Brambling at last!

I thought I'd have to wait till late autumn this year to see a Brambling so the one below was a welcome surprise.

The Treecreeper has been posted here before and is a regualr at the forest hide.

The moth below was on Olive's back door and photographed on my phone in the dark.

The second half of this post shows some of the birds I saw at East Haven when I went back to try and get a photo of what I think is the Siberian Chiffchaff. It must be ranging further and it wouldn't surprise me if it's feeding on or near someones garden feeder!

Brambling, click here for video      Treecreeper      Jay, very wary      Long-tailed Tit

Male Brambling in Montreathmont Forest

Long-tailed Tit

Treecreeper

Great Tit

ObsIdentify says Pale Brindled Beauty moth. The females of this species are completely wingless, or apterous, a feature which is often found in moths which emerge in the winter months. The males fly from January to March, searching for the females which have climbed up tree-trunks. The species shows marked melanism, the black form f. monacharia being commoner than the typical form in certain parts. It is fairly common in England and Wales, and scarcer elsewhere in Britain, and may be found in a wide variety of habitats. The caterpillars feed in late spring on a number of deciduous trees.

Female Stonechat that came to see me sitting on a log at East Haven beach

Rock Pipit

Wren in the ditch where I believe I re-found the Siberian Chiffchaff, I only got a fleeting view as it crossed the ditch and flew into some rosa rugosa. A second visit on Sunday after the ditch had been litter picked on the Saturday was also fruitless

Broken lobster pots removed from the beach by the East Haven community, and these are just the ones from beach, just think how many remain at sea "ghost fishing" for years

House Sparrow in my garden looking a bit wabit!