Autumn 2025 Patch Update
A part from a couple of ‘named’ storms, the mild, dry theme of spring and summer continued well into November, enabling plenty of autumn patch birding. Our year list has grown steadily, but remains five below our record figure of 103 in 2024 with no species added to the overall total since March. Checklist numbers were similar overall to previous years; our highest count of 47 on 8 th November was a new record for that month. As usual, all lists and bar charts can be found on the ebird ‘hotspot’, by clicking on this hyperlink , and I have also included links to pictures of the birds mentioned in this blog. For new readers, a map and description of the route can be found on the first blog post on this site, here . 'Devil's Fingers': a regular autumn fungus on Setley Plain The migration season was slightly disappointing this year, with no further sightings of Wheatear or Whinchat and just a single Yellow Wagtail overhead during September, despite large numbers being rec...