Today was cold but sunny with a deep layer of snow still
covering much of the site. Nets were opened although it was an easy introductory
day as we were not overwhelmed with birds. The bird to net-hour ratio was poor as
a total of 18 nets were checked regularly for a total of 11 hours to catch a
total of 1 Great Tit.
Over 40 Little Gull, moved west during the morning with up
to 20 lingering close to the beach throughout the day. This number dropped slightly
in the afternoon when one fell prey to a Peregrine which proceeded to scatter
feathers everywhere as it sat on the Observatory roof to pluck its victim.
We will be here until the end of the month so hopefully passerine
migration will pick up in the meantime. We look forward to seeing what happens…
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