The wind dropped off overnight to leave a pleasant few
hours from first light with the nets at Holland producing a re-trap Red-breasted Flycatcher (originally caught last night) and a new Yellow-browed Warbler amongst 15 new birds; totals around Holland included 6 Robins,
3 Redstarts, 6 Chiffchaffs, a Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Blackcaps, 2 Garden
Warblers, 3 Song Thrushes, 2 Redwings, a House Martin, a Spotted Flycatcher, a
Willow Warbler, 2 Goldcrests, a Redpoll sp. flying around, a Woodpigeon, a
flyover Lapland Bunting and 41 Ruff in the surrounding fields.
The
wind rapidly picked up through the morning to reach at least force 7 by
lunchtime and I managed to get a few hours on the middle census route before
heavy rain moved in at around 13:00 and birds included the Olive-backed Pipit
again around Longar, 14 Song Thrushes, my first 2 Fieldfares
of the autumn, 2 Blackcap, 4 Robins, a Siskin, 3 Redstarts, 4 Chaffinches, 8
Chiffchaffs, a Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Lapland Buntings, a Mealy Redpoll, a
Willow Warbler, a Grey Plover on the beach at Westness and 266 Wigeon split
between Ancum and Westness.
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Siskin
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