We were expecting to start on Saturday, but were asked to get to the site as soon as we could, from our hotel in Camborne as there was only one ringer on site for the Friday. We arrived shortly before 8am and began ringing straight away. We haven't needed to pick up the pace for quite some time, with catches usually around the 30-40 mark in Norfolk, but we managed with no problem. We even remembered parts of the site, and on recalling the drops under some of the boarding, decided to avoid working there in the dark and opted for a later start time.
The total for the day was 145 new birds with 10 retraps. Leading species Blackcap with 72.
Total: 145 (10)
Blackbird - 1
Blackcap - 72 (4)
Blue Tit - 1
Chaffinch - 2
Chiffchaff - 41 (3)
Dunnock - 1 (1)
Firecrest - 5
Garden Warbler - 2
Goldcrest - 1
Grasshopper Warbler - 2
Great Tit - 1
Long-tailed Tit - 4 (1)
Reed Warbler - 1
Robin - 5
Sedge Warbler - 1
Song Thrush - 1
Willow Warbler - 1
Wren - 3
After we'd closed we went for lunch at the Land's End Airport cafe and also managed to see the Isabelline Wheatear that has been staying around the runway. This was the second vagrant of our spell in Cornwall, having seen the very obliging Grey Phalarope at St. Gothians Sands LNR yesterday.
