Rain for the first few hours of the morning delayed proceedings but when it
finally stopped around 09:00 the garden was jumping with birds; some nets were
gradually opened, with one of the first birds to be caught being a smart first
winter Red-breasted Flycatcher, from
where we managed a very decent 571 new
birds through the rest of the day.
Obviously the totals were dominated by 447 Goldcrests but also included 20 Chiffchaffs and 58 Robins while
a bit of quality was added with a cracking Hawfinch,
another Firecrest, a Common Redpoll
with some Lessers which came into roost and a Treecreeper.
It was also very
lively overhead as soon as the rain cleared through with flocks of Finches
again pouring overhead with these early flocks being joined by 5 Woodlarks, a Serin, 3+ Hawfinches and
a few Crossbill flocks. I didn’t really
see much else through the day as I was ringing constantly throughout although
an adult Little Gull did fly over
the garden in the afternoon.
Hawfinch
Red breasted Flycatcher
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