Weather: WSW force 3, W2 at midday and SSW 1 late afternoon
Our seventh Yellow-browed Warbler of the year was heard in the Obs garden then seen briefly before disappearing at 945am. An hour later it appeared again in the Obs garden mist net and became the sixth to be ringed on the islands this autumn.
No sooner had it been released a Sparrowhawk had also found it’s way into the mist net. The second to be ringed this autumn, this bird was a juvenile male.
Earlier a different Sparrowhawk was found in the east gardens, it's unusual to have 2 in a day.
There was quite a bit of visible migration this morning,
considering the West south west wind. A nice passage of 24 Skylarks, 42 Meadow Pipits, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 5 Siskin, 2 Linnets, a Swallow, a Pied Wagtail and 2 Starlings came by with a few of all these touching down on the island.
Among others logged this morning were 335 Brent, 36 Shelduck, the 3 female Eider, 80 Scoter, 10 Great Crested Grebes, 5 Little Egret, 4 Grey Herons, 16 Bar-tailed Godwit, 25 Sanderling and 105 Redshank.
Photos AS, SRW
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