A sprinkling of quality

After a slow start, and a slow middle, our day ended with the addition of several very welcome additions helping to break up the willow warblers and reed buntings.  First to arrive was an unexpected tree pipit from the river nets, followed by two more and four meadow pipits allowing a great comparison and brushing up on ID features for red-throated pipits.  As the afternoon progressed, next to join in was an adult female redstart, followed later by an adult male.  Then, Dave arrived with news from the south, or at least birds from the 'ridge nets' in the form of two siberian tits.  The final addition came in the form of a great grey shrike, a welcome find considering we had watched at least two birds hunting on an island in the river, as well as 'bouncing' another individual earlier in the day.

What will tomorrow bring?

16th August (196 new birds)
Meadow pipit 4
Tree pipit 3
Robin 1
Bluethroat 4
Redstart 2
Sedge warbler 1
Willow warbler 134
Great tit 1
Willow tit 1
Siberian tit 2
Great grey shrike 1
Common redpoll 6
Arctic redpoll 1
Reed bunting 35