Still breezy first thing
but the wind died down to manageable levels pretty quickly after dawn; this
produced a very good day of ringing for the first day of the month with a total
of 173 new birds caught highlighted by a very impressive first winter Common
Buzzard which bundled into a net at the exact right time for me to jump on it
and a lovely Firecrest. The total was largely made up of 62
Goldcrests, 33 Chiffchaffs, 29 Chaffinches and 18 Robins along with 3
Sparrowhawks, 2 Coal Tits, 4 Siskins and a Yellowhammer.
A lazy day really as I never left the garden but
overhead there were 20+ Crossbills, a Mistle Thrush, several Grey Wagtails and
a latish Yellow Wagtail along with a steady passage of Chaffinches, Bramblings
and Siskins heading SE in decent sized flocks as well as quite a few flocks of
Blue Tits and Coal Tits which never came down low enough to be caught.
Buzzard
Siskin
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