A non-stop stream of lapwing (probably 2,000 in all) flew E>W into the wind down the Corse today, suggesting earlier inland displacement during the gale.
A ringtail hen harrier appeared first, closely followed by a female marsh harrier. Both hunted over the reedbed, then the hen harrier peeled off over the fen meadow and farmland flushing snipe as it went. Later, as I was changing out of my boots back at Gupton Farm, it made a pass over the farmyard.
A Cetti's warbler was singing vigorously at 11 o'clock from the hide.
Rob and Christine Lewis saw a marsh harrier and a wandering red kite over the Corse at the weekend. I watched a peregrine perched on a fencepost at Starman's Hall earlier in the week.
