Another good migration day, though without any real scarcities. Good numbers of swallows moving south, slightly outnumbered by the meadow pipits, of which there were 368 trickling through all morning. All three wagtails were well represented with 8 yellow wagtails briefly on the reserve, and 5 grey wagtails flying south, and the ubiquitous pied wagtails were slightly down at 24 present today. A single pied flycatcher was present very early in the morning, and 2 chiffchaff amongst the birds ringed were the first in several weeks. A female redstart was in front of the observatory early in the morning, possibly from yesterday or a new bird.
Centre-Barred Sallow lives on Ash, and consequently doesn't visit us very often.
Birds Ringed: Blackcap 2, Blue Tit 1, Chiffchaff 2, Great Tit 3, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Meadow Pipit 6, Robin 2, Willow Warbler 4.
