A cold, annoying little NE
breeze at dawn soon died away to leave another calm, sunny and warm day; the
nets were again busy with another wave of Goldcrests out at the lighthouse, 94
new birds were caught with the highlight being an awesome female Black Woodpecker which bundled into a
net in the Labyrinth while more variety was provided by 2 smart female Northern Bullfinches, 3 Treecreepers, a
Coal Tit (very scarce this year), a Common Redpoll and a Chiffchaff.
A similar morning’s migration saw maybe 7 Black Woodpeckers come out of
Lebeltet along with a Great-spotted Woodpecker while other birds included a Hen
Harrier, another Northern Bullfinch and c90 Crossbills which headed off NW in
small flocks through the morning.
The afternoon was fairly quiet in the glorious
conditions but birds did include 2 Great
Grey Shrikes, a Great-northern Diver south, my first 2 Twite of the autumn
in Sevika and a cracking adult male Hen Harrier floating over Gunnarsmyra where
the male Stonechat was still present.
Black Woodpecker
Common Redpoll
Northern Bullfinch
Short-eared Owl
We only need to catch 20 more for it to become a record autumn for Goldcrests
Its ace when flock of Black Woodpeckers come out and circle the lighthouse!
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