Yellow-browed Warbler at Landguard, seen frequently in the trees behind the kitchen throughout the day.
Light showers and overcast to start the day, becoming brighter during the morning, a strong Southerly wind continued throughout the day. Thrushes were coming in off the sea overnight, in the pre-dawn half light contact calls could be heard as birds passed overhead, the first Red-breasted Merganser of the autumn went South past Landguard during the morning and a Stonechat was near the Butts pond.
Noted on the reserve, 1,150 Starling, 40 Song Thrush, 30 Blackbird, 30 Redwing, 20 Goldfinch, 20 Robin, 15 Meadow Pipit, 8 Pied Wagtail, 5 Med Gull, 4 Wheatear, 2 Brambling, 1 Blackcap, 1 Redstart, 1 Snipe, 1 Stonechat & 1 Yellow-browed Warbler. Going South, 237 Brent Goose, 76 Wigeon, 44 Black-headed Gull, 25 Meadow Pipit, 11 Pintail, 9 Skylark, 9 Teal, 8 Chaffinch, 5 Cormorant, 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Curlew & 1 Shelduck.
Cypress Carpet was first noted here in 2010 and is slowly becoming more regular in its wanderings from ornamental Cypress trees.
60 birds ringed: Song Thrush 18, Blackbird 16, Robin 15, Redwing 5, Brambling 2, Blackcap 1, Dunnock 1, House Sparrow 1, Yellow-browed Warbler 1.