Friday and Saturday Sept 29/30 - Vizmigging

 It's that time of year again. Birds are winging their way southwards, and now it's possible to see them do it. Well it was today (Saturday), yesterday not so much. It's not that it wasn't happening yesterday, the breeze was a light westerly and the sun shone brightly. But therein lies the problem.

Sunny days are great for photographing stuff, but not so good for working out where in the sky that tiny bird that just went "tsip" is. So instead I wandered around, pointing my camera at anything near enough and counting the birds in the bushes.

Chiffchaff caught mid wing-quiver

Chiffchaff's took centre stage, and I counted 14 of them as I wandered round the patch. The one shown above was quivering its wings in display to another Chiffchaff. By contrast I only saw one Blackcap and no other warblers. 

Overnight rain has caused the water-level to rise, so there were no waders other than Snipe and Lapwing. On the plus side the route passed the Kingfisher Pool remains passable with care and even better, gave good views of a Kingfisher and a Grey Wagtail.

Kingfisher

Grey Wagtail

As for overhead migration, there was a steady trickle of Meadow Pipits and a substantial flock of hirundines, mainly Swallows with a few House Martins.

This morning the wind had swung round to a light southerly. I was due to join the ringers (Tony and John today) so this meant an earlier start, 08.00. I had decided to vizmig (visual migration) properly, which meant standing still for two hours and looking skywards.

The early start is one reason I don't do much vizmigging, and it really is a key factor. In the first hour I counted 157 Meadow Pipits and 95 Swallows heading south. The second hour saw Swallow numbers dip to 25 south, although Meadow Pipits were no less frequent. 

My tally after two hours was 312 Meadow Pipits, 120 Swallows, 18 Siskins, eight Lesser Redpolls, two Chaffinches, seven Alba (probably Pied) Wagtails, and a Grey Wagtail. There were also small parties of Skylarks, Linnets, and Goldfinches which may have been migrating, and I heard a Mistle Thrush, the first for ages.

The ringers were having a good morning too, but I was concentrating too much to be good company. That's another thing about vizmigging, when the birds are moving you have to be fully switched on. The camera is pretty much an irrelevance (well mine is anyway), with no chance of getting a recognisable image of anything because they are all too high up. However, some high cloud was extremely helpful because its a lot easier to count the dots against a whiteish background.

Nevertheless I did notice one bird of worth in the hedge behind me. A male Yellowhammer appeared and unlike with the one a few days ago it was not backlit.

Yellowhammer

It didn't find its way into the nets either.

After two hours, normal birding activity was resumed. I headed towards the flash pools spotting three Stonechats on the way, and once there, saw pretty much the same birds as yesterday, counting 50 Teal, 27 Lapwings, five Snipe and three Shovelers. 

I couldn't help noticing that Meadow Pipits were still moving, and I had an additional party of nine Lesser Redpolls going over. But the Swallow tap had been switched off and I added just two more.

As next month progresses there should be further opportunities for vizmigging, but the cast will gradually change to thrushes and their ilk. There probably won't be anything rare on offer, but the visual spectacle can, on a good day, more than make up for that.

PS: The ringing totals were:

Blue Tit 7

Great Tit 3

Blackcap 1

Song Thrush 1

Robin 1

Meadow Pipit 48

Chaffinch 1

Goldfinch 1

Monday September 25 - A county first (moth)

 I have to admit that my enthusiasm for moth-trapping has been waning lately. Several promising nights have been ignored and three weeks have passed since I last counted a batch of the same old moths. 

But after an enjoyable day's birding at Morton Bagot logging Swallows (82) and House Martins (22) heading south, the warmth of the afternoon encouraged me to give it another go. I'm glad I did.

Among the catch of 31 moths were an expected selection of new ones for the year: Snout, Lunar Underwing (14), Black Rustic (2), and Brown-spot Pinion (only my second), and a couple of moths which looked different. One was a bit like a Pale Mottled Willow, but not really. Intrigued, I tried Obsidentify on it and it came up with an uncertain identification of Clancy's Rustic. I checked the books and discovered that a) it did look like one, and b) there has never been a Warwickshire or Worcestershire record.

In better light this morning (Tuesday) an internet search still suggested it was Clancy's Rustic, so I ran it past the ever reliable @MOTHIDUK who confirmed the identification.

Clancy's Rustic

This species is supposed to be a south coast specialist, although there have been a few turning up as far north as Norfolk since 2018. I suspect that more will be found in the Midlands before long.

In the meantime the moth has been twitched by a few birders/moth-ers as it rests in a pot prior to release. One of these, Steve W on being shown my other good moth, a Deep-brown Dart, told me that recent genetic studies have discovered that all the British ones are actually a race of Northern Deep-brown Dart (the Deep-brown Dart being a European species). It's a tick for me whatever it is.

Northern Deep-brown Dart (the species formerly known as Deep-brown Dart)

Less controversial were the birds at Morton Bagot. Tony has continued to catch brand new Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs, and was particularly pleased to catch a Skylark. Meanwhile my best bird was a Yellowhammer, my first there since the first day of the year. Unfortunately the only shot I got was heavily silhouetted, so instead I'll share one of 12 Chiffchaffs, and my only Whinchat which was accompanied by a bumper six Stonechats.

Chiffchaff

Whinchat

My last blog post was banging on about invisible migration. This time the emphasis has switched to the visible kind. As well as the Swallows and House Martins mentioned earlier I recorded 16 Meadow Pipits, 11 Siskins, and 11 Lesser Redpolls heading south.

I'm sure if I'd spent the morning standing in one place as you are supposed to when vizmigging I would have seen a lot more.

The only damper on the day was the work going on at the Kingfisher Pool. The edge has been scraped back almost to the hedge so I might have to revert to the original way of looking at the nearest flash as access is getting tricky. Time will tell.

Thursday September 21 - Twitching the local stuff

 Yesterday was a bit of a day. Temptations were everywhere, and one of these was a juvenile Ruff discovered at Earlswood late in the afternoon. I was tempted to go immediately, but played it cool and went this morning.

I joined Joe and John on the causeway. The Ruff was on the only patch of shore on Windmill Pool and was very easy to see.

Ruff

We were joined by Ken (KL) who just had time to get an eyeful before two thoughtless fishermen (without rods) felt it was appropriate to walk onto the shore loudly discussing the presence of "twitchers" and even noticing the Ruff as it attempted to land after they had flushed it. We watched it circle the reservoir before leaving to the north-east.

Other birds seen were three Common Sandpipers, four Ravens, numerous hirundines (Joe later saw all three common species) and a constant movement of Meadow Pipits which I didn't log. I just missed a Hobby, but saw a Sparrowhawk.

Common Sandpiper

After this excellent start I had to decide whether to birdwatch at Earlswood properly or try another site in the hope of finding another refugee of the storm. 

I opted for Bittell Reservoirs, having not been there since early June. Parking at Alvechurch Fisheries, I discovered two Common Sandpipers there. Scoping from the dam at Lower Bittell I counted the small number of waterbirds in view. These included 16 Little Grebes, two Little Egrets, and a Green Sandpiper. A flock of large gulls circled from the direction of Upper Bittell, but if they were mobbing anything I couldn't see it.

I decided to step out of my self-imposed Circle (patch), and visit Upper Bittell. The sight that greeted me was a very large number of dabbling duck, Geese, and Coots. These I diligently counted from the dam, but without a permit I could not see many more birds which were screened from view in the north-west corner. At least I finally saw the presumed escapee Tundra Bean Goose for a belated Bittell tick, just over a year since it was found. That is playing it cool. Other dodgy wildfowl were a drake Mandarin, and a Bar-headed Goose.

What I couldn't find was any waders at all. Not even a Lapwing. Stacks of shoreline and lots of wildfowl and Gulls on it. A major drawback was my distance from the action. Even with a scope it was hard to locate and count the Teal (96 at least). I have recently been contemplating the unthinkable (adjusting my Circle border to include Upper Bittell), but after today I'm still undecided.

Wednesday September 20 - Wet 'n windy

The last few days have been blighted by grey skies, rain, and strong south-westerlies. Particularly today. Most of the warblers have gone south, and we're just down to Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps. So why don't I just stay indoors and wait for proper autumn?

It is a temptation, but it's the last thing I should be doing. On Sunday I gave Earlswood a look for a change. It was grey, but probably not windy enough. I only walked around Windmill Pool so didn't see the Mandarin which was still on Terry's. About 15 House Martins and a few Swallows appeared to remind me that they are still about. I saw a couple of Teal, and gather that ten of them later emerged from the Bistort jungle along the west shore. The little gravel island is showing on Engine Pool. A Common Sandpiper flew over it, and the presence of several large gulls may have put it off.

I decided this was a second calendar year Herring Gull

Two days later the wind was blowing strongly from the south, and I decided Morton Bagot should be checked. As it turned out I should have waited until the afternoon when the wind dropped a little. Instead I found myself counting Teal on the nearest flash which was now a sheet of shallow water. There was no sign of the Garganey and after a cursory scope of the furthest flash revealed that all the ducks and geese were sheltering or sleeping I gave up and went home. I should have tried harder.

In the afternoon Mark Clarke decided to pay a visit and innocently recorded 12 Gadwall before retiring to write his notes onto the BTO's Birdtrack site. 

So this morning I was very impressed to see the record. There have been no Gadwalls at Morton Bagot this year, and the count of 12 was double the previous all-time highest count there. 

It was raining like hell all morning, but by mid afternoon the wind had died down and it was drying up. So while intrepid midland twitchers were heading to either Bodymoor Heath (Pectoral Sandpiper) or Dartmouth Park in West Bromwich (Grey Phalarope), I was twitching a flock of Gadwall which it turned out were no longer there.

But I'm not down-hearted because the rain did deliver a bird to Morton Bagot. Not exactly a rarity, but the second this year, so worth the effort. My initial view was of a small wader with a white rear end disappearing behind the dratted rushes. I waited half an hour, scoping about a dozen Snipe, a Green Sandpiper, and several Pied Wagtails hoping that I wasn't wasting my time on a poor view of one of them. My faith proved justified when I spotted the culprit, a rather long-billed Dunlin at the back of the flash. 

Hard to believe, but there are four species in this shot (answers at the end)

Dunlin (magnification cranked up to maximum)

Also present were the usual Teal and Mallard and a flock of about a dozen Swallows. A few Chiffchaffs were chasing each other around as I walked back, while a buck Roe Deer gave me a proper photo opportunity.

Nice and close

As for the birds in the long shot. They are Lapwing, Snipe, Dunlin, and hardest of all to see a Pied Wagtail. Award yourself a pat on the back if you spotted them.

Saturday September 16 - Migration at Morton Bagot

 Migration sometimes seems invisible at Morton Bagot, and this is particularly the case with warblers. This is where the bird ringers are a valuable asset to any patch. Consider last weekend's figures. They caught 31 Blackcaps, 16 Chiffchaffs and four Whitethroats all bar one (a Chiffchaff) new birds. On Friday they were back, and caught another 13 Blackcaps, 10 Chiffchaffs, and one Whitethroat with not a single retrap. They also caught the first Lesser Redpoll of the autumn.

Lesser Redpoll - Tony and Leigh Kelly

My own efforts were restricted to Wednesday when I saw eight Chiffchaffs, five Whitethroats, and eight Blackcaps, and again today with a further 15 Chiffchaffs, and three Blackcaps (including one unringed bird sadly found dead). In addition on Wednesday there were two Whinchats and a Wheatear.

Whitethroat

Blackcap

Whinchat

So that's a minimum of 55 Blackcaps, 48 Chiffchaffs, and 10 Whitethroats moving through one tiny part of Warwickshire in the course of a week. And those are just the ones that get captured or seen. The scale of invisible migration across Britain at this time of year is mind-boggling. Who needs rarities?

Well me actually. Bird migration fires my imagination, but its always nice to find something unexpected, that little blob of jam on top of the cream scone. Today was cloudy, the wind light but distinctly northerly. A trickle of Meadow Pipits headed south overhead (visible migration), and at least 11 House Martins continued to hunt insects high above.

The flash field was going to have to be the provider. For once, I took my scope and that allowed me to discover five Shoveler with the usual species on the furthest flash. Meanwhile the nearest flash remains in good shape. The Ringed Plover was still here, as were at least four Green Sandpipers. There seemed to be more Teal present so I started counting them. I'd got to seven, eight, nine?....number nine looked interesting. The count stopped and I switched to my scope to confirm my suspicions. Yep, my first Garganey of the year was hiding in plain sight.

Garganey

Definitely not annual here, I can think of maybe six previous records in the last fifteen years. So definitely jammy.

I went on to count 43 Teal, and accumulated a modest 14 Meadow Pipits heading south. The lack of any Whitethroats today was also a clear sign that the first phase of autumn is drawing to a close. Summer is over and winter beckons. A whole new set of birds will be darkening the skies and filling the bushes by the end of next month.

I can hardly wait.

Saturday and Sunday Sept 9/10 - Morton Bagot still punching above its weight

 The ringers are back from their holidays, and I was keen to join them on Saturday morning. The day was forecast to be the hottest of the year so an early start (which for me was 08:10) was required.

They were doing well, catching plenty of warblers and kindly let me photograph a couple of them.

This adult Whitethroat had a very high fat score (so ready to head to Africa)

Chiffchaff

It was good to spend time with them. They had seen a Red Kite earlier in the morning. On a breezeless morning I hadn't seen a single large raptor by the time I went home.

After about thirty minutes I headed for the flash field. I walked through a large party of warblers, Blackcaps, Whitethroats, and Chiffchaffs which kept me optimistic. Occasional calls of Meadow Pipits and Siskins were evidence of overhead migration. 

I reached the flash field and found that the water-level had dropped revealing a substantial area of mud. Better than that, along with the Snipe and Green Sandpipers was a juvenile Ringed Plover, the second this year.

Ringed Plover keeping its distance

Common Snipe showing its flexible bill tip

Little Egret

It was starting to get too warm by 10:00 so I headed back via the scrape field for a change. Other than seeing a Roe Deer this was unproductive until I got to the stunted willow, one of my favourite parts of the patch. A movement caught my eye and it proved to be a Spotted Flycatcher which had almost completed its post-juvenile moult. 

Spotted Flycatcher

After leaving the site I heard from John C. He had braved the afternoon's heat and had seen two Stonechats, so I obviously hadn't been all that thorough.

This morning I was back, and so were the ringers. In fact they returned mob-handed. As well as Tony and Leigh, there was Sam, John S, and Julie from HOEF. Dave joined me as the rain started. It proved to be a muggy day with almost compete cloud cover and occasionally drizzly showers, annoying for the ringers but great for seeing birds in the field.

Dave and I decided to press on quite quickly and soon found a Stonechat and a Whinchat in the corner of the scrape field with numerous warblers. At the flash field we counted 16 Snipe, six Green Sandpipers, and the juvenile Ringed Plover. The latter remained distant but did fly around calling in panic when a Sparrowhawk powered across the field.

Luck plays a big part in birding and we got a large slab of it when we reached the "raptor watchpoint" above Stapenhill Wood. We had paused to try to see a warbler (probably a Blackcap) which had disappeared into a hawthorn. After about thirty seconds I shifted my left leg, and this tiny movement flushed a COMMON QUAIL which must have been cowering in the long grass inches from the end of my toe. We each shouted "Quail" as it flew fast and straight through a gap in the bushes and within about five seconds the event was over. Small and brown with tell-tale whitish braces along its back, it was enough for only my fifth actual sighting of a Quail. It was the second this year, the first having sung invisibly for a few days in June.

Common Quail

It's a long time since I drew anything, and I can hardly call this a field sketch as it was drawn at home some time after the event, but I do have a strong mental image of what we saw and to my mind this does fit it.

The last part of the morning brought more warblers, including a brief view of a Lesser Whitethroat before we located a few more Stonechats. These brought the day tally to five and included a bird in full juvenile plumage.

Juvenile Stonechat

Stonechats have several broods in a year, and the juveniles start moving before they start their moult into first-winter plumage. The ringers plan to colour-ring this species this autumn (if they can catch any) and it would certainly be interesting to know where our birds come from, and where they are going.

The ringing results (re-traps in brackets) for the whole weekend are as follows:

Blue Tit 15 (2)

Great Tit 5 (1)

Goldcrest 3

Wren 5

Chiffchaff 16 (1)

Blackcap 31

Whitethroat 4

Blackbird 6

Robin 11 (1)

Dunnock 5 (4)

A very satisfactory weekend.

Thursday September 7 - Morton Bagot

A very light easterly breeze should be perfect for birding in autumn, and only fly in the ointment being the unseasonably hot weather. I headed for Morton Bagot this morning hoping for something worth blogging about. It was a close call.

I've just about abandoned all hope of adding Tree Pipit to my year-list, and today it was just the drip drip of the first Meadow Pipits heading south plus a couple of Grey Wagtails. September tends to be the poor relation of autumn here. August's warbler glut is over, although Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs are still plentiful. There'll be no true winter visitors until mid to late October, but there are still things to see.

The highlight of my morning came when I spotted a Hobby dashing around, being harassed by corvids over a distant copse. It was too far away for any thoughts of a photo. Instead, I was surprised to see two Whinchats in exactly the same spot as on Saturday (and where they weren't on Monday). It's hard to know whether these are two new individuals or not.

Whinchat

Earlier on I'd glimpsed what I was sure was my first Stonechat of the autumn at Netherstead, it made the list but I was still pleased when I relocated it on my return there.

Stonechat

I'm sure there'll be plenty more in the coming weeks. 

The water at the nearest flash is evaporating rapidly leaving a substantial edge, but still just the same birds. On this occasion I counted five Green Sandpipers, two Teal, 21 Lapwings, and 27 Black-headed Gulls.

A single Siskin flew south, a further reminder that autumn is on the way. The warm weather encouraged plenty of butterflies and dragonflies onto the wing, giving plenty of photo opportunities.

Comma on blackberries

Finally, many thanks to Linda and Mike who invited Lyn and I to spend time in their fabulous garden overlooking the river Arrow in Studley yesterday. I scored a massive own goal by leaving my binoculars at home, but fortunately they had several spare pairs for us to use.

I'm looking forward to showing them around Morton Bagot later next month.

Monday September 4 - The dreaded next day

 Strictly speaking, it was two days after the longest day when I was back at Morton Bagot. I am quite sure that every team competing in the WestMidsAlldayer has the same experience, seeing birds you missed on the big day.

It didn't take me long to hear a Greenfinch at Netherstead. The next hour was extremely pleasant in warm sunshine. All the expected warblers were present, including a singing Willow Warbler, a species which was on our list thanks to Gary, but which I personally had not recorded. Two Lesser Whitethroats and a family of Common Whitethroats were gorging themselves on blackberries prior to their big leap south.

Juvenile Common Whitethroat

Shortly afterwards I heard the first of two Yellow Wagtails heading south overhead. In the bright blue sky I was unable to locate it, but the call was distinctive enough. That would have been a good bird on Saturday.

I reached the nearest flash and established there were no new waders. However, some minutes later a flock of 23 Black-headed Gulls arrived. Where were they on Saturday?

Black-headed Gulls

A little while later I heard a Treecreeper call, and briefly saw it in flight. So we could have got 70 species with a bit more luck, but then so could everyone else.

Our total of 66 is exactly the same as we achieved in each of the last two years. I'm thinking of analysing the spring and autumn totals since I started doing the WestMidsalldayer, but I'll save that for a future post.

You may have noticed that moths haven't featured recently. I must confess that my interest in moth trapping has been waning slightly. It's partly the time of year, but mostly that I'm not adding too many new moths. The seemingly bottomless pit of new species is not as bottomless as I thought.

Nevertheless I did put it out last night, and caught 148 moths of 30 species. New for the year were Square-spot Rustic, Flounced Rustic, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Mompha subbistrigella, Copper Underwing, Centre-barred Sallow, Barred Sallow, and Green Carpet. None of these is remotely scarce, and even in terms of our garden the most noteworthy,  Green Carpet, is only worth highlighting because I didn't catch one last year.

I have seen one new moth since my previous trapping session. A Skin Moth was added to the list on August 22. It was spotted by Lyn as it crawled across the utility room floor and was almost passed off as a flying ant. 

Skin Moth - Aug 22 

This appears to be another common moth, but I hadn't seen one before.

In theory birding should be good in September, but locally not so much. Hopefully this year will buck the trend.

Saturday September 2 - The longest day (Morton Bagot)

Today was the date which had been set for the autumn West Midlands Alldayer. On this occasion several potential team-members found themselves otherwise engaged and so we were a team of three; Gary, Martin, and myself.

I have to admit that organisation is not one of my strengths, and consequently we were probably the most disorganised team taking part this year. It didn't help that I didn't know Gary's phone number, and neither did Martin. I was able to contact him using Twitter (X) until my phone ran out of charge but somehow, despite the fact that we were sharing the area all day, I didn't finally meet up with him until 18.00, thirteen hours after the birding had commenced. As a result, my beleaguered team had to rely on me to keep them up to date on what species we needed, while I wasn't always sure what they had seen. 

It all started quite well though. I spotted a Tawny Owl in the car headlights near the church at 04.55. Then, in complete darkness I heard another, followed by the strangulated call of a Barn Owl. So that was a good start.

By the time it got light I was at the nearest flash in time to count over 200 roosting geese, roughly 50/50 Canadas and Greylags. This is a spectacle I never get to see as they have always dispersed long before I generally get there.

A small part of the flock

Other useful additions in the half-light were Song Thrush (not seen again all day), Skylarks, and Snipe. By 06.55 I had to head home. I saw Gary's car, and then Martin, who was getting out of his as I left. 

An hour later I was back, and headed to Netherstead to start my normal circuit. A Lesser Whitethroat along the access road was the only one seen all day, and a Collared Dove was also a handy tick. A calling Meadow Pipit was the first of two seen today, and evidence that at least some migration was underway. 

I met Martin who had found a Whinchat on the plastic tree guards in the newly planted part of the field. He said Gary had gone to see it (and I later learned he saw two there, as did I). Martin also reported a Kingfisher, and while we were chatting, the day's only Grey Wagtail flew over calling. 

After failing to add anything on my second visit to the flash, I had a distant view of the Whinchat.

Whinchat

The promised sunny day was not in evidence, in fact it was getting gloomier. At around 10.25 I had my one bit of birding luck today when I noticed a moulting juvenile  Spotted Flycatcher heading for the top of some Ash trees bordering the Morton Brook. I struggled to see it well in the poor light but did manage a record shot.

Spotted Flycatcher in the gloom

Unfortunately it then disappeared before Martin arrived. As I waited by the nearest flash I realised I could hear Starlings and was pleased to see a flock of about 40. This species is largely absent here in the summer. Once Martin joined me we managed brief views of a fly-by Cormorant, again the only one seen today.

I had to leave for lunch, and to recharge my phone. Martin was planning to keep birding until 14.00, while Gary had gone home having told Martin he would return later in the afternoon.

By the time I got back, the weather had improved dramatically. It was now warm and sunny. Martin spotted my arrival, and drove up to tell me he had seen some Red-legged Partridges. I was then left to my own devices and quickly added Nuthatch and Siskin, the latter calling as it flew over Bannams Wood.

Later on I added Red Kite, a relief after I had had hopeless views of a large raptor over Bannams late in the morning which could have been a Kite or several other large raptor species (but definitely not Buzzard). This was at 14.35, and was followed by two tick-less hours as I tried unsuccessfully to pick out a Rook among some distant ant-catching Jackdaws. At least, in the sunlight I had good views of two Green Sandpipers on the Kingfisher Pool.

Green Sandpipers

The tick drought ended when I spotted a Peregrine flying over the flash field. By this time I was near the road and had rediscovered Gary's car.

I eventually established that he was in Bannams, so I headed there. Messages told me he had found Marsh Tit, Willow Warbler, and Coal Tit. I eventually saw the latter. Several Swallows were perched on wires by the church.

By 18.00 I was ready to give up. We appeared to be on 65 species. Fortunately as I started to drive off, Gary found me and we were at last able to compare notes. It turned out that Gary had seen a Rook during the morning, and so the 66th and final bird was added to the list.

Next year I'll try to get the organisation right.

Juvenile Swallow

I've just remembered that I also had a couple of non-avian highlights.

A Badger ran passed me in the morning, and a Grass Snake swam across the bulrush pool in the afternoon.

The full list:

1. Canada Goose    2. Greylag Goose    3. Mallard    4. Teal    5. Pheasant    6. Red-legged Partridge    7. Feral Pigeon    8. Stock Dove    9. Woodpigeon    10. Collared Dove    11. Moorhen    12. Lapwing    13. Snipe    14. Green Sandpiper    15. Lesser Black-backed Gull    16. Cormorant    17. Grey Heron    18. Sparrowhawk    19. Red Kite    20. Buzzard    21. Barn Owl    22. Tawny Owl    23. Kingfisher    24. Great Spotted Woodpecker    25. Green Woodpecker    26. Kestrel    27. Peregrine    28. Jay    29. Magpie    30. Jackdaw    31. Rook    32. Carrion Crow    33. Raven    34. Coal Tit    35. Marsh Tit    36. Blue Tit    37. Great Tit    38. Skylark    39. Swallow    40. House Martin    41. Long-tailed Tit    42. Willow Warbler    43. Chiffchaff    44. Blackcap    45. Lesser Whitethroat    46. Whitethroat    47. Goldcrest    48. Wren    49. Nuthatch    50. Starling    51. Song Thrush    52. Blackbird    53. Spotted Flycatcher    54. Robin    55. Whinchat    56. House Sparrow    57. Dunnock    58. Grey Wagtail    59. Pied Wagtail    60. Meadow Pipit    61. Chaffinch    62. Bullfinch    63. Linnet    64. Goldfinch    65. Siskin    66. Reed Bunting