Farlington Marshes
This autumn (so far) has been the quietest that I can remember. It is a season that is eagerly anticipated by birders with the mass movement of birds, post-breeding adults and newly fledged juveniles. Northern Hemisphere dispersal across North America, Europe and Asia generally take a north to south route spanning thousands of miles. One of the many miraculous aspects of the natural world that we witness every year. It is the east to west displacements that provide the anticipation of something rare dropping onto our shores. Much of this is to do with weather, not just around our geographical region but much more influenced on a global scale. El niƱo, Nor’Easter, Coriolis effects, the nuances and variations within weather patterns will never be fully understood particularly when considering avian vagrancy. We hit the end of September and with a huge ridge of high pressure sat across much of the UK extending out into the Atlantic and Continental Europe. There has been a dearth ...