After some prolonged rain overnight it was another fantastic October day
with another all day ringing session in sometimes very pleasant conditions; we
were again flat out through the morning with the bulk of the 715 Goldcrests being caught which in
turn formed most of the 917 new birds
trapped; there were again some good highlights with a stunning PALLAS’S WARBLER caught in the
afternoon along with another Yellow-browed
Warbler, 2 Firecrests and 9 Northern Bullfinches.
Overhead passage was
much reduced from yesterday but there were still Finch flocks and really high
Fieldfare flocks heading out (30,000 were counted at the point although they weren’t
obvious over the garden) while other little bits included a couple of Hawfinches, a Woodlark, a few raptors with 4
Rough-legged Buzzards, a couple of Red Kites and many Sparrowhawks seen and
some big Barnacle and White-fronted Goose flocks.
Other things of note
included my first 2 Whooper Swans of
the autumn which flew noisily over the garden at first light, 2 Black Redstarts
and an awesome little Weasel which was capering around my feet near one of the
nets at dusk – hopefully he doesn’t get start to associate them with food….
Pallass Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
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