The patch was alive with Robins this morning; add in a 'hotspot' of Blackbirds on Northcroft Lane, 3 Jays and a few Skylarks and Meadow Pipits overhead, plus rather misty conditions, and it definitely felt rather autumnal. Which was rather exciting! But what with having an inland patch and all, there were no Barred Warblers or Wrynecks waiting to be found. And the only wader that wasn't a Lapwing was a Dunlin on Mons Pool.
This afternoon I did my WeBS count at Girton. Wildfowl numbers were unspectacular, and highlights were a Greenshank on North Pit, and 1cy Yellow-legged Gull with 120 Lesser Black-backs and 2 Herring Gulls (and adult and a 1cy). The Yellow-leg stood out, as not only was it white-headed but it had replaced all (or certainly most) of its juvenile mantle/scaps with 1st winter feathers, unlike all the other 1cy gulls present.
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