Autumns just seem to get busier these days, and the opportunities to bird locally are fewer and further between at this time of year; no complaints there, it's all for good, bird-related reasons, but it does mean less (strictly) local content here on these pages. Still, I grab the odd session here and there between surveying / guiding / trips / home-working, and this week a couple of chat species have been in evidence:
Firstly, this Red-flanked Bluetail in Top Scrub - not the mega it once was, but still a smart scarcity - and secondly, not one but four Black Redstarts along the side of Carr Naze the other day, easily the most I've ever seen together here.
