30th October

A good variety of birds on passage.


Jack Snipe: 1 was flushed from a ditch in the wetland pen at 3.30pm.
Water Rail: 1 seen in the wetland pen, area 25 at 11.40am.
Snipe: 1 looked as if it was dropping down into area 25 at 7.50am.
Woodlark: 1 flew very low W at 11.20am.
Fieldfare: 16 birds west, the first record of the autumn.
Redwing: 110 birds W.
Song Thrush: 2 birds W.
Meadow Pipit: 14 birds W.
Grey Wagtail: 2 birds SW.
Pied Wagtail: 4 birds SW.
Collared Dove: A group of 5 flew W at 8.35am.
Wood Pigeon: 900 flew SW.
Siskin: 2 birds flew W, also the first autumn record.
Greenfinch: 60 birds W.
Chaffinch: 120 flew W.
Goldfinch: 12 birds flew SW.
Starling: 315 flew W.
Jackdaw: 16 birds in three groups.
Scandinavian Herring Gull: 1 flew E at 9.15am.

Comments

We hope to do some work to allow the chance of seeing the bird from the railing to the south of the pen. I think standing on the path gives you a slightly better view. This was also the area close to where the Jack Snipe was flushed from and hopefully will return to.