Thursday, 18th October 2012

Another Yellow-browed Warbler, the second this week was today`s highlight. It was found this morning in the Mount and remained all day though proved elusive much of the time. It showed on and off to visiting birders during the afternoon but remained silent making it hard to locate.

Offshore 
35 Common Scoters, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Red-throated Diver west, 1 Great Crested Grebe west and 2 Auk sp. west.

Visible Migration
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker east, 6 Skylarks south, 22 Coal Tits east, 7 Alba Wagtails south, 17 Meadow Pipits south, 87 Chaffinch south, 2 Bramblings south, 31 Greenfinch south, 12 Goldfinch and 1 Crossbill south-east.

Grounded Migrants 
1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 7 Goldcrests, 12 Redwings, 22 Blackbirds, 14 Song Thrushes and 3 Wrens.

Others
2 Little Egrets, 1 Goldeneye, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 300 Pink-footed Geese, 1 Peregrine and 1 Short-eared Owl.

Ringing 
1 Redwing.
 
 Redwing

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