This week I've mostly been... Vis-migging,counting,counting and seeing a few things
Ring Ouzel at Bardon Hill Brambling at Wanlip North Well with a week off from work I have been down the local patch on most days, Vis-migging from the mammoth, a trip to seaside to find migrants (Gib Point NNR) and finding a few local "Scarces". 10th October: Highlights of the day included a good passage of Redwings (835 birds) and Skylarks (108 birds) over the mammoth in the morning and seeing a Little Egret in the afternoon on the wildfowl count at Watermead CP North/Birstall. Full Details are here: http://www.trektellen.nl/trektelling.asp?telpost=810&site=0&land=5&taal=2&datum=20101010 11th October: A trip to Gibraltar Point NNR today, was actually a little bit poor really. On the migrants front I saw quite a few common migrants but the only birds of note I found were a couple of Ring Ouzels in the east dunes! 12th October: A little bit quieter over the mammoth today, but I did have a Soar Valley year tick in the form of a migrating Brambling ! ...
