Slightly more lively this morning, with vis migging producing more species than yesterday. Meadow pipit numbers were up with 79 moving south through the morning along with 33 skylarks, 13 swallow, 6 house martin and a stock dove. Finch numbers were slightly higher, with our first brambling for a few days and a small flock of lesser redpoll, one of which paid us a closer visit in the observatory. These were joined by another 402 goldfinch and 18 chaffinch, all heading south. A black-throated diver flying over the observatory up the Stour is the most notable bird of the day, with a red-throated diver flying south also.
Our woodpigeon numbers are still pathetically small, though this has been slightly boosted by migrant birds passing through on their way south, with 65 braving the river crossing today. Cormorant numbers tend to build up at this time of year, and 159 flying out to their feeding grounds isn't even the largest number recorded this month.
Seteaceous Hebrew Character is still on the wing up to mid November.
Birds Ringed: Blackcap 1, Lesser Redpoll 1, Song Thrush 2, Wren 1.