GEDSER - 21st September

More nice ringing conditions with the light wind back in the east and bits of cloud cover coming and going but it was never going to be as busy as yesterday and we ended up with a, still respectable 272 new birds caught with the main species being 171 Robins, 33 Chiffchaffs and 28 Goldcrests and the highlights comprising 2 Grasshopper Warblers and a Marsh Warbler.  

There were a few things around including a Rough-legged Buzzard, a Red Kite (who was trying to steal a mouse from a Kestrel!), a handful of Sparrowhawks, a few Chaffinch flocks which started to appear mid-morning and good numbers of Gulls – Herring, Common and Black-headed and White Wagtails feeding on the freshly ploughed fields bordering the garden.

We went out for a little jaunt across to Lolland in the afternoon with the highlight being a cracking juvenile Red-necked Phalarope spinning around at Majbølle along with 300+ Dunlin, 2 Ruff and lots of ducks before a look at point for the last hour of daylight produced hundreds of Eider, Wigeon and Brent Geese piling through in big flocks along with smaller numbers of the usual hangers on with Teal, Shoveler, Pintail, Common Scoter and 5 Velvet Scoter.

 

Brent Geese in the evening light

Pink-barred Sallow

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