The morning had a feel of autumn, not just for the hanging mist low over the site as we arrived, but also due to a distinct change in how the birds were behaving. There was very much less about than we have been used to, and when birds were caught they often arrived in the nets in a flurry, all on the same side of the net as they moved around the site in small flocks. Birds could often be seen high in the trees that border the lake perimeter and little was moving around in the weedy areas, due in part we thought to much of the vegetation now falling back and lying closer to the ground, providing much less cover in the open areas.
Reed Warbler juvenile
Totals: 46 (7)
Dunnock - 5 (2)
Robin - 3 (2)
Reed Warbler - 2
Whitethroat - 1
Blackcap - 29 (1)
Willow Warbler - 1
Blue Tit - 2 (2)
Great Tit - 1
Goldfinch - 2