Fairly nice with a bit of cloud coming and going and a
chilly easterly breeze; nets were quiet at Holland first thing with 4
Chiffchaffs, 2 Willow Warblers and a Robin caught while a Whitethroat and 2
Redwings were around.
I then took yet more people up
to Garso where the Red-winged Blackbird showed
well on the wires and gas bottles before I carried on a walked round the
northern census route where birds included 160+ Arctic Terns at Bewan, a pair
of Pintail (my first ones for ages), a Whimbrel, a Woodpigeon, 13 Dunlin, a
Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff and 7 Lesser Black-backed Gulls while a big 1st
winter female Sparrowhawk caused chaos by landing on the beacon, right
underneath the Raven nest – they did not like that!
There were then 2 Goldfinches
at Holland in the evening where I caught a Tree Pipit and some kind of Redpoll
sp.
I don't often put them down as Redpoll sp. but this one was very confusing!
Tree Pipit
Sparrowhawk
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