After the fun and games of August, September was a quiet affair with just the four patch ticks, the best of the limited bunch being long-tailed skua. Fortunately October has perked the patch up a bit, with the very best being a fine Semi P Sand on the Notsogreatpool. Unfortunately it didn't find the pool to its liking and departed south with a dunlin not too long after being found. However, a full fat patch tick and the first Yank for the patch, that and the first jack snipe of the autumn got me to within a smidgen below the magical 100%.
Luckily a sniff of south-easterlies this weekend brought in a few birds, including two lovely little grebes (only second patch record) and some brambling.
Pushing me on to 123 species for the year and tipping me over the better than average and onto 102.2%.
Still time and species to get.
Happy days
Bushveld
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