GEDSER - 26th October

Another lovely day with plenty of sunshine and light winds produced a great varied mix of late autumn species in the nets through the day; we managed a good 345 new birds with the most common bird being a new influx of 173 Robins and 22 Chiffchaffs while the quality included 7 more big, soft Northern Bullfinches and a wide array of Redpolls which included quite a few big frosty, smart looking Mealy Redpolls.

                It was largely quiet overhead with birds of note being a the first Waxwing of the autumn, a Woodlark, a couple of Hawfinches, 3 Red Kites, a handful of Common Buzzards and the first Collared Dove I’ve seen at the station which flew through while a big flock of 20+ Northern Long-tailed Tits moved quickly through the tall trees on the eastern side of the garden without coming down.

 

Some smart, very white looking Mealy Redpolls today