After the first frost for a while, the day was sunny and bright. The ringers were doing their stuff and we paused for a chat before heading for the pool field which contained a showy Stonechat, a couple of Reed Buntings, and a Jack Snipe.
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| Stonechat |
We walked on to the flash field where we were pleased to see our first Green Sandpiper of the year along with a decent count of 55 Teal.
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| Green Sandpiper |
The rest of the visit was pleasant enough, several Bullfinches, Redwings, Meadow Pipits, Goldfinches and two drumming Great Spotted Woodpeckers were all typical of the site.
Tony and Leigh caught 27 birds (including nine re-traps) of nine species as follows:
Blue Tit 5 (3)
Great Tit 1
Long-tailed Tit 5 (5)
Wren 1
Robin 2
Dunnock 1
Pied/White Wagtail 3
Bullfinch 2
Reed Bunting 7 (1)
Their efforts were split between the morning and the evening and this explains the presence of a few roosting Pied Wagtails and Reed Buntings in their statistics.
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| Pied/White Wagtail - per Tony K |
Evidently the sunset wasn't bad either.
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| per Tony K |
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