We met up with JK at Birling and covered all the sites on the Headland including the rough field and we also did a short raptor watch.
RDME & SM were ringing in Whitbread Hollow and the following are combined totals with birds ringed in brackets:
Sparrowhawk 2
Merlin 1 female/immature
Tawny Owl 1
Curlew 4 E
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Sand Martin 1
Swallow 400 mainly E.
House Martin 120
Meadow Pipit 100
Yellow Wagtail 2 E
Pied Wagtail 6 E
Whinchat 5
Stonechat 17
Wheatear 1
Grasshopper Warbler 1 in Shooters Bottom
Reed Warbler 1
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Common Whitethroat 12 (4)
Blackcap 220 (74)
Chiffchaff 200 (10)
Goldcrest 5 (1)
Firecrest 1 on Icky Ridge
Raven 2
Corn Bunting 3
Whinchat in Chat Vale
Record shot of our first Firecrest of the Autumn on Icky Ridge.
Raven over Chat Vale
