Overnight rain delayed net opening until 0530 with rain ending the main ringing session at 1030.
An excellent days ringing with 318 new birds of 17 species including the first Yellow Wagtail (Gulärla) of the year. This is the highest day capture for any August from 1988- to date (176 on 26th August 2014).
236 Willow Warbler (Lövsångare) represented a new day record for autumn (207 on 7th Sept 1995) with good totals for a range of other species also in particular 19 Garden Warbler (Trädgårdssangare).
There will be two at the Obs overnight: Chris & Kay.
| Wind: | East, backing north-east to west | |
| Strength: | Light, 3-4 m/s | |
| Temperature: | 19 | |
| Visibility: | Moderate, 4-10 km | |
| Cloud cover: | *Overcast, 8/8 | |
| Precipitation: | Showers, with dry period most morning |
| Dsum | Ssum | Savg | Savg | ||||
| 1988-2015 | 2016-17 | ||||||
| Tree Pipit | Trädpiplärka | 7 | 7 | 0.3 | 2 | ||
| Yellow Wagtail | Gulärla | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | ||
| White Wagtail | Sädesärla | 2 | 30 | 3 | 21 | ||
| Thrush Nightingale | Näktergal | 1 | 18 | 3.7 | 7.5 | ||
| Redstart | Rödstjärt | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 12.5 | ||
| Whinchat | Buskvätta | 2 | 4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | ||
| Lesser Whitethroat | Ärtsångare | 21 | 278 | 30.1 | 179 | ||
| Whitethroat | Törnsångare | 3 | 40 | 15.7 | 47.5 | ||
| Garden Warbler | Trädgårdssångare | 19 | 54 | 5.3 | 29.5 | ||
| Blackcap | Svarthätta | 1 | 16 | 3.3 | 44 | ||
| Wood Warbler | Grönsångare | 4 | 14 | 4.7 | 6.5 | ||
| Willow Warbler | Lövsångare | 236 | 452 | 60.4 | 194.5 | ||
| Spotted Flycatcher | Grå flugsnappare | 1 | 9 | 2.8 | 13 | ||
| Pied Flycatcher | Svartvit flugsnappare | 7 | 14 | 3.8 | 7.5 | ||
| Red-backed Shrike | Törnskata | 3 | 40 | 12 | 30.5 | ||
| Tree Sparrow | Pilfink | 3 | 106 | 2.1 | 67.5 | ||
| Chaffinch | Bofink | 3 | 22 | 2.3 | 18 | ||
| 318 | 1467 | 216 | 1116 |