GEDSER - 31st July

An absolutely perfect mist netting day – flat calm and complete cloud cover produced a good 65 new birds in the nets through the morning dominated by a nice influx of 29 Lesser Whitethroats but also including 3 Marsh Warblers, 7 Icterine Warblers, 2 Black Redstarts and 2 Redstarts.   There wasn’t much time to look for anything else and the skies were quiet although 3 Whimbrel and a Bar-tailed Godwit went overhead.

                A spell of light but persistent rain in the afternoon halted things for a while but when I re-opened the nets later on it was unfortunately all quiet with a very young fledgling Icterine Warbler the obvious highlight.

 

Great little influx of Lesser Whitethroats today

Tiny fledgling Icterine Warbler - his head's too big for his body!

Quite a few emerging Migrant Hawkers around today, often 'hardening' up on the mist nets