This morning started with a fresh North-Westerly breeze and so the first few hours of the day were spent infront of the Obs, looking for any passing seabirds that had been brought closer in. The best bird was the third Black-throated Diver of the autumn, which flew south, high above the West Coast. Other sightings of note from the seawatch included 17 Common Scoter, 14 Mediterranean Gulls, 39 Black-headed Gulls and one Common Gull.

A Mistle Thrush at Ty Pellaf was the first of the autumn, but other migrant thrushes were thin on the ground with only two Song Thrushes and two Redwings present today. Other grounded migrants were comprised of two Blackcaps, 21 Goldcrests, four Yellow-browed Warblers,  two Reed Buntings and one North-Western type Common Redpoll at the farm. Overhead, 21 Siskins moved through, and a Hooded Crow moved East with a group of Carrion Crows. 

A few birds were around in the garden later on, mainly Goldfinches and Chaffinches, but a few crests moved through too, so a couple of the more sheltered nets and the walk-in trap was set. 

Goldfinch with leucicism

Goldcrest