Cooler start degenerating into another warm sunny Sunday. Both Whitethroat & Willow Warbler present today need to get a move on as autumn progresses. 4 Wheatear on the reserve as well as a goodly gang of mixed finch's with 3 Tree Sparrow joining the House Sparrows for a while. Also of note today were Snipe, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Jay & Reed Bunting. Visible migration, once again, was nothing to write home about but heading south were 16 Chaffinch, 13 Swallow, 6 Skylark, 5 Siskin, 3 Pied Wag & Rock Pipit. Offshore just a very small handful of Brents & ducks moving. Still several Clouded Yellows on site with the odd Common Blue still on the wing.
17 birds ringed: 3 Dunnock, 2 Robin, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Starling, 1 Wood Pigeon, 1 Jay, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Goldfinch.