After a somewhat colder night than of late, a surprise Siskin first thing obviously thought autumn had already arrived. With plenty of young birds still around, including another brood of Lesser Whitethroats just out of the nest, and a couple of broods of Common Whitethroats on site, its still quite a lively place. A trickle of dispersing migrants are starting to appear including Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Great-Spotted Woodpecker.
As well as the birds, insects are appearing in larger numbers, with more variety in both moths and butterflies. One of the more unusual finds was this False Widow Spider (above), that found its way into one of the moth traps overnight.
Birds ringed 26. Which comprised of 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Starling, 1 Blackbird, 1 House Sparrow, 5 Greenfinch, 3 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 5 Linnet, 1 Siskin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Great Tit.