An interesting morning with a little more diversity than usual. A black redstart was the first for a few days, a fieldfare was fresh in and a purple sandpiper was still on the jetty. 2 goldeneye south were the first for weeks. It was a slightly 'finchy' day, with 8 new chaffinch, a lesser redpoll and a male brambling. A number of thrushes were around the obs, with at least 22 redwing, 25 blackbird and 8 song thrush in the observatory scrub and moving through. Still new goldcrests, wrens and robins are popping up each day. 6 lapwing went north, with 10 heading west and 3 turnstone joined the purple sandpiper on the jetty.
The first site record of Sprawler was last year with today producing the second.
Birds Ringed: Blackbird 5, Brambling 1, Chaffinch 5, Goldcrest 2, Lesser Redpoll 1, Linnet 1, Robin 1, Song Thrush 4, Wren 2.