24th Sept. - Hazeley Heath

Its been a few weeks since I have been able to get out to any of our regular sites (though we have managed a fair bit of ringing elsewhere recently). So this morning we had a short session at Hazeley focusing on warblers still moving through the site. It was a misty start...and middle...and end as the fog was set in for the morning and did leave the site feeling a bit birdless as not much was seen moving about. Nonetheless, we ringed c.30 birds over a couple of hours with a steady number of blackcaps about. The only peculiar fly over was a single grey wagtail in the mist.

There was a bit more movement as we were packing up and it was becoming a bit brighter with small number of meadow pipits and swallows moving through. Which we will hopefully be able to target at the weekend.

An adult jay ringed this morning did add a splash of colour and it was quickly released so it could get back to gathering acorns.