A Firecrest has again been seen up in the poplar canopy.
All change to a westerly wind and the Robin fall of yesterday largely cleared out, though several of the birds caught and ringed yesterday were re-captured today. The stand-out migrant of the day was Ring Ouzel, with 15 of the mountain blackbirds noted around the reserve. There was almost a full compliment of thrushes around with the ouzels being joined by 12 Blackbird, 10 Redwing headed south, 8 Song Thrush and 1 Mistle Thrush: we are just waiting on the first of the Fieldfare to arrive to complete the set of winter thrushes. Otherwise there were 8 Blackcap, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Wheatear, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Firecrest and yesterday's Yellow-browed Warbler still entertaining visitors to the kitchen.
Southbound migrants were 175 Goldfinch, 40 Linnet, 32 Swallow, 26 Brent Goose, 22 Black-headed Gull, 14 Chaffinch, 9 Skylark, 8 Meadow Pipit, 4 Cormorant, 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 House Martin, 1 Siskin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Shelduck and 1 Goosander
Rusty-dot Pearl is an immigrant moth that has been noted in large numbers in southern Britain this year, but only low numbers have been recorded at Landguard.
Ringing: 9 Blue Tit, 6 Robin, 5 Goldcrest, 4 Blackcap, 4 Song Thrush, 4 Great Tit, 3 Blackbird, 3 Ring Ouzel, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Wren, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Woodpigeon.