Excellent ringing
conditions through the morning - pretty calm and overcast produced the biggest
numbers of the autumn so far with 218 new birds caught; nearly half the total
was made up of a good arrival of 104
Chiffchaffs with the rest including 45 Robins, 17 Blackcap, 16 Goldcrests,
4 Sparrowhawks and the first Great-spotted Woodpecker to be caught this
year. Away from the ringing it was much
much quieter over the garden with very few birds moving overhead as there were
just a few Bramblings, Tree Pipits and White Wagtails with a few small flocks
of Chaffinches and Siskins; several Grey Wagtails and a few Golden Plover were
the only other bits.
An hour’s look off the point in the afternoon
(1515-1615) was also much quieter than of late with 524 Eiders, 18 Common
Scoter, 69 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 2 Teal, 2 Brent Geese, a Black-throated Diver, 4
Grey Wagtails and a Hobby over the fields.
Birds along the beach north of the point late afternoon then included a
decent flock of c28 Sanderling, 14+ Dunlin and 2 Turnstone.
Turnstone
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