16th October 2019

BROOKLANDS PLEASURE PARK: Clear highlights of the morning were my first Brambling of the autumn, heard over the treatment works access road, where there was a Firecrest. Otherwise, it felt very much a repeat of my last few visits, with two Cetti's Warblers, a Grey Wagtail, nine Chiffchaffs, eight Goldcrests, a Treecreeper, 80 Goldfinches, three Little Grebes, three Teal and the family of Mute Swans... (DKC)

TRULEIGH HILL: This morning I walked the scarp slope of Truleigh Hill and, from about TQ229112 saw six RING OUZELS, mostly hidden inside hawthorn bushes, sometimes moving from bush to bush, mostly quiet (SOS).