Gravel pits - 400+ Garganey, 80+ Shoveler, 2 Black w stilt, 3 Hoopoe, Northern, Isabelline, Cyprus & Black eared wheatears, 40+ Short toed lark, 12 Tawny pipit, Redstart, Subalpine warbler, 35+ Lesser whitethroat, 20+ Chiffchaff, Masked shrike, 9 Cretzchmars bunting #cyprusbirds
The sun was shining today at Wat Tyler Country Park!
40 birds were caught (New/Retrap)
Blackcap 8/2
Greenfinch 7
Lesser Whitethroat 5
Chiffchaff 2
Dunnock 1/2
Blue Tit 1/2
Cetti’s Warbler 1/1
Blackbird 1/1
Goldfinch 1/1
Wren 1
Chaffinch 1
Robin 0/1
Great Tit 0/1
#BirdRinging
Stanford Reservoir - 5 Common Sand on the dam this AM. Three additions to the 2024 patch list yesterday - 3 vocal, fly through Redshank, Lssr Whitethroat & Reed Warbler. Goldeneye still around with an increase to 9 birds. Stanford_RG Birds of Leicestershire & Rutland
Elmore Court rewilding area this afternoon, 3 Stonechats, a Reed Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warblers, a Common Whitethroat,a Lesser Whitethroat, a Reed Bunting, 6 Skylarks, 4 Stock Doves a Red Kite, Buzzard and a Kestrel #GlosBirds
The beauty of #BrumsBirdlife at Queslett Nature Reserve with my first Common Whitethroat singing today 😎
Birds arriving in Spring. Common Whitethroat
RSPB
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#GlosBirds Saul Warth late afternoon, a Whimbrel still, a Common Sandpiper at Hook Cliff, 30+'Shelducks, 2 Stonechats, 2 Common Whitethroats a Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Stock Doves a Great Spotted Woodpecker, Reed Bunting a male Kestrel plus 100+ Swallows and Martins.
A significant migrant fall this morning Bibbey’s Wild Farms
Male & female Common Redstart, with the male constantly being mobbed by the Robins
Garden Warbler
3 Lesser Whitethroat (earliest ever by 6 days)
3 Willow Warbler (occasional on farms)
Loads of Chiffchaff & Blackcap