A tricky kind of day with a few drops of rain just before dawn causing us to delay opening the nets and when we did there was a very brisk westerly wind making things difficult; all this, combined with very few birds in the garden meant it was a bit of a surprise that the first bird taken out of the nets was a cracking male Redstart - the first of the year! As mentioned at the time though, this did prove to be the day's highlight as only 6 other birds were trapped, a bit of a slow start for Johan who has joined us for ten days or so but I'm sure it'll pick up.
Redstart
Also seen from the station in the morning were a few Bramblings and a Serin overhead while a couple of Chiffchaffs and a Blackcap were in full song. A walk in the afternoon produced my first Swallow of the year, a Red Kite and more White Wagtails.
Louis again had a good range of species out on the tip through the morning including 3 Swallows (technically his beats mine as the first of the year!), a White Stork south down the coast, an Osprey, 3,209 Eiders, a Whimbrel, 150 Barnacle Geese and 6 Cranes.
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