Sunday 1st October 2023

Southbound 128 Mipit, 122 Swallow, 28 Goldfinch, 13 Siskin, 11 Wigeon, 4 Brent, Chaffinch, Oyk & Pintail. On site 16 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Woodlark and what is presumably the same Cetti's Warbler that has been noted intermittently. A Coal Tit at the cottage eluded racial identification.

First noted here in 2019 Musotima nitidalis is an adventive species accidentally introduced by horticulturists from the antipodes that has now become annual in occurence.

Ringing: 4 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff.