Another fantastic ringing day with the light wind moving into the north and cloud cover coming and going throughout but warm and sunny in the afternoon; it was by far the biggest ringing total so far this year with an excellent 665 new birds caught during an all-day effort with the main species comprising 283 Robins, 149 Chiffchaffs and 111 Goldcrests supported by 34 Wrens, 20 Dunnocks and 26 Blackcaps.   The highlights in the day’s catch were a smart first winter Barred Warbler (the second of the autumn), a Marsh Warbler and a Great-spotted Woodpecker along with other little bits including Tree Pipit, 2 Redstarts, 3 Reed Warblers and the first 3 Bramblings of the autumn.

Today's totals in full - 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker / Stor Flagspaette;  1 Tree Pipit / Skovpiber;  34 Wren / Gaerdesmutte;  20 Dunnock / Jernspurv;  283 Robin / Roedhals;  2 Redstart / Roedstjert;  1 Marsh Warbler / Kaersanger;  3 Reed Warbler / Roersanger;  1 Barred Warbler / Hoegesanger;  2 Common Whitethroat / Tornsanger; 2 Garden Warbler / Havesanger; 26 Blackcap / Munk;  149 Chiffchaff / Gransanger;  3 Willow Warbler / Loevsanger;  111 Goldcrest / Fuglekonge;  2 Blue Tit / Blamejse;  1 Great Tit / Musvit;  4 Tree Sparrow / Skovspurv;  3 Chaffinch / Bogfinke;  3 Brambling / Kvaerkefinke;  1 Greenfinch / Groenirisk;  2 Siskin / Groensisken;  4 Lesser Redpoll / Lille Grasisken

Barred Warbler

                Birds overhead and away from the nets were few and far between (mainly because we had no time to look around!) but did include a White-tailed Eagle, a Merlin, a Common Buzzard and a few Sparrowhawks cruising around, a Spotted Flycatcher in the garden and 70+ Golden Plover while overhead passage was limited to a few Chaffinch, Brambling and Siskin flocks along with a few White Wagtails and Tree Pipits.

The garden was alive with Chiffchaffs!

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