a few randoms from lodmoor today

pretty grim morning above fortuneswell, enjoyed seeing the 4 buzzards from the moat nest hovvering well and the young learning the ropes. just a single chiff from old hill to the RN cem, where a single pied fly was briefly in the first pine on the left before disappearing

any migrants had moved through by late afternoon at verne area, charlie had a few willow warbler n wheatear earlier, first sighting by either of us for a couple of months in the moat of a little owl, presumably post breeding dispersal

a freaky chalkhill blue, the largest i have ever seen, normal variations in size of common blues, 1/2 doz adonis including a nice dark chocolate female that eluded the camera. 4x grayling and a wall brown plus some common species at tout.

didn't see anything of real interest today, 4x buzzard were having what appeared to be a territorial dispute and oddly only saw a single wheatear on my way down to the bill, then extremely good numbers on my way back.

not a lot to be seen on portland today, male common darter and immature female painted lady in the obs garden and a gannet/gull feeding frenzy off the bill

a late chalkhill blue this afternoon in tout quarry, small white numbers were notable and on the birding front a strong steady stream of migrating hirundines was the only thing of note.

a couple of hours with charlie at chesil cove produced no more than a grey seal as a highlight, kind of sums up the autumn here really!

Hobby circling high over verne common, lost to view

a few from pendeen today

pendeen 6x grey seal, 2x chough, grey wagtail, 2 chiffs, sparrowhawk chasing mipits, pothgwarra whetear n plenty of choughs, no sign of richard's pipit PM Cornwall Birds

Lapland still about two thirds along footpath N of croft pascoe pool c

GGShrike other side of road to crowdy reservoir perching on stacks of piled branches in open area Cornwall Birds

a few barwits at hayle mid morning on the way home, thanks to Cornwall Birds for all the info on pages and to the finders of twitched birds, particularly the bluetail!