Portsdown Hill - Ortolan Bunting

There's been a fair scattering of Ortolan Bunting this autumn, particularly along the length of the south coast that have notoriously difficult to pin down.  Despite clear skies on Saturday morning, the Ortolan that was found the day before just beyond Portsdown Hill remained unexpectedly overnight.

The bird flew in over our heads after a short wait and settled distantly on a large Hawthorn that it had been favouring, and remained there for much of the day.  My first sighting of this bird for the UK.

Farlington Marsh down the road produced very little except for a Spotted Redshank on the lake, three Yellow Wagtail, and a Common Sandpiper.