Nice and calm for the session at Ason with the sun not coming out until mid-morning meant the nets were very busy throughout the morning with good numbers of Reed Buntings, Siskins, Redpolls and Tits along with a Snipe, 4 Blackcaps, 2 Willow Warblers, 9 Chiffchaffs and 4 Goldcrests.
Although I didn’t have too much time to have my eyes to the sky there was a trickle of birds heading south (but no big numbers of anything) as bits of note included 7 Taiga Bean Geese, 2 Hen Harriers (two ringtails which came across the lake together), 3 Marsh Harriers, a Sparrowhawk, a Grey Plover, a Peregrine, 7 Jays, 200+ Blue Tits, 6 Bearded Tits, 12 Fieldfares, 3 Grey Wagtails, 4 Hawfinches, a single Parrot Crossbill, 30 Redpolls, 250+ Siskins and 35+ Reed Buntings.
A walk in the late afternoon along the ‘Moose Road’ was pretty quiet with the exception of my first Great Grey Shrike of the autumn.
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