More Tits

A slightly higher ringing total today with 6 birds. 1 Great Tit and 5 Blue Tits, two of which were retraps from earlier this month. Once again with variable wind and occasional snow showers nets were opened and closed accordingly until an ominous looking cloud appeared from the east and we stopped just in time before the weather got worse in the afternoon.

There was a little more interest today with other sightings. A few finches were present in the morning, mostly flying over or stopping only briefly, with Brambling, Greenfinch and Siskin all recorded. A peregrine flew through early morning and a couple of small flocks of Brent Geese passed by offshore.Ringed Plover and Golden Plover were again present on the beach with a few each of Rock Pipit and Fieldfare. Highlight of the day however were 2 Woodlark which spent part of the afternoon feeding in the field infront of the observatory.

M & T
(sorry we didn't take any photos today)