Thought I would have a look off Titchwell this morning in the hope of bagging a few skuas left over from yesterday. Unfortunatly the cupboard was bare (on the skua front) but it was interesting all the same.
Large numbers of wildfowl were moving west with the following totals between 10:30 and 12:00.

Wigeon - 890
Teal - 416
Brent goose - 298
Common scoter - 101
Pintail - 33
RB merganser - 22
Goldeneye - 2
Velvet scoter - 1
Pochard - 4
Tufted duck - 12
Avocet - 3
Grey heron - 6 !
Arctic skua - 1
Great skua - 1

Snipe - 19 west over the carpark along with 1 fieldfare and 40 redwing. Even a few redwing over the garden this morning and a grey wagtail (garden tick 91) this afternoon.

Yesterdays ringing session proved a success with the first flush of winter migrants. By the end of the morning we had logged 160 redwing, 3 redpoll sp, 2 mistle thrush, 6 brambling, 8 skylark and 2 fieldfare. Ringing highlights were 4 redwing and at least 15 blackcap. Frustratingly,an immature male kestrel got out of one of the nets before I could get to it - would have been a ringing tick!

Cracking birds in the hand - top one an adult, bottom a 1st year.