Blakehill Summer ........

7 July - An unseasonal wet and windy spell at the weekend brought an extremely early (?postbreeding) male Stonechat that spent 2 days around the fenceline on the main track. Redstarts have also arrived for their summer sojourn but are typically elusive - a male, and a female/immature. They dart out briefly from the bushes but are mostly concealed, especially in the wind. Also seen, assorted raptors - Hobby and Red Kite, as well as Kestrel and Buzzard. The most obvious Warblers at the moment are Whitethroats, often in family groups.