Heavy rain until 1000 on a strong SE wind that went W and increased after 1000 to peak at 19 m/s prevented any ringing today, the first day of no ringing since 30th June.
Time taken to catch up on some personal stuff but also Kay has put a final coat of paint on the Lab door and cleaned the Lab. Chris has cleaned the bathroom, including the drains and put up the remaining Tornseglare nest boxes – ready for full occupancy of birds in 2018!!!
There will be just two overnight at a very windy observatory: Chris & Kay.
| Wind: | South-east veering W | |
| Strength: | Strong, increasing to very strong, 14-19 m/s | |
| Temperature: | 16 | |
| Visibility: | Moderate to poor, 4km | |
| Cloud cover: | Overcast, 8/8 | |
| Precipitation: | Heavy Rain |
| Sightings of interest |
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| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Sparvhök | 1 | Foraging, Bredmar | |||
| Black-headed Gull | Skrattmås | 40 | Migrating S past Observatory | |||
| Arctic Tern | Silvertärna | 4 | Migrating south – Vaderbunken | |||
| Arctic Tern | Silvertärna | 1 | Migrating south – Vaderbunken 2cy bird | |||
| Northern Wheatear | Stenskvätta | 1 | Foraging, Vaderbunken |