whinchat on the patch

On the patch last year I struggled with migrants nothing in the spring and only 2 wheatears in the autumn .This spring has been my best year so far, yesterday 10 wheatear and a female redstart, last weekend 5 wheatear and male redstart and today a cracking male whinchat .

Also in the week a few raptors in the sunshine .

Patch birding .

lea valley buzzard

When I heard of a rough legged buzzard at lea valley and an afternoon off work , I arrived and scanned the area and thought I was in luck . But depends what you call lucky I had this cracking sparrow hawk with prey and this pale buzzard which at first I thought I had bagged it .