Shorncote

30 Sep - My first visit to Shorncote for a while. A fairly good selection of autumn birds and Shorncote specialities - 2 Little Grebes, a flock of a hundred or so Tufted Duck and the first Wigeon of the winter, calling Water Rail, Lapwing flock in flight, 2 Kingfishers including one perched, a passage of Meadow Pipits, 3 fairly confiding Stonechats, and 3 Greenfinches, a local scarcity these days. 2 late Swallows, and a late juvenile Wheatear, were a sign of ongoing migration.