Saturday early evening on the downs, near Broughton.
Yellowhammers, Corn Bunting and a Few Lapwings, plus Linnets, and Whitethroats.
Later, at dusk, headed to a small pond near the "Mottisfont Bats" SSSI. Was lucky enough to pick out a Barbastelle amongst the many Natterers and Daubentons Bats feeding over the water.
Natterers were whizzing inches from my face, which was fine, but a Tawny Owl that glided silently past me within a couple of metres got my heart racing!
Very brief sound file of the Barbastelle attached:
http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/uploads/p/petermk/4909.wav
And sound analysis: 
Which shows the peak power at approx 35KHz (need to multiply the graph by 10 for true reading).
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