Session:
Headlines: Rained off yesterday
and so did third visit today. We had quality rather than quantity including
Lesser Whitethroat, Swallow and Tree Pipit. We saw three of the latter dropped
into the enclosure from high up; visible migration? The Swallows took more of
an interest in the audio today, one perching on a pole, another on the top
shelf string and the rest settled on the top fence wire for much of the
morning, occasionally making low flying runs around the nets; finally, one
slipped up. I heard Long-tailed Tits somewhere over by the bunkers when
putting the nets up but unlike last year’s matching visit they did not come
our way. I substituted the Wood Warbler for a Tree Pipit audio to try and
capture the other two birds, but they stayed in the nearby scrub feeding. The first Blackcaps of the week today;
preliminary analysis suggests this species departed early this
year. We should get birds moving through from now into the Autumn. For the first time this
season no Garden Warblers captured or located, apart from the possibility
of a few stragglers if any that is probably it until next year.
Weather: Present:
Nets:
Lure (audio):
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Today's Tree Pipit a juvenile
Sightings 31 Species: Best birds
the three Tree Pipits that dropped in and the female Sparrowhawk that flew
across the heath. A bit more activity generally today.
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