A rather cool, west north westerly breeze greeted us this morning, but despite the not ideal weather conditions, several new migrants were evident on-site.
New migrants today included 5 Little Egret, 6 Common Scoter, 8 Common Tern, 1 Sandwich Tern, 14 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin, 1 Redpoll, 23 Swallow, 15 Sand Martin, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Turnstone, 2 Sanderling, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Oystercatcher and 1 Common Sandpiper.
The Starling roost around 05.00 am each morning is truly stunning at the moment as the birds leave their roost. The flock totals around the 700 birds mark. We have ringed just over 200 individuals this year so far, can we expect more in the Autumn?
Nice to find 2 Willow Warblers on-site this morning, the first of the Autumn with many more to come our way.
Ringing: 9 birds ringed during the morning including 6 Greenfinch, 2 House Sparrow and 1 Willow Warbler.