A pretty standard October morning today, with slow but steady movement. 44 meadow pipits moved south along with 13 pied wagtails, 50 swallows, 4 skylark and 36 goldfinch. Yesterdays brambling was still present at the Butts and a siskin flew south along with 5 chaffinch. In the Observatory compound, 8 goldcrests were mostly birds from yesterday, as were 12 robins. 2 song thrush and a male blackbird were new in and we finally had our first redwing of the autumn, with 3 heading inland. Yesterdays stonechat was joined by another bird and 2 wheatear out on the reserve.
Out to sea, 238 Brent flew south along with 1 teal, 1 shoveler, 116 wigeon and a pintail.
First noted in 2010, and at Landguard several years from 2017, Cypress Carpet has colonised Cypress trees in Suffolk.
Birds Ringed: Blackbird 1, Blackcap 1, Blue Tit 1, Chiffchaff 3, Goldcrest 2, Grey Wagtail 2, Robin 2, Song Thrush 2.