22 September 2007

It's raining (well drizzling) Chiffchaffs

Blundered onto a mini fall of Chiffs at Uskmouth this morning; 50-100 were knocking around within 150m of scrub and reedbed. Visible migration during the morning included a good passage of Swallow and Mipits plus smaller numbers of Skylark, House Martin, Grey Wag, Siskin and Redpoll. On the deck 1 Snipe, 1 Stonechat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest and 1 Clouded Yellow provided the interest. It might not be gob-smackingly good, but it beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you ever bothered to attend the office you would have heard two Chiffs (i had someone else ID them for me from upstairs ;-)) singing in the car park on the 24th (the car park is the bit of ground outside the office in case you're not familiar with its appearence).

Darryl said...

I thought we agreed, you do the paperwork, I walk around all day with my head in the clouds. You had first dibs, and you chose paperwork, GET OVER IT!