Gold Spot has only been recorded here on 6 previous occasions.
Birds Ringed: Chiffchaff 1, Linnet 1, Pied Flycatcher 7, Willow Warbler 2.
Gold Spot has only been recorded here on 6 previous occasions.
Birds Ringed: Chiffchaff 1, Linnet 1, Pied Flycatcher 7, Willow Warbler 2.
East-north-easterly wind made birding difficult with on site migrants including 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Wheatear, Willow Warbler, Hobby, Pied Flycatcher & Reed Warbler. Offshore southbound 65 Teal, 8 Cormorant, 6 Shoveler & 3 Gadwal.
We do quite well for Satin Wave that lives mostly in the Brecks & along the Suffolk coast.Warmer calm conditions (for a change) delivered a few migrants including 12 Willow Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, Blackcap plus the first Pied Fly & Tree Pipit of the autumn. A dispersing Great Spotted Woodpecker paid a visit & 2 Black Red were in the moat. Southbound 36 Swallow with offshore movements almost non-existent. Plenty of birds on the reserve at the moment including 350 Starling, 200 Linnet, 80 House Sparrow & 25 Goldfinch with counts on some recent days slightly larger than todays so plenty of birds to look through on a visit.
What we thought was Dusky Thorn was first recorded here just four years ago and has been annual in very small numbers since. A blog reader has since pointed out our error in that it is actually our first site record of September Thorn a species with very few Suffolk records this century. Oops !Birds Ringed: Lesser Whitethroat 1, Linnet 5, Robin 1, Sedge Warbler 1, Willow Warbler 8, Woodpigeon 1.
Breezy. At least 20 Willow Warbler, 4 Lesser 'throat, 2 Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat & Yellow Wag in the migrant department. Offshore southbound 18 Common Tern, 4 Dunlin, 2 Golden Plover, 2 Oyk, Arctic Tern, Common Gull, Grey Plover & a juvenile Gannet with northbound 14 Sandwich Tern & Gannet.
Plumes are not the easiest to photograph. This one is Stenoptilia zophodactylus a species only infrequently recordrd in Suffolk.