An awesome, flat calm, clear morning was perfect for a
whole island Tystie count which, when all the totals were in produced a
brilliant figure of 841 birds –
easily the highest total ever! The calm
seas also produced counts of 41
Great-northern Divers (my survey area in the north plus the Obs census
route), 8 Long-tailed Ducks, 8 Red-breasted Mergansers and 4 Red-throated
Divers while the Siberian Chiffchaff
was still on the coast opposite Rue and 2 Snow Buntings and a female Lapland Bunting were near the
Lighthouse.
Walked
the Obs census route later in the day which produced my first Swallow of the year over the Obs, a
spring high count of 579 Golden Plover,
the 2 male Lapland Buntings on the
track to the Obs, Collared Dove and Chiffchaff in Holland, 7 Wheatears and 3
Redwings.
Opened
the nets at Holland in the evening and managed to catch my first Willow Warbler of the year, a smart
male Brambling, the Collared Dove, a Goldcrest and a bunch of Linnets while a
big female Sparrowhawk bounced out of a net at dusk.
Twite
Tystie with one of last year's data loggers on, we just have to catch him again now!
More Tysties
Brambling
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