A busy day today with a good number of birds having appeared overnight, as of 6pm 65 birds have been ringed. A few other birds of interest were hanging around the reserve too including 4Yellow Wagtail, 3 Tree Pipit, A Cuckoo, a Hobby, Nightingale, 2 Whinchat, 2 Redstart and a White Wagtail. Moving South were 4 Common Scoter, 7 Oyks, 1 Greylag, 3 Shelduck, 1 Barwit, 12 Whimbrel, 2 Common Tern, 8 Swift, 18 Black-headed Gull, 4 Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 2 Carrion Crow, 29 Goldfinch and at least 90 Swallows. A few Swifts, a House Martin, 6 Whimbrel, a Little Egret and 16 Common Tern headed North.
Ringing totals: Blackcap 23, Willow Warbler 15, Whitethroat 9, Chiffchaff 7, Lesser Whitethroat 6, Garden Warbler 2, Sedge warbler 1, Bluetit 1, Redstart 1.
