A cloudy morning with no breeze was ideal for birding, but we're getting into winter now. Birds are largely settled so the chances of winkling out anything unusual are slight. Our visit to Morton Bagot was pretty typical for the time of year.
A Yellowhammer, which flew over, vied with a pylon topping Peregrine to take top spot. Tony was ringing and had just caught a couple of Redwings as we joined him for a chat.
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| Redwing |
Redwings (c40), Fieldfares 16+, and Blackbirds 12, all achieved reasonable numbers. We sometimes wonder how many Redwings and Fieldfares you need to look at before you stumble on a rarity. Probably more than a lifetime's worth.
Most of the other usual birds were present on site, but the numbers of most barely reached double figures.
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Pied Wagtail |
The flash field was disappointing. A handful of Teal, and Lapwings. We also flushed five Common Snipe from the scrapes.
Tony has now sent me his ringing results covering the weekend. He saw a couple of Red Kites yesterday and caught plenty of passerines, plus a Woodpecker.
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker - female per T Kelly |
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| Song Thrush - per T Kelly |
The full catch list was:
Tony points out that considering the massive number of Blue Tits caught last week (70 birds) it is remarkable that there were another 15 new birds this weekend. In contrast, all the Long-tailed Tits were retraps.
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