A couple of Little Egrets were seen, as well as Hobby, and from a photograph that Sam took of what initially was thought to be a Hobby, turned out to be a Peregrine, plus the usual Cuckoo was still present. It turned out to be a good pm session with 32 birds caught with 4 re-traps, one being a Reed Warbler V351324, which would have been a control except it was rung by the group back on 10/7/2007 at Mayfield Farm, Bedfont, which is less the 5km away from Stanwell. Also the Starling roost is again back in the same spot as last year with somewhere in the region of a 1000+ birds coming in. Not large by some winter roost standards but offering the potential for a catch of a difficult bird to extract late in the session. Totals were:
Robin - 1
Blackbird - 1
Reed Warbler -6 (1)
Blackcap - 2
Long-tailed Tit - 6
Blue Tit - 4 (2)
Great Tit - 4 (1)
Starling - 2
Linnet - 1
Reed Bunting - 1
Linnet - 4 male (photo Sam Jones)
Broad-bodied Chaser (photo Sam Jones)