The weather forecast was for NE winds over night and fog so it was hoped that there might be a fall of birds and on the first net round it looked promosing with a chiffchaff and then a spotted flycatcher trapped. However it was soon apparent that there were few birds about. There was approximately 20 snipe feeding around the Coastal Park with another 4 up on the Leas. Several Bramblings were observed heading south and a snow bunting went north over Jackies Beach. The first autumn redwing and song thrush were trapped and several were observed flying in off. Yellow-browed warblers were turning up all over the place with a total of 9 being found in the local area. Not surprisingly two
yellow-browed warblers were trapped and ringed over the day. The surprise of the day came when our second
common rosefinch was trapped.
Elsewhere a
red-breasted flycatcher was found in the afternoon on the Leas hedgerow. Once the fog had lifted there was a big wildfowl movement offshore.
Ringing: 4 greenfinch, 2
yellow-browed warbler, 2 robin, singles of
common rosefinch, spotted flycatcher, song thrush, redwing, chiffchaff.
© Adrian George
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