Rain for the first few hours of the morning delayed proceedings but when it finally stopped around 09:00 the garden was jumping with birds; some nets were gradually opened, with one of the first birds to be caught being a smart first winter Red-breasted Flycatcher, from where we managed a very decent 571 new birds through the rest of the day.   Obviously the totals were dominated by 447 Goldcrests but also included 20 Chiffchaffs and 58 Robins while a bit of quality was added with a cracking Hawfinch, another Firecrest, a Common Redpoll with some Lessers which came into roost and a Treecreeper.

Todays totals (not standardised)     6 Wren \ Gaerdesmutte;   58 Robin \ Roedhals;   3 Blackbird \ Solsort;   1 Blackcap \ Munk;   20 Chiffchaff \ Gransanger;   447 Goldcrest \ Fuglekonge;   1 Firecrest \ Roedtoppet Fuglekonge;   1 Red breasted Flycatcher \ Lille Fluesnapper;   2 Coal Tit \ Sortmejse;   7 Blue Tit \ Blamejse;   3 Great Tit \ Musvit;   1 Treecreeper \ Traelober;   3 Chaffinch \ Bogfinke;   6 Siskin \ Groensisken;   1 Linnet \ Tornirisk;   1 Common Redpoll \ Norlig Grasisken;   9 Lesser Redpoll \ Lille Grasisken;   1 Hawfinch \ Kernebider

                It was also very lively overhead as soon as the rain cleared through with flocks of Finches again pouring overhead with these early flocks being joined by 5 Woodlarks, a Serin, 3+ Hawfinches and a few Crossbill flocks.   I didn’t really see much else through the day as I was ringing constantly throughout although an adult Little Gull did fly over the garden in the afternoon.

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