by Alderney Bird Warden | Sep 26, 2022
A busy period saw us ring just over 1000 passerines over 5 days (21st-25th sept).
This autumn was always going to be interesting in terms of numbers of fledged migrants passing through our island given the very dry summer for most of the British Isles and its potential impact on breeding birds.
From Alderney we can report that ‘so far’ the developing picture is of fair to good numbers of migrant songbirds all under the watchful eyes of one of our resident Peregrines.
(Photo JH).
by Alderney Bird Warden | Sep 13, 2022
Pied Flycatcher this morning, nice example of the go-to autumn ageing criteria showing moulted against unmoulted tertials.
by Alderney Bird Warden | Sep 11, 2022
Hundreds of migrant Swallows and Martins gathered on telegraph wires at the north east end of Alderney last night.
by Alderney Bird Warden | Sep 10, 2022
A fair fall of migrants this morning, over 100 birds ringed included our first autumn influx of Blackcaps (57) also 5 Garden Warblers, 3 Firecrests and a Whinchat.
Visual migration AM saw increasing numbers of hirundines, 4 Grey Wagtails, 3 Honey Buzzards and a Great White Egret.
Photo (JH) one of this morning’s Firecrests.
by Alderney Bird Warden | Sep 9, 2022
Cracking Red-backed Shrike found with Naturetrek Alderney this morning just as a Honey Buzzard passed overhead.
Image (from back of camera) by Naturetrek guest Nigel Pont.
Also this morning Yellow Wagtail and 2 Whinchats
