Weather: SSW force 2 SW3 by midday
A bright and sunny morning found a small scatter of migrants passing through during the morning including 2 Skylarks, 6 Starlings, 3 Siskin and 2 Chaffinches.
A Goldcrest was caught and turned out to have been ringed here on 15th October, most Goldcrests only stay one or two days.
A Merlin flew passed the west side.
A pile of feathers found below a rocky outcrop were identified as Ringed Plover and this was probably a Merlin kill.
Also on the island were some birds that may be staying for longer or wintering such as 4 Blackbirds, a Song Thrush, 4 Robins, a Dunnock and 3 Rock Pipits, some of which are birds in our colour ringing scheme.
Other birds seen included 800 Common Scoter relatively close in, 3 Little Egret, a Grey Heron, a Great Crested Grebe, 100 Turnstone and 130 Redshank. Twelve Curlew were logged, one of them was the German ringed bird that was first seen in November 2024 and is back fir its second winter.
The damp weather over the last few days seems to have encouraged the growth of various fungi.
Photos PSW, SRW
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