Lovely and calm conditions, completely clouding over by mid-morning led to a varied day birdwise, but with nothing really appearing in great numbers; visible migration was much reduced from yesterday but did include 7 Bramblings, 45 Chaffinches, 151 Goldfinches, 8 Greenfinches, 30 Linnets, 43 Meadow Pipits, 15 Redpolls, a Rock Pipit, 23 Siskins, 21 Skylarks, 1,142 Starlings (coming in off the sea on a line with them making landfall in Essex), 376 Woodpigeons and a flock of 5 Woodlarks.
Over the sea birds comprised 156 Black-headed Gulls, 240 Brent Geese, 61 Common Scoter, a Curlew, 27 Dunlin, 13 Gannets, 3 Knot, 5 Mallards, a Red-breasted Merganser, 10 Red-throated Divers, 24 Shelduck and 13 Wigeon.
Also of note was a Ring Ouzel floating around, single Chiffchaff and Blackcap, a Fieldfare (my overdue first of the autumn) and a Cetti’s Warbler found in a mist-net first thing – the third of the year.
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