A more vocal Nightingale fresh in at capel this morning and my first 2 Whitethroat.

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Crazy evening capel c.2230 birds in 3.5 hrs.

Calling Brent’s 85 and 11, 3 flocks of wigeon 2 of Teal 2 of Ringed plover and flock oystercatcher.
37 double figure flocks of very high wildfowl total 855 birds plus more single figure groups.
Lot of passerines.

E or N.

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Capel.

Much quieter with the thermal last night only two flocks of wildfowl over upto 9pm. One silent looking like maybe 6 Brent’s and a vocal fairly distant flock of 20-25 Wigeon NE.
Only 2 other additional birds noted in that period.

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Two more flocks of Brent’s picked up on calls before locating with thermal over capel Surrey tonight in quick succession.16 and c.33.

I tried sound on tonight but hopeless.

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Amazing movement at Capel last night using thermal.
Between 1930-2130 very high flocks totalling over 400 wildfowl NE over the garden all silent apart from a single flock of c.57 Brent’s that gave themselves away as they passed lower calling.

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Bullfinch feeding on Ragwort seeds.
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Leith hill Tower this morning with rolling fog obscuring viewing for long periods.
So far 5 Hawfinch 3 Ring Ouzel and 6 Brambling in the gaps.