Delicate northerlies produced the products at the island with sturdy migration being visual all day. A just right passage of hirundines and Swift stored everybody out all day counting, because the wardens had been in a position to open some nets this afternoon. Todays totals are as follows: 13 grownup and 11 younger Mallard, 2 grownup and seven younger Teal on pondsbury. A Male Cuckoo used to be first observed on Quarter Wall however then made its means into Millcombe within the afternoon then into the slope web. Simplest the second one chook to be ringed since 2009 but in addition the second one this yr! A god day for waders with a fly over Whimbrel on census, a Summer time plumage Dunlin by means of North mild had been additionally joined by means of the lengthy staying Crimson Sandpiper and Turnstone, a Not unusual Sandpiper in Aztec Bay observed used to be handiest the third of the yr. The male Kestrel used to be observed bringing meals into the nest web site once more, and 9 Peregrine used to be the very best depend for might. Superb Hirundine passage lately with a trickle early on however a large push come the afternoon with the Tims sitting at North mild counting because the left the island, a unmarried Sand Martin, 748 Swallow and 955 Area Martin logged in 3 hours, additionally 138 Swift, 7 every of Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Sedge Warbler. Extra thrilling information is that we have got a couple of Goldcrest in breeding situation. A staple for the previous few days had been the Noticed Flycatchers and lately did not disappoint with 64 being observed together with 8 being ringed. What a spectacle. A feminine Whinchat on Quarter wall and our first Gray Wagtail of the yr flew over. The Hooded Crow used to be nonetheless in tillage box and a Ringtail Harrier used to be observed in brief beneath quarter wall law enforcement officials, almost certainly a Rooster Harrier however perspectives weren’t conclusive.
Ringing totals:
Sedge Warbler 3, Chiffchaff 3, Noticed Flycatcher 10, Whitethroat 1, Willow Warbler 3, Linnet 2, Goldcrest 2, Goldfinch 2, Swallow 1, Cuckoo 1
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