A typical November day saw a little gull heading south, a red-breasted merganser just off the jetty and 6 purple sandpipers on said jetty, the highest total we've had all year. On land there were still a few redwing around, and some lingering chaffinch. A lone male greenfinch was only the second of the species to be ringed here all year, a far cry from last century when they numbered in the 4 figures here in the spring. Another lone redpoll was around the observatory and a woodcock was flushed. Still more new goldcrest each day, joining the regular gang loitering in the poplars behind the kitchen.
An adventive species from the Antipodes, Light Brown Apple Moth is our commonest moth in the traps at the moment.
Birds Ringed: Blackcap 1, Cetti's Warbler 1, Chaffinch 2, Goldcrest 4, Greenfinch 1, Linnet 1, Wren 1.