Obviously some new Blackies still passing through the site along with a new male Chaffinch present at the biggie end of the scale. Most years right at the end of the migration season (mid-November to early December) we get the odd Chaffinch turn up with big wing lengths which have presumably come from further afield than most of the ones we get. Difficult to know where the new Blackies are from which could just be late passage from the continent or birds from northern Britain moving south to the coast to escape harsher weather conditions - either way they are migrating at a time of year when birding to find new migrants is hard graft. Finally the mild conditions up until the last few days have prompted this Med Gull to start developing his black hood already. It's part read ring number suggests it is one we have ringed here in a previous winter but not sure which one. If you have a half decent camera & have nothing better to do then loiter in the View Point car park photographing gulls legs from different angles and sending us the photos/numbers then we would be most grateful - in the biting wind this afternoon I was in danger of getting hypothermia so I whimped out.
Ringing: 3 Blackbird, 1 Chaffinch.