A
cold day with a hard ground frost produced some cold weather movement and
arrivals. More
Woodpigeons were on the move and there was a small arrival of Thrushes. Interestingly
of the 5 Thrushes trapped all had a 0 muscle score. In the afternoon a superb
adult Greenland White-fronted Goose was found amongst the Pink-feet.
Offshore
1 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Red-breasted Mergansers and 2 Goldeneyes.
Visible
Migration
2,750 Woodpigeons south and 11 Fieldfares south - all in the
first hour
after dawn.
Woodpigeons
Grounded
Migrants
2 Woodcocks, 30 Blackbirds, 32 Redwings and 4 Fieldfares -
all in
an area of Hawthorns near the feeding station.
Others
1 Whooper Swan, 2,000 Pink-footed Geese, 1 adult Greenland
White-fronted Goose, 1 Scaup, 6 Goldeneyes, 1 Water Rail, 1 Peregrine, 53 Black-tailed Godwits, 1
Med. Gull, 1 Short-eared Owl and 2 Grey Wagtails.
Greenland White-fronted Goose (above and below) with Pink-feet.
Ringing
4 Blackbirds, 1 Redwing, 1 Greenfinch and 12 Goldfinch.
Blackbird
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