Later, this lovely Snow Bunting was gleaning sustenance from tiny seeds from the back of the beach at Winterton. We sat down in the lee of the low dunes & waited for it to work it's way past within 10-12' of us. Just sublime, what a privilege...broad smiles all round! #birds

Our last day in Norfolk was one of sun & much wind blown sand at Winterton Dunes. After some searching it was a delight to re-find the small party of Shorelarks that were reported the previous afternoon, oscillating between beach & dunes...probably my birds of the trip I think...

After N.Norfolk coast down to Sea Palling, Horsey, Hickling area for a few nights. Good to see the Black-winged Kite but always distant, my first in UK after first seeing the species in Extremadura some years ago. Cranes too, also reminiscent of our trips to Extremadura. #birds

Dusk on the sea wall at Titchwell...sights & sounds...hundreds of Pinkfeet passing over - their calls trailing into the distance...Starling murmuration overhead, photos of details, incredible co-ordinated flight shapes...sound of air through wing feathers...mesmerising.

Bar-tailed Godwits on Titchwell beach last week.

I always look forward to visiting Titchwell beach & it seldom disappoints - some Knot in lovely late afternoon sunshine.

A few days in Norfolk last week produced lots of nice birds...amongst them this rather splendid Jack Snipe at Titchwell, not often seen one right out in the open like this...

A few misty autumnal mornings this week producing a fantastic temperature inversion across the Adur valley & the Weald from Steyning Roundhill early on. Numbers of Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, House Martins & Swallows still passing through, & a couple of Wheatears too.

Several years ago we planted several native trees & shrubs in our garden. It is so rewarding just now to have a near constant trickle of Chiffchaffs foraging in said trees, fuelling up on tiny insects (pics 2 & 3) as they migrate to Iberia & North Africa one bush at a time.

Possibly my last Whinchats of the year as they pass through on their long migration south. Monarch's Way near Cissbury Ring, West Sussex.

For me an Arctic Skua in full on pursuit mode is one of the most exciting sights in birding - such breathtaking effortless agility at speed - they are often very persistent in quite prolonged chases, though by no means always successful. Fab Birds. Off Dungeness last week.

I've become more & more obsessed with seabirds in recent years, with all the Skua species amongst my favourites. So it was terrific to see numbers of Arctic Skuas patrolling the tern flocks off Dungeness last week, a few light phase birds but most were dark phase ads & juvs.

Many delightful juv/imm Common Terns amongst the numbers of Sandwich Terns, with a few Arctics & Black Terns & a couple of Little Terns passing Dungeness in my several sessions seawatching there last week.

Many Sandwich Terns of various ages, & in different plumages migrating along the coast at Dungeness last week. Always a bittersweet moment as summer migrants depart until next spring...

2 rather relaxed & confiding young Foxes around Dungeness Power Station perimeter fence during our short break last week. #Kent #BritishWildlife #Foxes

Immature & adult Little Gulls at the ARC pit, Dungeness last week.

Juv. Pallid Harrier only a couple of miles from home north of Cissbury Ring this morning. Gloomy, damp conditions & never particularly close so heavily cropped pics. Terrific bird, such languid effortless flight low over the downland. Many thanks to the finder. @SussexBirding

The marvellous Red-necked Phalarope at West Rise Marsh was constantly on the move into the wind across the lake searching for & often finding tiny food items during the couple of hours I spent watching it, occasionally it would hit the jackpot with a larger item.

Juv. Red-necked Phalarope at West Rise Marsh, Eastbourne in the week. Delightful, fragile looking little bird, that belies it's toughness as it will spend the winter out at sea far away from Europe.

One of my most eagerly anticipated autumn migrants, this Whinchat as the most co-operative of 3 seen at Cissbury Ring this morning.