Good conditions through
the morning with lightish NW winds and some cloud cover so perhaps I was
expecting a bit more in the nets but we still managed 40 birds including 4 Marsh Warblers, 5 Icterine Warblers, a juvenile Red-backed Shrike, 2 Pied Flycatchers and yesterday’s Thrush Nightingale re-trapped but
perhaps more noteworthy was a French ringed Reed Warbler. A Marsh Harrier and the first Siskin of the
autumn flew over the garden.
A spell of rain arrived at lunchtime heralding a very
windy afternoon during which I got a couple of nets open which was certainly
made worthwhile by a corking adult male Red-backed
Shrike – the bird of the autumn so far!
Stunning adult male Red-backed Shrike; the big white wing patches and a few other features are slightly unusual and requires a bit more research!
Juvenile Red-backed Shrike this morning
French ring!
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