After a cloudy start, it soon brightened up into a
wonderful, sunny, warm day and another glorious, picturesque evening; pretty
much all of yesterday’s migrants had unsurprisingly moved on in the fine
conditions but a great highlight came late on, as a Marsh Warbler was found at the
Lighthouse Punds just before dinner and as photos showed that it was ringed, we
went up and caught it to reveal a Swedish ring! As far as we can tell the first Swedish
Marsh Warbler recovered in the UK!
Not
much else to mention although other birds included a Great-northern Diver, a /
the Barnacle Goose on Hooking, a Greenshank which dropped briefly onto Brides,
2 Purple Sandpipers still, a Short-eared Owl at Ancum, single Blackcap and
Chiffchaff and proof of Water Rail breeding with a nest containing eggs found
at Hooking.
Swedish ringed Marsh Warbler
Short-eared Owl
Water Rail nest
compared to a Moorhen nest
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