Jay (Garrulus glandarius). Garrulus is latin for noisy and glandarius refers to acorns, their main diet, with birds caching around 5 thousand acorns per bird - BTO.
A bright and blustery morning with SW wind. Inside the compound a smaller selection of thrushes early morning, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Greenfinch, 3 Firecrest and 7 Chaffinch inside the compound and out on the reserve. On the beach one Oystercatcher.
Overhead migration: 80 Skylark, 30 Chaffinch, 4 Rock Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail and a Woodlark, all south.
Seawatching:
South: 40 Cormorant, 22 Brent Goose, 13 Common Gull, 12 Black-headed Gull, 10 Wigeon, 9 Shelduck, 4 Common Scoter, 4 Pintail, 2 Gannet, 2 Kittiwake, 1 Curlew, 1 Goosander and a Mediterranean Gull.
North: 17 Cormorant, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Gannet and a Red-throated Diver.
West (up river): 4 Cormorant.
East (out to sea): 39 Cormorant.
Feeding offshore: 8 Great Black-backed Gull and a Red-throated Diver.
Moth trapping: 10 moth species between our 3 traps last night, owing to the strong winds... no moth of the morning as all have featured!
Bird ringing: 6 Goldcrest, 4 Robin, 3 Blackbird, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Jay, 1 Song Thrush.