Friday 30th August

Birding this morning was a little slow until I heard a Marsh Tit calling from the woodlands at the top of Payne Close (TN6 2XB). At the same site there were both Great Spotted and Green Woodpeckers calling, and I saw the former briefly in flight. A Chiffchaff was as always present at the top of Pelling's Farm Close, along with a mixed flock of Blue and Great Tits. A few Siskins flew over while I was at that site. Another Chiffchaff was also present in my garden this morning, feeding quite unobtrusively whilst three Robins were fighting with each other! There was no sign of the Painted Lady this morning, nor of yesterday's Willow Warbler.