Still breezy first thing but the wind died down to manageable levels pretty quickly after dawn; this produced a very good day of ringing for the first day of the month with a total of 173 new birds caught highlighted by a very impressive first winter Common Buzzard which bundled into a net at the exact right time for me to jump on it and a lovely Firecrest.   The total was largely made up of 62 Goldcrests, 33 Chiffchaffs, 29 Chaffinches and 18 Robins along with 3 Sparrowhawks, 2 Coal Tits, 4 Siskins and a Yellowhammer.

Today's totals -  3 Sparrowhawk / Spurvehoeg;  1 Buzzard / Musvage;  9 Wren / Gaerdesmutte;  3 Dunnock / Jernspurv;  18 Robin / Roedhals;  2 Blackcap / Munk;  33 Chiffchaff / Gransanger;  62 Goldcrest / Fuglekonge;  1 Firecrest / Roedtoppet Fuglekonge;  2 Coal Tit / Sortmejse;  3 Blue Tit / Blamejse;  1 Tree Sparrow / Skovspurv;  29 Chaffinch / Bogfinke;  1 Brambling / Kvaerkefinke;  4 Siskin / Groensisken;  1 Yellowhammer / Gulspurv

                A lazy day really as I never left the garden but overhead there were 20+ Crossbills, a Mistle Thrush, several Grey Wagtails and a latish Yellow Wagtail along with a steady passage of Chaffinches, Bramblings and Siskins heading SE in decent sized flocks as well as quite a few flocks of Blue Tits and Coal Tits which never came down low enough to be caught.

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