Very calm again first thing but due to a quirk of the weather, it was fairly clear over the point with thick morning mist enveloping Essex across the river and Felixstowe town just to the north and through the hole poured a good and varied arrival of migrants, producing the busiest morning of the spring so far. The gap didn’t last too long however with the fog realizing its mistake, coming back in and covering the point by 09:00 and lingering all day (when apparently, it was clear not too far inland!).
Migrant totals in the compound through the morning as I was ringing comprised a Cetti’s Warbler (the first I’ve ringed for many, many years), a Grasshopper Warbler heard reeling just outside the fence, 19 Blackcaps, 4 Whitethroats, 5 Robins, the first Reed Warbler of the year, a Sedge Warbler, the first Tree Pipit of the year, a Chaffinch, 8+ Song Thrush, a Redwing, 11 Willow Warblers, 2 Goldcrest, a Stock Dove, a Swallow, a Yellow Wagtail, 5 Lesser Redpolls and a Whimbrel heard calling in the fog.
A walk round the reserve in the afternoon allowed me to catch up with the Nightingale at the Mine Station as well as adding 5 Whitethroats, 3 Song Thrushes (all really grey, classic ‘continental’ birds), 2 Chiffchaffs, 4 Wheatears, 3 Robins and the singing Black Redstart to the day.
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