A change in the weather
meant that light rain from first light delayed the ringing to such a degree
that we couldn’t put in a standardised session for the first time this autumn;
when we did get underway we managed a good total of 105 new birds with the
dominant species (both in the nets and in the field) were 42 Tree Pipits and 9 Yellow Wagtails caught. Throughout the day there were big numbers of
these two species around with many flocks passing over the garden in the
morning totalling hundreds of each but we couldn’t really get any accurate counts.
Other birds caught included a Red-backed Shrike, the first Grasshopper
Warbler of the autumn, 19 Whitethroats and a House Martin but I didn’t
really see much else through the day with Dunlin and Curlew overhead and 4-5 Thrush Nightingales present in the
garden.
Grasshopper Warbler
Yellow Wagtail
Adult and 1st year Whitethroat
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