A superb male Brambling trapped today
Good numbers of finches were moving over the peninsular this morning, with some dropping into the trapping area and finding the mist nets, along with plenty of Crests and Thrushes.
A male Firecrest
A male Redpoll
As I started off on my bike ride I heard a once familiar rattle, a Mistle Thrush was being pursued by a Crow across the field in front of my garden, the first I have recorded from the garden for 4 years. As I headed for Scotney the local Little Owl was sheltering from the East wind, further along the track an adult female Sparrowhawk was flushing 100s each of Lapwings and Golden Plover. The 3 Barnacle Geese were still on the Scotney Sward but very little else.
Little Owl
Adult female Sparrowhawk
Female Brambling
On the reserve a female Brambling was frequenting the feeders at the visitor centre car park. Fro Dennis's A Black-necked Grebe and a Slavonian Grebe still present.
As dusk fell from Hanson hide 18 Cattle Egrets dropped in before going to roost
A Northern Wheatear on the reserve yesterday, quite possibly the last I'll see this year.
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