Is it all over?

Another even slower day today has left us wondering whether migration is over already, or whether the birds we've been encountering are the local breeders and the true migrants are following the coastline to the north, which would also explain why last year at Nesseby we were still catching reasonable numbers of birds in to September.  Only time will tell, and be helped by our ringing.

The main highlight today was a new little bunting caught before one of the local school groups had departed, and allowed a good comparison with a reed bunting we had just caught.  With such a slow day we began packing up to lessen the work load on our final day of ringing tomorrow.  Back at the camp site we stuck up a couple of nets around a feeder and added a few tits to today's totals.

26th August (90 new birds)
Dunnock 1
Meadow pipit 26
Tree pipit 1
White wagtail 2
Bluethroat 2
Willow warbler 31
Great tit 13
Willow tit 1
Common redpoll 1
Brambling 1
Reed bunting 10
Little bunting 1