Saturday 7 September 2013

Wintersett 07.09.13

9°C at 08.00hrs, sunny with building cloud, southerly wind.
Anglers CP Vis. Mig.: Back to a very slow trickle of  migrants today.
Meadow Pipit  5 SW,  Swallow  17 W,  Sand Martin 7 SW,  Golden Plover 2 W + 4 S + 5 E,  Greylag Goose 9 W at 08.40hrs,   Ringed Plover 1 N at 9.55hrs,  Cormorant 3 high W,  Curlew 10 W at 10.00hrs,  Snipe 4 W and Buzzard 1 very pale bird + 2 very high E at 10.25hrs.
Anglers CP: Hobby at 07.55,  Yellow Wagtail 2 dropped in.  Common Sandpiper 1. A Black-tailed Godwit flew into the shallows at 14.05hrs.  Yellow-legged Gull 1 adult.
Wintersett Res: SWIFT 1,  Water Rail 1,  Pochard 46.
111 birds were ringed this morning including:  2 Sand Martin,  1 House Martin,  52 Swallow,  17  Blackcap,  2 Whitethroat,   1 Lesser Whitethroat,  5 Sedge Warbler,  6 Reed Warbler,  1 Willow Warbler,  8 Chiffchaff and 5 Linnet.

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