Another exciting day recording migration for The British Isles most southerly bird observatory.
A slight change in wind direction overnight brought us a fresh influx of Thrushes that were predominantly Redwings and Song Thrushes with fewer Fieldfares and Blackbirds today.
A Pochard found by our Migration assistant Arcadie was the latest in a string of locally scarce waterfowl records this week.
Exactly 200 birds were ringed, this method of monitoring is evidencing that fair numbers of Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps are still moving through the island, Redwing featured heavily again (141) including a foreign ‘Control from Denmark, also ringed today a Woodcock, Yellow-browed Warbler, Cettis Warbler, 3 Bramblings, 4 Linnets and a Hawfinch, the latter the first ringed here since 2018.
Photo from today; Woodcock