Nice conditions and a lovely lot of interest today, not least a northbound passage of 4230
Chaffinches that developed during a three hour spell either side of midday. Migrant numbers were otherwise at typical end of season levels, with 32
Bramblings, 3
Woodcock and a
Mistle Thrush off most note at the Bill; rarity interest came in the form of the
Little Bunting still visiting a private garden at Southwell, the
Black Brant again at Ferrybridge and a
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat and the long-staying
Wryneck trapped/retrapped in the Crown Estate Field.
The Chaffinch movement was a compelling spectacle and developed as cloud cover rolled in a few hours after dawn - it would have been interesting to discover if birds had been moving before this but were just too high in the clear sky to have been detected from the ground © Martin Cade/Erin Taylor:
