An interesting day with yet more species beginning to move. 2 golden plovers and 2 redshank joined the regular trickle of whimbrel heading south. Also heading south were 88 swallows, and 2 swift.
On the reserve, another yellow wagtail was encountered, the first sedge warbler of the autumn, another coal tit, great spotted and a green woodpecker made their way through the observatory grounds. A fledged song thrush was the first we've ringed here since May, and the local blackbirds are still feeding some young, with one clearly having left the nest only today.
Slender Brindle has only been recorded here on a handful of previous occasions.
Birds Ringed: Blackbird 1, Dunnock 1, Great Tit 1, Green Woodpecker 1, Linnet 1, Song Thrush 1, Wren 1.