GEDSER - 8th October

Fairly bright and very breezy; the nets were pretty productive as we managed a respectable 177 new birds through the morning, again with no real highlights though, the bulk of the birds made up of another influx of 55 Blue Tits including a Swedish ringed bird (most likely from Falsterbo as tens of thousands have been passing through there in the last week) while the rest largely consisted of 19 Wrens, 14 Dunnocks, 22 Robins, 23 Chiffchaffs and 18 Goldcrests.

                Overhead migration was much reduced (Blue Tit flocks not withstanding) with small numbers of Finches and Thrushes passing over but the morning’s highlight was definitely good views of a very smart adult RED-BREASTED GOOSE which was picked out from the point coming in to land with the huge flock of 3,000+ Barnacle Geese in stubble fields on the edge of town, we drove down the road for a brief look mid-morning and had excellent scope views.

                I then walked a big loop through town and across the fields in the afternoon for little reward with my first Short-eared Owl of the autumn along the cliff top and a flock of 13 Woodlarks at Birkemose the highlight along with 3 lingering Swallows and a Merlin of note.

 

Record shots of the Red-breasted Goose

Many many Barnacles

More Barnacles

The Swedish Blue Tit