Another day with a forecast for low wind (although it was windier than ideal at times) and only a matter of time before the field gets ploughed once dry enough so we took another try for Meadow Pipits. The ground was rather wetter than before leaving shallow pools in places that the pipits had a definite preference for, and added to that there were fewer pipits around but more Skylarks. When the sea fret came in the birds became less active and more difficult to catch. Despite the challenges we managed 48 captures including four Skylark.
Skylark aged 2 since all birds undertake a complete moult in the summer
Meadow Pipit
Totals: 44 (4)
Meadow Pipit - 24
Skylark - 4
Song Thrush - 1
Robin - 1 (1)
Goldcrest - 4 (3)
Goldfinch - 5
Reed Bunting - 5
Meadow Pipit - 24
Skylark - 4
Song Thrush - 1
Robin - 1 (1)
Goldcrest - 4 (3)
Goldfinch - 5
Reed Bunting - 5
While it was misty the farmer topping one of the nearby fields had some unusual company. This appears to be part of a wider phenomenon with reports of singles in a Lincs garden and another trying to enter a house in Nottinghamshire, with 4 Shags in a park in Sheffield.
