LP visited the Head this morning and RDME was ringing in Whitbread Hollow. Good fall of Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps chiefly in Whitbread Hollow but otherwise few other night migrants logged. Diurnal migration mainly hirundines and Alba Wagtails.
Combined totals with birds ringed shown in brackets:
Kestrel 2
Merlin 1
Tawny Owl 1
Swallow 250 E
House Martin 600
Tree Pipit 1 E
Meadow Pipit 60 E
Yellow Wagtail 1 E
Alba Wagtail 70 E
Song Thrush 1 (1)
Blackcap 100 (37)
Chiffchaff 225 (83)
Goldcrest 1 (1)
Chaffinch 40 E
Reed Bunting 6 E
Corn Bunting 4 E
ARK (per SOS web-site) also visited Birling to Belle Tout area during the morning and recorded the following:
Brent Goose 30 W
Kestrel 4
Sparrowhawk 2
Common Buzzard 3
Red Kite 1
Meadow Pipit 400
Chiffchaff 100
Goldcrest 6
Jay 17 in B/T wood departed NW
