and enlarge it, you'll find a Whinchat and Wheatear

Below is the Hobby that went belting through at some speed!