Broadwater GP - 22 September 2011

A new ringing site has been arranged within the old works area at Broadwater GP with Lafarge. The area is mostly now dominated by Buddleias with another area of young Silver Birch. It often when birding seems pretty active and full of birds, but this first visit is late in the autumn migration season for an inland site, at least as far as Warblers are concerned as we edge more into the winter arrival period rather than the summer departure one. This particular site will be run jointly with the RRG Maple Cross team. For our first visit four of us turned up with Peter Delaloye, Mike Beatley and Kenny Cramer, catching 64 birds, which was not bad considering a lack of warbler migrants. The odd thing was the high number of the Blue Tits caught being adults, a higher proportion I would normal expect elsewhere, with a ratio of 15:11 (adults to juveniles). Nothing of particular note was caught, though a large flock of House martins were present all morning, with a Hobby present and six Wigeon present on the lake, plus a single Dunlin on the washoff mud at Moorhall pit.

Kingfisher - 3

Treecreeper - 3

Goldcrest - 3 male

Totals:

Kingfisher - 1
Song Thrush - 1
Robin -2
Dunnock - 1
Blackcap - 4
Chiff-chaff -  8
Goldcrest - 6
Blue Tit - 26
Great Tit - 5
Long-tailed Tit - 7
Treecreeper - 1
Chaffinch - 2