Linnet numbers feeding on the reserve this autumn have been on the low side.
A small arrival of new birds in this morning including 15 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap, 10 Robin, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail and the first Goldcrest of the autumn. 2 Stonechat at the north end were up there yesterday afternoon and a Yellow-browed Warbler may be yesterdays second bird or a new arrival. Some vis mig included southbound 50 Mipits, 14 Siskin, Hobby & Swallow. Offshore 93 Cormorants headed out to sea (these early morning fishing movements heading out to the sandbanks don't normally start until the third week of October) & the first Brent Goose of the autumn headed north.
29 birds ringed: 7 Meadow Pipit, 6 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Great Tit, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Robin, 1 Starling, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler.
