5th April
Less birds
about than yesterday but still migrants around, with 94 Meadow Pipits, 19
Skylarks, 15 Pied Wagtails, 4 Robins, 5 Dunnocks, 14 Fieldfares, 29 Redwings, 6 Song
Thrush and 3 Chiffchaff recorded, along with singles of Blackcap, Mistle
Thrush, White Wagtail, Collared Dove and Wheatear. A Siskin ringed in Holland
was the first for the year as was a Grey Plover seen flying over Breck. A
Pink-footed Goose at Ancum was the first since January, and the Smew was yet
again on Bewan.
Greylag and Pink-footed Goose (photo Euan Ferguson)
Smew and Wigeon (photo Euan Ferguson)
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