Tuesday 3rd September

Highlights this morning came in the form of the first 2 Meadow Pipits of the autumn, flying over the junction between Green Lane and Poundfield. Three Nuthatches were encountered in their usual places, but this afternoon I had another two juveniles on the Beeches Estate. Despite the cloudy conditions overnight, the hoped-for fall of migrants never came to much, with just a Blackcap in the woodland along Green Lane, and a single Chiffchaff at the junction of Luxford Road and Montargis Road. A party of approximately 8 Long-tailed Tits were at Payne Close, whilst a couple of Siskin flew over Steel Cross.