Yesterday afternoon my Dad and I went down to Sturt Pond near Hurst Castle to try and find/locate the recent Lapland Bunting that had been present in the Finch flock which have been commuting between two Fields near Sturt Pond.
On arrival it was tipping it down so we decided to stay put and view from the car and as one would expect the results were poor with us just managing to id a Male Reed Bunting. (really it was that poor!!) Then at about 12.45pm the rain cleared and it allowed us to get out and get a proper look at the Finches and 15mins later I found myself listening to a call that I had previously not heard so the first thought was Lapland Bunting, luckily for us the bird in question landed on a rock on top of the shingle bank and there it was the Lapland Bunting.(only my second record in Hants) It then flew off with all the other Finches into the stubble fields and could not be relocated, all that was seen was a few Bramblings and an adult Mediterranean Gull feeding just offshore on the surf.
On arrival it was tipping it down so we decided to stay put and view from the car and as one would expect the results were poor with us just managing to id a Male Reed Bunting. (really it was that poor!!) Then at about 12.45pm the rain cleared and it allowed us to get out and get a proper look at the Finches and 15mins later I found myself listening to a call that I had previously not heard so the first thought was Lapland Bunting, luckily for us the bird in question landed on a rock on top of the shingle bank and there it was the Lapland Bunting.(only my second record in Hants) It then flew off with all the other Finches into the stubble fields and could not be relocated, all that was seen was a few Bramblings and an adult Mediterranean Gull feeding just offshore on the surf.
Dark Bellied Brent Goose part of a flock of c500 taken at Sturt pond
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