Quieter on the visible migration front today, with less than half of yesterdays finch total recorded. No redpoll observed either. A family party of long-tailed tits was our first record of the species since mid June and only the second record of the year. Crow numbers are in double figures, though no rooks or jackdaws unlike previous days. Meadow pipits are more in evidence today, with 64 moving south along with 8 skylark. The first woodpigeon 'flock' of the autumn were recorded with 15 birds flying north after deciding not to cross the river to Essex.
Living in oak woodlands, Merveille du Jour only turns up roughly once every three years here. A splendidly marked moth which can disappear on lichen rich surfaces from more than a couple of steps away.
Birds Ringed: Blackcap 1, Blue Tit 1, Chiffchaff 1, Goldcrest 1, Long-tailed Tit 13, Meadow Pipit 2, Redwing 2, Wren 2.